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ThriftBooks was founded in the summer of 2003 by Daryl Butcher and Jason Meyer. The two created software that organizes and lists thousands of book titles per day. [6] Since 2004, it has partnered with libraries, which provide unsorted books and get a share of the profits.
The same year, the company opened its first superstore format store. [5] In 1992, the company changed its name to Books-A-Million, Inc. and became a public company via an initial public offering of 2.6 million shares at a price of $13 per share. [5] [6] In 1998, the company launched its website, booksamillion.com. [5]
BookScouter.com is a comparison shopping website that helps buy, sell, and rent textbooks and used books online. [2] The website compares offers and prices from 30 booksellers and buyback vendors in the US and suggests the most fitting place to purchase or sell a given book. [3] The website is mainly used by college students. [4]
In January 2024, the company started selling e-books. [10] With the model being, "Bookstores can use the platform to sell ebooks directly to customers, and when they make a sale, the store gets all of the money. Customers can also browse all of the ebooks for sale on the website, then choose which bookstore to support with their purchase.
Located in the district are the separately listed Hotel Bothwell, Building at 217 West Main Street, and Missouri/Sedalia Trust Company. Other notable buildings include the First United Methodist Church (1888-1891), Pettis County Courthouse (1924), Anheuser Busch Bottling Works (c. 1883, 1892), the New Lona Theater (1920), Citizens National Bank ...
W.C. Orscheln opened the first Orscheln Farm & Home store in Sedalia, Missouri, in 1960. [1] Jerry Orscheln took over the business in the mid-1960s. [2] The company operates a distribution center in Moberly, Missouri. In January 2015, it acquired a distribution center in Abilene, Kansas, formerly used by the defunct ALCO Stores retail chain. [3]
Southwestern Advantage (formerly known as Southwestern Company), is an education material sales company based in Nashville, TN.The privately owned company recruits college and university students as independent contractors to sell educational books, apps, and website subscriptions door-to-door using direct selling methods.
Better World Books acquired a US Small Business Administration-backed credit line in 2004. [5] In April 2008, Better World Books secured an additional $4.5 million in venture capital via Good Capital, LLC and 18 private investors. [9] In 2008, the company opened an operation in Dunfermline, Scotland, and started a UK website in 2010.