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Alibris company history timeline

1997

Martin Manley founded Alibris in 1997 with the team behind early online book marketplace Interloc, which Alibris purchased.

1998

The Alibris website was launched on October 23, 1998 at 14:30PM EST also built by Michael Warchut.

Alibris was incorporated in 1998.

1999

Alibris acquired Bibliocity in October 1999.

2006

The company was backed by venture capital until 2006, when it was purchased by Oak Hill Capital Partners, a private equity firm.

2010

In February 2010, Oak Hill Capital Partners bought Monsoon and merged it with Alibris with Monsoon Commerce owning Alibris.

2017

As of February 2017, Alibris was owned by AM Holding Inc. (formerly Monsoon Commerce Inc.) In 2017 Alibris Holding sold off Monsoon Commerce of Portland and Stonegde Technologies of Collegeville, PA, and Alibris was subsequently sold in June 2017 to a private investor.

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Founded
1997
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Headquarters
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Martin Manley,Richard Weatherford
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