ABE, the world's largest Web-based network of independent booksellers, has brought the international marketplace to the doors of these independent businesses. ABE's information brokering business model and technology provides independent sellers the capability of collectively listing, selling and buying rare materials on the Internet. Founded in 1995 and now with more than 5,200 booksellers from around the globe and 15 million items listed, ABE prides itself on offering the most complete collection of rare, used and out-of-print books, maps, prints and ephemera.