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Non-Tech : Barnes & Noble (BKS)
BKS 6.4900.0%Aug 19 5:00 PM EST

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To: frank meysamy who wrote (616)4/9/1999 8:48:00 AM
From: Steve Smith   of 1691
 
BNBN IPO scheduled for week of April 26.

Just read this profile on BKS. BKS appears to be a formidable competitor for AMZN to compete against with BKS's powerful alliances.

BKS = German media giant Bertelsmann + barnesandnoble.com + Ingram Book Group

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<<barnesandnoble.com wants be the Internet bookshelf's best-seller. Owned equally by "bricks-and-mortar" retailer Barnes & Noble and German media giant Bertelsmann (owner of #1 US publisher Random House), the online seller of books, magazines, and software has more than 650,000 titles in stock. barnesandnoble.com features discounts, book summaries, author biographies, and online author chats. It also offers reviews from users and sources such as The New York Times Book Review. Through pacts with portals like America Online and Microsoft's MSN, it attracts bookworms from about 175 countries. The company plans to turn over a new page and sell videos, music, and other products.>>
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