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Not to be confused with BookFinder, former name of Z-Library.
BookFinder.com
Website type
Comparison shopping website
OwnerAbeBooks (Amazon)
Websitebookfinder.com
CommercialYes
LaunchedJanuary 30, 1997 (1997-01-30)
Current statusActive
Written inPerl[1]

BookFinder.com is a vertical search website that helps readers find and buy new, used, rare, out-of-print books and textbooks online.

Among the books from sellers whose inventories are indexed, users can compare prices for over 150 million books for sale and purchase titles directly from the bookseller, without a markup.[2][3] The search engine focuses primarily on English, French, German, Italian, and Dutch language titles.[4]

History

BookFinder.com was founded in 1997 by Anirvan Chatterjee, then a student at the University of California, Berkeley.[5] Originally known as MX BookFinder, it was relaunched as BookFinder.com in 1998 and established as a standalone company based in Berkeley, California in 1999.[5]

In 2005, BookFinder.com was acquired by AbeBooks,[6] which itself was purchased by Amazon.com on August 1, 2008.[7][8]

BookFinder.com started operating in Europe under the JustBooks brand in 2006. The network includes JustBooks sites for France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.[3]

See also

  • Wired for Books

References

  1. ↑ Robert, Kirrily. "Site review: BookFinder". Perlbuzz. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Maul, Kimberly (March 2, 2007). "Bookfinder: Eliminating obscurity". TheBookseller.com. Archived from the original on June 19, 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  3. 1 2 "About BookFinder.com". BookFinder.com. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "About BookFinder.com". BookFinder.com. Retrieved 1 October 2026.
  5. 1 2 Max, D. T. (September 13, 1998). "Want to Buy a Rare Book? Click Here". The New York Times. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  6. ↑ Needle, David (November 7, 2005). "Book Sites Unite". InternetNews. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Amazon.com Acquires AbeBooks" (Press release). Seattle, Washington & Victoria, British Columbia: Amazon.com. Archived from the original on 2017-06-20. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  8. ↑ Arrington, Michael. "Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In LibraryThing". TechCrunch.

Further reading

  • Slatalla, Michelle (2007-08-30). "Knowledge Is Priceless but Textbooks Are Not". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-10-30.

External links

  • Official website
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