Seattle - Online retail giant Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) announced on Tuesday that it has completed its acquisition of Canada-based AbeBooks, an online marketplace for used, rare and out-of-print books that lists over 110 million titles.
The deal was first announced on Aug. 1.
Following the acquisition, AbeBooks will continue as a stand-alone business in British Columbia, and continue to operate multiple localized websites with country-specific content, such as interviews of Canadian writers.
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