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To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (2807)	4/4/1998 5:29:00 PM
From: Gary Korn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

It would help to know how total book sales are doing in 1Q98 (in determining how AMZN's subset might be doing). The 4 big players are: Bertelsmann AG (almost $2B sales with Random House) - Bantam - Doubleday - Dell - Random House - Knopf - Ballantine - Crown - Vintage Viacom (VIA) - Simon & Schuster - Prentice Hall - Pocket Books - Macmillan News Corp (NCP) - Harper Collins Time Warner (TWX) - Little, Brown Can anyone get a fix on book-revenues for these entities this year so far? I'm curious to know if the business in 1Q98 is strong, flat or weak. I think the total industry revenue is about $20B. There is an industry publication called "Subtext" that I've not been able to find online. Incidentally, un 1991 through 1993, total book revenue increased 11%. In 1994 through 1996, total book revenue declined 2% (I think there was also a decline in 1997). Gary Korn