I asked Brian Elliott, CEO of Alibris, his take on Amazon's acquisition of AbeBooks and how it might effect the overall used, rare, and out-of-print online market and Alibris in particular. Though he chose not to address the questions directly he does provide a glimpse into Alibris's current strategy.Brian Elliott- While I won't comment on Amazon and ABEbooks (they have enough to explain on their own), I'm glad to lay out what we're doing at Alibris. We see plenty of growth ahead, which we plan to help drive.We've been focusing this year on growing our sales for sellers, and improving...
Amazon’s Acquisition of AbeBooks: Brendan Sherar, CEO of Biblio.com, Weighs In
Brendan Sherar, CEO of Biblio.com was kind enough to answer a couple of questions regarding Amazon's acquisition of AbeBooks and how it might effect the overall used, rare, and out-of-print online market and Biblio in particular.Book Patrol-What effect do think Amazon's acquisition of AbeBooks will have on the used, rare, and out-of-print online market? Brendan Sherar -I believe it is unhealthy for the overall market, because it further removes competition and choices for collectors, readers, and booksellers alike. In a free market economy, that is generally accepted to be a bad thing. When competition and choice are reduced or eliminated,...
Breaking News: Amazon buys AbeBooks
The king of online bookselling just got stronger. No details of the transaction where disclosed and the deal expects to close in the fourth quarter of 2008.Amazon Press ReleaseAbeBooks Press Release forthcomingBook Patrol take forthcomingTim Spalding's post over at The LibraryThing blog (AbeBooks is a minority stakeholder in LibraryThing)This is a huge acquisition with tremendous implications for the bookselling trade. In one fell swoop the industry as been turned on its head, again!
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Ray Bradbury on Bookstores, Book Reviews and Love
"I raised myself in used bookstores. I went in looking for myself and I found me on every shelf."- Ray Bradbury in conversation with Steve WassermanTruthdig.com is airing a great conversation between Steve Wasserman, the former editor of the now defunct Los Angeles Times Book Review and now Literary Editor of Truthdig, and Ray Bradbury.The conversation is broken into three video segments; Bookstores, Book Reviews and Love and all are worth a look.Here is the video of the first part- Bookstores:The other 2 segments and a complete transcript of the conversation are available here.