M&A Deal Summary

Author Solutions Acquires Xlibris

On January 8, 2009, Author Solutions acquired publishing company Xlibris

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Author Solutions’ 2nd transaction in the Publishing sector.
  • This is Author Solutions’ 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Author Solutions’ 2nd transaction in Indiana.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2009-01-08
Target Xlibris
Sector Publishing
Buyer(s) Author Solutions
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Xlibris

Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Xlibris LLC is a provider of print-on-demand self-publishing services.

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Buyer(S) 1

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 2 of 3
Sector (Publishing) 2 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 3
State (Indiana) 2 of 3
Country (United States) 2 of 3
Year (2009) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-10-09 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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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-04-05 Trafford Publishing

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

Trafford Publishing, Inc. is a provider of book publishing services for self published authors in the United States and internationally.

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