Abebooks Gets FillZ

by Rachel Deahl, PW Daily -- Publishers Weekly, 2/27/2006

Hoping to expand its share of the used book market, Abebooks.com, has acquired a US-based inventory and management company called FillZ. FillZ, which assists booksellers in opening up online storefronts at such sites as Amazon, eBay and, yes, Abebooks, offers technology that helps indies more easily and conveniently manage their sales on the web.

Noting in a release that the acquisition is something Abebooks hopes will bring even more used booksellers into its growing community of retailers—currently the site features more than 13,000 independent booksellers making sales in over 50 countries—Hannes Blum, CEO and president of Abebooks said Fillz was an ideal company for acquisition because it "makes it extremely simple for booksellers to overcome the fragmented nature of the [used book] market."