October 5-11, 2009.
November 11, 2008
Seattle — Thrift Recycling Management, Inc., (TRM), the largest seller of used books on the Internet, announced today that it has purchased the Illinois assets of Ohio Mill Supply, a company located in Cleveland, Ohio. The asset purchase will increase TRM’s annual sales by more than $2 million and add 12 employees to the company’s payroll.
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http://seattle.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?newsid=170239&type_news=latest
October 16, 2008
In double-sided cardboard boxes 4 feet square, the books arrive by the ton. Moments later, as the books are sorted and then identified by a computer, they will either be tossed into a bin and sentenced to be recycled or they will be given a second life – sold on the Internet or donated to charity, and read again.
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C.R. ROBERTS; c.r.roberts@thenewstribune.com
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/506388.html
October 07, 2008
SEATTLE — Before sending a warehouse-size load of old books to a recycler's grinding mill last summer, Phil McMullin made a last-ditch call to online bookseller Amazon.com.
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Byron Acohido, USA TODAY
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2003-09-30-amazon_x.htm
July 08, 2008
Seattle — Thrift Recycling Management, Inc., (TRM), the largest seller of used books on the internet, and Discover Books, Ltd of Abbotsford, British Columbia, announced today that TRM is acquiring Discover Books. They will combine Discover’s operations with TRM, while continuing to grow both brands.
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