| 08.13.08 |
Alibris beefs up services and benefits for buyers and sellers
Internet Retailer
Web-only retailer Alibris Inc. has made a several changes designed to ramp up business for its book, CD and DVD web marketplace. [more] |
| 07.23.08 | Alibris Pushes Textbook Sales
Publishers Weekly
Alibris, the online retailer of new and used books, CDs and DVDs, is making a push toward increasing its textbook sales. Today, it announced the addition of new features to its Web site that make it easier for customers to find and save on new and used textbooks. [more] |
| 05.27.08 | Borders Book Chain Turns a Page on the Web
NY Times
...The site also offers ways to buy used books through a partnership with the online retailer Alibris, and copy-protection-free audio-book downloads through the digital media distributor OverDrive.
In both of those cases, Borders appears to be deliberately looking beyond its former partner, Amazon.com. "We've chosen different partners that don't compete with us on other levels. That is certainly a factor," Mr. Ertell said. [more] |
| 05.27.08 | Borders US partners with Alibris
The Bookseller (UK)
Borders US has unveiled its transactional website and has teamed up with second-hand bookseller Alibris for the launch of Borders Marketplace in direct competition with Amazon.com's Marketplace. [more] |
| 05.27.08 | Borders Web Site Now Live
Publishers Weekly
After seven years of outsourcing its e-commerce function to Amazon, Borders relaunched its Borders.com Web site today under its own control. ...In addition, in an agreement with Alibris, Borders will now offer about 60 million used books for sale. [more] |
| 11.13.06 | Alibris Goes Live in Britain
PW Daily
Online bookseller Alibris has launched a retail site in the U.K. Alibris U.K. (www.alibris.co.uk), which mimics the format of the e-tailer's U.S. site selling primarily new and used books, offers more than 60 million titles (new, out-of-print, rare and secondhand) for sale to English-speaking customers in Great Britain and 16 other countries in Europe. [more] |
| 11.08.06 | How Clever Use of IT Levels the Playing Field
Financial Times
It is not hard to track down a novel in JK Rowling's Harry Potter series. Any book store and many supermarkets, station and airport kiosks and other outlets stock copies of the young wizard's adventures. Looking for a hardback copy signed by the author is rather more difficult. But there is a good chance Alibris will be able to find it. [more] |
| 10.27.06 | Interview with Michael Schaffer, CTO, Alibris
Byte and Switch TV |
| 09.25.06 | Alibris Expands Senior Management Team by Three to Fuel Expansion
InternetRetailer.com
Online bookseller Alibris Inc. has tapped former executives from Yahoo, IAC/Interactive Corp. and Signature Networks to fill three spots on its senior management team. [more] |
| 08.09. 06 | Drink Up a Good Book
InternetRetailer.com
More e-retailers continue to begin experiments with all the latest and greatest Internet tools, everything from blogs and podcasts to social networking sites and RSS feeds. Pure-play bookseller Alibris Inc. in May joined other retailers exploring new marketing and branding strategies by launching Cuppa Joad, The Alibris Book Blog. [more] |
| 05.09.06 | Oak Hill Capital Partners Acquires VC-Backed Alibris
VentureWire
Venture-backed Alibris—which helps people buy hard-to-find books online—has agreed to be acquired by Oak Hill Capital Partners, which will help the company the [sic] branch out overseas and into the used movies and music markets. [more] |
| 03.06.06 | "Book-Smart" System Doubles Productivity
Packaging World Magazine
Alibris, Inc., a leading marketer of new, used, and hard-to-find books, receives and ships thousands of book orders each day at its 100,000-sq' warehouse in Sparks, NV. The company sells books through its own Web site, as well as through partners such as Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and Borders book stores. [more] |
| 12.04.05 | Selling Over the Internet from Low-Overhead Buildings, Small Book Dealers Can Compete with Borders, Barnes & Noble
Hartford Courant
Ed Mondazzi and his wife, Sonja, are among the growing ranks of independent booksellers who are shifting all or much of their business to the Internet even as their beloved, cramped storefronts continue to disappear. [more] |
| 12.03.05 | Buying Used Just Could Turn Out to Be the Next New Thing
The New York Times
The movement of used products, once sold through a daily newspaper's classified ads, to the Web allows the buyer to obtain better prices because the choices are more extensive. Think how Alibris.com or Amazon.com have radically changed the buying and selling of used books. [more] |
| 09.29.05 | Taking the Measure of Used Books
Publisher's Weekly (Daily)
In findings that will surprise few in publishing, the Book Industry Study Group report on used books found a rapidly growing segment that is likely to continue to be one of the biggest growth areas in the industry. The size of the used book market for non-education books—trade and professional titles—was $589 million in 2004, while sales of used textbooks added another $1.6 billion, putting the total used book market at $2.2 billion last year, a 11.1% increase over 2003. Total unit sales were 111.2 million last year, with trade and professional unit sales hitting 72.6 million, while education unit sales were 38.6 million." [more] |
| 09.29.05 | Study: Used Books Are Hot Sellers, $2.2 Billion in 2004
The Associated Press
"For as long as there has been a publishing industry, there have been used books, that supposedly quaint world of polymaths and antiquarians poking about musty, cluttered stores for titles few readers would know." "But a landmark study released yesterday confirms what publishers, authors and booksellers have believed, and feared, since the rise of the Internet: Used books have become a powerhouse, driven by high prices for new works and by the convenience of finding any title, new or old, without leaving your home." [more] |
| 07.14.05 | Alibris Breaking Ground in Buying Used Potter Books
The Wall Street Journal Online
"Record numbers of pre-orders are being tallied, space is being made on store shelves, and parties are being planned all in the name of 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,' which goes on sale Saturday." [more] |
| 07.13.05 | Too Many Potter Books at Home? Sell One Back
Washington Post
"U.S. online bookseller Alibris said on Tuesday it had launched a special offer to buy used copies of the new 'Harry Potter' book for $5 as it seeks to meet demand for the most eagerly awaited book of the year." [more] |
| 07.12.05 | A Different Kind of Potter Discount
Publisher's Weekly
"The newest wrinkle in the selling of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince comes not from Scholastic, but from the online e-retailer Alibris. In a notice on its Web site, the company is offering to acquire used copies of Half-Blood for $5." [more] |
| 07.01.05 | Alibris Visited
Americana Exchange
"As an online and brick and mortar bookseller with eighteen or so year's experience, I was curious as to how some of the 'big boys' run their businesses. Since my store is within thirty minutes of three of the biggest; Amazon, Alibris and Barnes & Noble, I thought I would contact them and see what was up in their neighborhoods." [more] |
| 03.21.05 | Shop.org Newsletter: Interview with Brian Elliott, Alibris COO, on Search Campaigns
Great Minds in Retailing Online
"Search engine marketing took fire in our industry faster than in most others," says Brian Elliott. "It's not a high margin sale so you can't afford to spend $50 to acquire a customer ..." [more] |
| 12.21.04 | Add to Cart: Shopping for Rare Gifts a Click Away
Rocky Mountain News
Alibris.com satisfies a similarly broad spectrum in the book world. The site supplies everything from bestsellers to rare books through auctions on eBay....[more] |
| 12.20.04 | Google and Research Libraries Launch Massive Digitization Project
Information Today
The Google Print interfaces will, however, connect to purchasing alternatives—links to online booksellers, such as Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble; to out-of-print booksellers, such as Alibris; and to libraries through the OCLC Open WorldCat library locator service....[more] |
12.14.04
| Book 'Em, Google
Forbes.com
Google just made the Internet significantly bigger—at least for the worlds of search and book publishing ... There will also be links to local libraries and Alibris, a well-known Web site to buy used and out-of-print books....[more] |
11.30.04
| Industry Interview: Alibris
Bargain Book News
The simple Latin translation of "ex libris" is "from out of books comes knowledge." A new twist on that ancient phrase is taking place at Alibris, a fast-growing company founded on the concept that "from out of the Internet comes unlimited potential to connect book buyers and sellers around the globe."....[more] |
11.29.04
| New on the Scene
Publishers Weekly
Probably the biggest news at CIROBE 2004 was the first-time presence of two leading Internet used-book sites, Abebooks and Alibris. "The significance of their presence," said CIROBE cofounder Marshall Smith, "is that we know there are a lot of booksellers out there who don't necessarily buy remainders or, more specifically, perhaps, attend CIROBE. Now they have access to a new world of bargain books that they may not have previously recognized. In addition, we have a potential way to bring more customers to the show."....[more] |
11.21.04
| Libraries Purchase Books Online
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier
An official at Alibris.com, an online-only bookseller that serves about 6,000 libraries, said public libraries are a growing part of its customer base....[more] |
10.08.04
| Alibris: Putting New Tech to the Service of Old Texts
San Francisco Business Times
Martin Manley sees his job as president and CEO of Alibris Inc. as a crusade to update a business sector that "hasn't changed much since the Renaissance."....[more] |
| 09.27.04 | What Price Used Books?
Publisher's Weekly
Until four years ago, used books were a thriving part of the trade book business, although confined mainly to often-musty stores, flea markets, or fundraising drives. But in as little time as it took Amazon.com to begin posting used-book offerings next to brand-new titles, the Internet has quickly brought secondhand books into the center of book readers' consciousness....[more] |
09.23.04
| Most of the 100 Largest E-retailers Don't Optimize Well for Natural Search
Internet Retailer
Twelve well-optimized sites, defined as having substantial indexable content throughout each site as well as unique title and meta tags, were spread evenly throughout the Top 100, ranging from Sears.com (no. 7 in Internet Retailer's Top 100) to Alibris.com (no. 97)....[more] |
| 09.20.04 | A Rose by Any Other Name
Publisher's Weekly
When is a "used book" not a "used book," and how does the difference relate to CIROBE?....[more] |
| 08.12.04 | Booksellers talk about where they will (and will not) go next
Auctionbytes
Mary Anne Dorman has about 2000 titles on Half.com and like many booksellers, she uses multiple sites. She is planning to move much of her inventory to Alibris.com when Half.com closes. She currently has about 3000 titles there....[more] |
| 08.10.04 | Tech Nation Interview: Marty Manley
Tech Nation
Moira Gunn speaks with Marty Manley, the President and CEO of Alibris. Hear how Alibris' effort to sell used, out-of-print and hard-to-find books online delivered on its promise, and successfully made it through the dot-com bust.
[listen to Marty's Manley's interview with Real Player]
(If you need Real Player, you can get it here.) |
| 07.16.04 | Alibris: Paddling along in Amazon's tributaries
San Francisco Business Times |
| 05.22.04 | Bids displease Alibris, IPO yanked
Contra Costa Times
Alibris Inc., an Emeryville-based online marketplace for used books, on Friday withdrew its initial public offering ....[more] |
| 05.12.04 | Alibris Book Marketplace Files for IPO
Auction Bytes
Online marketplace Alibris announced last week it will go public. The company has a network of over 5,000 independent professional booksellers who sell used and hard-to-find books....[more] |
| 05.10.04 | Going Public: Everybody's Doing It
washingtonpost.com
It's like the '90s all over again: A mega-IPO is in the offing and investors of all stripes are hoping other companies will dazzle Wall Street in just the same way Google has....[more] |
| 07.17.03 | Out of Print Bestsellers
The Christian Science Monitor
A funny thing happened on the way to obsolescence. The Internet revolution, which was supposed to consign printed books to the shredder, instead energized the market for old ones....[more] |
| 05.15.03 | Book Groups Call for Patriot Act Amendment
Free Expression Network
The book and library community today announced its strong support for the Freedom to Read Protection Act (H.R. 1157), a bill that restores the protections for the privacy of book and library records that were eliminated by the U.S.A. Patriot Act....[more] |
| 04.23.03 | Thank the Troops—Send a Book
USA TODAY
Right now the nation's attention is focused on Iraq, but troops are still stationed in Afghanistan—and they're hungry for something to read. At www.alibris.com customers can purchase books from a list of titles....[more] |
