UPDATE: AbeBooks, an Amazon-owned company that offers vintage books, rare collectibles and fine art, is back online as of Sunday evening after a technical issue took down all of its sites and online services for two days.
https://twitter.com/AbeBooks/status/904512606521638913
In one message on Twitter this weekend, AbeBooks described the problem as a hardware issue and said it did not have an estimated time for a fix, but noted that buyer and seller data remained secure. As of early Sunday morning, the company said it was still working on the problem.
https://twitter.com/AbeBooks/status/904171866822033409
https://twitter.com/AbeBooks/status/904347830055313409
AbeBooks, based in Victoria, B.C., was acquired by Amazon in 2008. At the time of the acquisition, the companies said, “AbeBooks will continue to function as a stand-alone operation based in Victoria, British Columbia. AbeBooks will maintain all of its websites, including its Canadian website with Canada-specific content, such as reviews of Canadian-authored books and interviews of Canadian writers.”
David Streitfeld, a reporter for the New York Times who has written extensively about the publishing industry and Amazon’s culture, has been tracking the developments on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/DavidStreitfeld/status/904355405555392512
https://twitter.com/DavidStreitfeld/status/904366891891695622
An AbeBooks spokesman confirmed Sunday morning that it was “a full outage caused by a hardware issue.”
