About us
On November 12, 2007, the /Marelibri.com/ association was born. The association has been created by five European sites, all dedicated to antiquarian and modern books, in order to realise a set of common initiatives.
The five founding sites are:
- Antiqbook.com (about Antiqbook)
- Livre-Rare-Book.com (about Livre-Rare-Book)
- Maremagnum.com (about Maremagnum)
- Antiquariat.de (previously prolibri.de) (about antiquariat.de)
- Uniliber.com (about Uniliber)
The first initiative of the association was to create the portal named /marelibri.com/.
This portal offers all the books on sale on each participating site under one unique search engine, which gives book lovers a choice of more than 20.000.000 different titles online, offered by more than 2.000 booksellers.
With these data www.marelibri.com rises to one of the largest European sites of old and modern books.
In the near future, the association will expand its activities beyond those purely of www.marelibri.com, to include participating in and organising fairs, exhibitions, conferences, debates, and books presentations. We will also be glad to answer your questions about antique books and more.
Our association is characterised by three principal features :
- 1 - Each of the founding sites is prominent in its own country (the Netherlands, France, Italy, Germany, Spain). While retaining the distinct character of each participating site, we think European cooperation is necessary for further improving the online services for booksellers and book lovers. Hence, we have combined our efforts to offer the best services to today's internet users. In addition, we're planning to expand the number of participant sites.
- 2 - All participating sites of /marelibri.com/ are either associations of booksellers or are privately owned by booksellers. We think experience, knowledge, and connections in the (antiquarian) book trade are key to the services we provide, both for booksellers and for buyers of books.
- 3 - All the booksellers whose books can be found on /marelibri.com/ are independent professional booksellers. As the online trade in antique and modern books is expanding and increasing, it is also becoming more important to guarantee the quality of services. In a world where amateurishness and unreliability often confuse and scare those who are trying to approach the world of books, antique ones particularly, we think that only a professional service can create trust between customers and booksellers. Marelibri.com offers both buyers and sellers of books a platform that maintains high standards of professionalism and reliability.