Amazon Buys BookSurge
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April 4, 2005 10:38 a.m.
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Amazon.com Inc. said it acquired BookSurge LLC, which provides print-on-demand services and sells foreign language and out-of-print titles.
Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
BookSurge, based in Charleston, S.C., maintains a catalog of thousands of titles that can be printed on-demand and purchased on Amazon's site. The company publishes many out-of-print titles and also lets authors self-publish their books.
"BookSurge makes it possible to print books that appeal to targeted audiences, whether it's one copy or one thousand," said Greg Greeley, vice president of media products for Amazon. "Our new relationship with BookSurge will provide Amazon customers an ever-expanding selection of titles that are not available through other channels."
BookSurge's catalog includes foreign-language books such as the Arabic-language version of the bestseller "The Da Vinci Code" and nonfiction works such as books produced by the Museum of Modern Art.
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