The news was officially last week of the completion of Amazon.com’s acquisition of Victoria-based Abebooks.com, the online marketplace for books and book lover. The acquisition does not really come much as a surprise Abebook was rated at the 73rd top online retailer by Internet Retailer back in June 2008 and has been building a community of passionate readers over the last couple of years leveraging a combination of newsletters, blog, wiki and forum. Abebook also owns sub-brands which collectively have helped to make the retailer a powerful player in the online retail world including www.bookfinder.com, www.fillz.com, www.gojaba.com and www.chrislands.com.
