Stack's store, selling new books, began as a dial-up bulletin board located in Cleveland.
The Books.com website opened in 1994, eventually attracting a half million visitors each month.
Books could be searched by title, author, subject, keyword or ISBN.
[1] In 1996, Book Stacks became a wholly owned subsidiary of Cendant Corporation, a consumer services company based in Stamford, Connecticut, and previously known as CUC International.
[2] In 1997, Book Stacks became part of Cendant's virtual mall, netMarket, a one-stop Internet shopping site which included an online music store and an online video store, both operating from the Book Stacks offices in downtown Cleveland.