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To: John May who wrote (889)	11/29/1997 8:27:00 AM
From: dmccoach	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

"Internet bookselling is big business today and will be even bigger - a $10 billion business in 2000. So far BKS, the grandaddy of B&M (bricks & mortor) is having considerable difficulty competing with AMZN" How do you know AMZN will be $10 billion and what proof do you have then BKS is having ifficulty competing? Sincerely, Dan

To: John May who wrote (889)	11/30/1997 12:58:00 PM
From: Joan Osland Graffius	Respond to of 164684

John, >>your consultant needs to wake up and smell the coffee. Internet bookselling is big business today and will be even bigger First of all I did not say this person was a consultant. I attended a workshop given be Merrill Lynch who had assembled experts in the Internet feild and were giving us some of their ideas on investing in this area. The boys from our top business schools (MIT, Harvard and Yale) were sharing their information and not one claimed he/she could see in the future. Now I was just sharing information and they felt the comanies with bricks and mortar were going to be successful in the book sector because the internet was a good extension of this business. They did not believe Amazon.com was going to be successful for a number of reasons including, cost of distribution, cost of product (buying power), cost of inventory, etc. Time will tell and I can not see in the future either. >> - a $10 billion business in 2000. So far BKS, the grandaddy of B&M (bricks & mortor) is having considerable difficulty competing with AMZN. He apparently has his concepts confused. Please give us your source for this statement. Joan

To: John May who wrote (889)	12/1/1997 6:28:00 PM
From: Don Westermeyer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

John, This consultant is not foolish or alone in his opinion. In fact several analysts suggest that AMZN will eventually get into the 'bricks and mortor' business if it wants to survive. Really it's all about sales and margins. AMZN is doing very well on it's internet sales growth, but terrible on the margin part. Also other bookstores have not aggressively gone after this market yet, but will probably begin to do so shortly and cutting into AMZN's growth.

To: John May who wrote (889)	12/2/1997 8:31:00 PM
From: Thomas Kirwin	Respond to of 164684

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