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To: Francis Muir who wrote (8334)	9/4/1999 12:57:00 PM
From: Bill J. Duke	Respond to of 13953

OT. I am in the publishing business and think that FATB is a very, very smart business. We just uploaded several chapters from one of our non-fiction titles to the FATBRAIN website. For individuals who want the information from those particular chapters (or want it immediately) but don't want to purchase the whole book, they can purchase (download) the chapter(s) electronically and FatBrain pays our royalty. Obviously, in this case we have no additional investment in paper, printing, design etc. and can simply partner with FatBrain in making these specialized topics available for sale to their growing markets. I'm not an investor in FATB at this time but I'll be watching it, because I think they will do very well. By the way, the whole process of uploading the material, the contractual agreements, the methods for setting prices are seamless and very well designed. Bill