Google Acquires Oyster

Announced September 21, 2015

What happened

Oyster was a e-book subscriptions business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Google Play Books.

Google's acquisition history

183rd of 269 tracked deals

Disclosed prices

66 of 269 Google deals

Google's average disclosed price

$1.20B

Google's largest disclosed deal

Wiz ($32B)

Tracked acquisitions in 2015

116 across all acquirers

Google in E-book subscriptions

1 acquisition

When did Google acquire Oyster?

Google acquired Oyster on September 21, 2015. This was Google's 183rd publicly tracked acquisition out of 269 we have on record.

How much did Google pay for Oyster?

The price Google paid for Oyster was not publicly disclosed. Only 66 of Google's 269 tracked acquisitions have a disclosed price.

What does Oyster do?

Oyster was a e-book subscriptions business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Google Play Books.

What other E-book subscriptions companies has Google acquired?

Oyster is Google's only publicly tracked acquisition in E-book subscriptions so far.