emeryville california headquarters emeryville california key people tommaso trionfi ceo 1 products used books out of print books rare books . also features used or collectible games music and movies albums cassette tapes compact discs dvds revenue 100m as of 8 15 13 2 owner oak hill capital partners monsoon commerce 3 number of employees 120 as of 8 15 13 4 website www.alibris.com alibris is an online store that sells new books used books out of print books rare books and other media through an online network of independent booksellers . contents 1 history 2 company 3 references 4 external links history edit alibris was founded in 1997 by martin manley and incorporated in 1998 . it grew out of interloc an online company founded by antiquarian bookseller richard weatherford in 1994 . 5 interloc was one of the earliest successful efforts to centralize used book data online . it remained a private network until 1996 when the company launched its website . the company was backed by venture capital until 2006 when it was purchased by oak hill capital partners a private equity firm . in february 2010 oak hill capital partners bought monsoon and merged it with alibris with monsoon commerce owning alibris . 6 company edit booksellers list their inventories on alibris which in turn offers the books on its retail website a separate library services site and business to business partners such as barnes & noble books a million and chapters indigo . it also offers services in the uk with the waterstones market place . it offers more than 150 million books from a network of over 15 000 booksellers in 65 countries . most sales made through alibris are fulfilled by the bookseller directly to the end customer . sales to libraries or other institutions or books needing transoceanic shipping are consolidated in a distribution center in sparks nevada . alibris also has a similar network for music albums cassette tapes and cds and movies vhs or dvd . alibris allows customers to buy and sell at the same time . alibris charges a starting fee that varies based on what is being sold and what kind of commission is charged . alibris was a charter member of the google ebooks service when it was announced by google on december 6 2010 . 7 in 2014 alibris began posting book recommendations news and more on the alibris blog to keep their customers and community updated . references edit monsoon commerce leadership team . monsoon commerce . retrieved january 31 2014 . mentor connect with kanth gopalpur . tie oregon . retrieved january 31 2014 . alibris about us . alibris . retrieved january 31 2014 . mentor connect with kanth gopalpur . tie oregon . retrieved january 31 2014 . alibris history . alibris.com . archived from the original on 8 september 2010 . retrieved 2010 10 01 . mentor connect with kanth gopalpur . tie oregon . retrieved january 31 2014 . discover more than 3 million google ebooks from your choice of booksellers and devices . official blog . google . december 6 2010 . archived from the original on 7 december 2010 . retrieved 2010 12 06 . external links edit official website the alibris blog putting a face on faceless venues an interview with alibris a.j. kohn by catherine petruccione sec filings monsoon commerce buys warehouse management system retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title alibris & oldid 737852667 categories product searching websitesbookstores in the san francisco bay areabook selling websitesretail companies established in 19971997 establishments in californiamusic retailers of the united statesonline retailers of the united statescompanies based in emeryville california navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 5 september 2016 at 11 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view