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To: Jonathan Bulkeley who wrote (395)	6/24/1999 1:24:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 766

You go Jonathan. Jonathan,like 'jcurrie' said go for the 'Ooonph' on CNN tonight,we need to get this baby moving.I hate CN'BS' so I didn't see your interview but I will try to watch CNN tonight. Best of luck. PS:Say hope you don't mind me kiddin' around now and then.

To: Jonathan Bulkeley who wrote (395)	6/24/1999 2:12:00 PM
From: Stephen	Respond to of 766

Jonathan .... There also seemed to be a focus on the stock price. I was surprised you didn't come out with the standard reply ... i.e ... we'll take care of the business and the stock price will eventually reflect that success. I've heard it so many times ... but it is an effective reply ..... It was good that you came back with the numbers in reply to the article ... always best to let the facts speak for themselves. I was interested to hear more details of BNBN being focused on particular business segments. I can't decide whether I like it or not. However ... well done .... its difficult to be nice with some of these interviewers ... but Bill is one of the more tactful ... good luck tonight Stephen

To: Jonathan Bulkeley who wrote (395)	6/29/1999 10:37:00 PM
From: BWAC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 766

Mr. Bulkeley, I am a stockholder and would like to support BNBN with my purchases. However, when the book is $6 cheaper at Borders.com and Amazon.com, and when customers have easy access to all three sites, how can we afford to have the highest price of the three on-line book sellers? By the way, the title in question is John Grisham's The Testament.

To: Jonathan Bulkeley who wrote (395)	7/8/1999 1:55:00 AM
From: James Lough	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 766

I really like your out of print section - got delivery on another one this week - and have explored many others that I am contemplating purchasing. What are the mechanics of how that works - It looks like you must act as a broker for many book stores - They have come from New York to Calif. And by the way I became a share holder today. Keep up the good work. Jim

To: Jonathan Bulkeley who wrote (395)	7/11/1999 6:08:00 PM
From: theravesays	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 766

Hi Jonathan, You chose Goldman, sachs & Co. to take your company public. It seemed like a good choice because of their reputation. I would like to bring to your attention that for the last 2 weeks Goldman has been killing the price of the stock. I don't know how familiar you are with market making in stocks but Goldman has been sitting on the offer of the stock and pushing it down maliciously. I have been trading for 20 years and never have seen anyone with such an agenda to take down a stock this size. Not only that Goldman sits on the offer but any time the bid goes away he takes down his offer even though he is the low offer and doen't have to go down. What can be the reason for this? Did you neglect to tell Goldman something? Did you piss Goldman off? or is Goldman trying to double dip?!!! A big shareholder

To: Jonathan Bulkeley who wrote (395)	10/2/1999 12:20:00 AM
From: James Lough	Respond to of 766

Hello Jonathan, I went to the book exhibition in Seattle this afternoon. The Hall was set up with booths of book sellers from all over the country displaying there prize collections and rare books. Amazon had a booth and it was drawing some attention as they were introducing there new site that connects book stores. You punch in a book and author and you are connected directly with the store. Not a bad idea. The book seller rents the space and the buyer and seller deal direct. The point is the out of print section for BNBN is still SUPERIOR but there was no Barnesandnoble.com booth to defend itself or to sell itself. Just think it is something worth considering as these shows are going on all around the country. Give it some thought please Have a great weekend Jim

To: Jonathan Bulkeley who wrote (395)	12/3/1999 1:32:00 AM
From: Richard Tai	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 766

jonathan - i guess you've stopped posting on si long ago but perhaps you're still lurking. i saw your cnbc interview with consuelo mack the other day and wanted to offer you some feedback. you: when conseulo opened by asking you about bn.com wireless you said you had a palm vii in your jacket but didn't want to take it out. better: you should've been playing with the palm vii when the camera first came on and you should've opened by telling conseulo that you just ordered a book for your mother and that she'd be receiving it by bike messenger the same day. when conseulo went on about amazon having 10x more revenue and how difficult it was going to be to catch up, you should've been more aggressive in stating that comparing the two is like comparing apples and oranges, like comparing a bookstore to a wal-mart. and that they're not even close to generating 10x more revenue in book sales alone but sure if you're going to factor in $300 palm pilots and $1000 portable dvd players. when consuelo asked you when bn.com is going to make money, you should'nt have said, "i don't know when we're going to make money?". something better would've been a bezosian, "at this time we believe that it's more important to invest in building bn.com and improving the experience of our customers." lastly, regarding yesterday's 1-click judgement and response, i think you ought to go back into the files and dig up those "david and goliath" press releases that bezos used so effectively against barnes&noble when they tried to buy ingram. it's funny how in just about a year the roles have reversed and amazon looks and acts like goliath. of course, using the "david and goliath" analogy may prompt another lawsuit from bezos and co. so be careful.