M&A Deal Summary

Amazon Acquires CreateSpace

On July 8, 2005, Amazon acquired publishing company CreateSpace

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Amazon’s 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is Amazon’s 8th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Amazon’s 4th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2005-07-08
Target CreateSpace
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) Amazon
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

CreateSpace

Santa Cruz, California, United States
CreateSpace is a provider of independent publishing tools that enable content creators to produce, polish, publish and distribute their work to customers around the world. CreateSpace offers industry-leading royalty rates, broad distribution to thousands of sales channels, an engaged peer community and complete creative control while content creators continue to own the rights to their work.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Amazon

Seattle, Washington, United States
Category Company
Founded 1994
Sector E-Commerce
Employees1,525,000
Revenue 574.8B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Amazon office building in downtown Seattle, Washington.
Amazon office building in downtown Seattle, Washington.

Amazon is an e-commerce retailer and provider of web services. Amazon enables millions of products to be sold through its website and by third parties across a variety of product categories. Customers access Amazon directly and through mobile websites and apps. Amazon also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, and Echo. Amazon also offers Amazon Prime, an annual membership program that includes free shipping and access to streaming of movies and TV episodes. Amazon was founded in 1994 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 76
Sector (Publishing) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 10 of 67
State (California) 4 of 20
Country (United States) 8 of 54
Year (2005) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-04-15 Mobipocket SA

Paris, France

Mobipocket SA an e-bookseller specializing in software that allows customers to download and read books on their computers and hand-held devices.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-05-14 Digital Photography Review

Seattle, Washington, United States

Digital Photography Review provides reviews and original content regarding the latest in digital cameras.

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