M&A Deal Summary

Abebooks Acquires BookFinder.com

On November 7, 2005, Abebooks acquired retailer BookFinder.com

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Abebooks’ 1st transaction in the Retail sector.
  • This is Abebooks’ 1st transaction in the United States.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2005-11-07
Target BookFinder.com
Sector Retail
Buyer(s) Abebooks
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Ion Partners (Financial)

Target

BookFinder.com

United States
BookFinder.com is a searchable book inventory available, online or off.

Search 214,238 Deals Now

SEARCH BY

  • Buyer Type (PE or Strategic)
  • Deal Size ($10M to $10B+)
  • Sector (60 Sectors)
  • Deal Type
  • Geography
  • & More

Try Free

Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Abebooks

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Category Company
Founded 1995
Sector E-Commerce
Employees130
DESCRIPTION

Abebooks, Inc. is an online marketplace for books, with over 110 million primarily used, rare and out-of-print books listed for sale by thousands of independent booksellers from around the world.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Retail M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2005 M&A 1 of 1