Amazon Acquires Bookpages

Announced April 27, 1998 — $55M

What happened

Acquired by Amazon; became/was integrated as Amazon UK.

Amazon's acquisition history

1st of 124 tracked deals

Disclosed prices

42 of 124 Amazon deals

Amazon's average disclosed price

$882.9M

Amazon's largest disclosed deal

Tracked acquisitions in 1998

36 across all acquirers

When did Amazon acquire Bookpages?

Amazon acquired Bookpages on April 27, 1998. This was Amazon's 1st publicly tracked acquisition out of 124 we have on record.

How much did Amazon pay for Bookpages?

Amazon paid $55M for Bookpages.

What does Bookpages do?

Acquired by Amazon; became/was integrated as Amazon UK.