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To: FR1 who wrote (25032)	11/8/1998 6:25:00 AM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

another problem books has is what to do with all that money they make. problems, problems, problems... good thing amzn doesn't have them ;-)

To: FR1 who wrote (25032)	11/8/1998 6:26:00 AM
From: llamaphlegm	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

franz we all hope that you feel better now, now repeat after me - all of amzn's advantages are replicable, - amzn is being sued by walmart - its founder just dumped 180000 shares (always a bullish sign) - bks, bertelsmann, and ingram all have more cash to play with - shopbots are increasing in use and will further shrink margins on commodity sales - all the product lines amzn was alleged to be expanding into (cigars, toys, etc.) have established leaders so amzn will have a time of it adding more than software and videos - sales increased by 4x y-t-y, losses by 5x y-t-y -- can't wait til the product expansion kicks up costs

To: FR1 who wrote (25032)	11/8/1998 9:12:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Barnes and Noble has lots of problems. That's why investors in their stock, until a few weeks ago, lost money for the last year. quote.yahoo.com; Franz, There are a lot of problems in your post. Error in paricular and I am going to address them all. Let's start with the above. BKS made a profit of 77 cents in fiscal 1997 and 96 cents in fiscal 1998. Here is my source which I know is accurate: interactive.wsj.com 1) The overhead and constant opening/closing of over a thousand stores. They are growing profits and revenues and debt is falling. You lost me here. I will ignore the rest of the post and assume it is based on ignorance as is the first part of the post. Glenn