M&A Deal Summary

Author Solutions Acquires iUniverse

On October 9, 2007, Author Solutions acquired publishing company iUniverse

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Author Solutions’ 1st transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is Author Solutions’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Author Solutions’ 1st transaction in Indiana.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-10-09
Target iUniverse
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) Author Solutions
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

iUniverse

Bloomington, Indiana, United States
iUniverse LLC is a provider of imprint and self publishing services for authors in the United States and internationally.

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Buyer

Author Solutions

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Category Company
Founded 2007
Sector Publishing
DESCRIPTION

Author Solutions, is a provider of professional self-publishing services. It has enabled 150,000 authors to publish, market and distribute more than 190,000 books in print and electronic formats and benefits from several powerful growth trends including user-generated content, eBooks and digital publishing and marketing technologies.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector (Publishing) 1 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 3
State (Indiana) 1 of 3
Country (United States) 1 of 3
Year (2007) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-01-08 Xlibris

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

Xlibris LLC is a provider of print-on-demand self-publishing services.

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