Amazon Acquires BookSurge

Announced April 4, 2005

What happened

Acquired by Amazon; became/was integrated as CreateSpace.

Amazon's acquisition history

19th 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 2005

102 across all acquirers

When did Amazon acquire BookSurge?

Amazon acquired BookSurge on April 4, 2005. This was Amazon's 19th publicly tracked acquisition out of 124 we have on record.

How much did Amazon pay for BookSurge?

The price Amazon paid for BookSurge was not publicly disclosed. Only 42 of Amazon's 124 tracked acquisitions have a disclosed price.

What does BookSurge do?

Acquired by Amazon; became/was integrated as CreateSpace.