Amazon.com Inc. on Monday said it has acquired BookSurge LLC, which offers a catalog of thousands of books that can be printed on demand.

Seattle-based Amazon.com did not release financial details.

BookSurge, based in Charleston, S.C., offers its inventory-free book fulfillment network to publishers and authors. In addition, the company offers a separate service to retailers, wholesalers and distributors.

"Print-on-demand has changed the economics of small-quantity printing, making it possible for books with low and uncertain demand to be profitably produced," Greg Greeley, vice president of media products for Amazon.com, said in a statement.

Examples of specialty books available through BookSurge are foreign-language tomes, such as the Arabic version of bestseller "The Da Vinci Code."