Alibris
In 1997 Manley founded the major e-commerce bookseller Alibris and served as the company's CEO for 10 years. Alibris integrates inventory from second-hand booksellers from around the world and is considered a classic example of a Long Tail ecommerce retailer.
By 2000, Alibris was a significant internet retailer cited by The New York Times for having “radically changed the buying and selling of used books”. Oak Hill Capital purchased Alibris in 2006.
At the end of 2007, Manley stepped down as CEO of Alibris, being replaced by Brian Elliott, the company's president and COO. Manley said he planned to start a new company in the 2008.
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