Smiths News arm buys books company Erasmus

UK newspaper and magazine wholesaler Smiths News said on Monday its business Bertram Books acquired Erasmus Antiquariaat en Boekhandel.

UK newspaper and magazine wholesaler Smiths News said on Monday its business Bertram Books acquired Erasmus Antiquariaat en Boekhandel.

Bertram has purchased the company from Tschenett Beheer for €1.5m in cash via subsidiary Dawson Books. Erasmus is a Netherlands-based supplier of books and journals to academic libraries and government institutions across Northern Europe.

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