Rare Book Specialist To Take On Amazon

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Since when does abebooks stand for "Accelerated Book Exchange)"?

I agree that this is a dubious move on their part and will dilute their
message. They are a strong market force, but many of their smaller
accounts (such as I used to be) are already unhappy with them.

I expect they are looking at the new book market because they are in
perpetual pursuit of growth, and don't have pretty done what they can in
the antiquarian market.

It was extremely interesting to see that 20,000 books are sold daily
through the site. Thats 7.3 million books a year. I was sceptical, but a
little note on google makes it seem possible: They estimate Amazon's
sales of used books at 30 million.

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