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To: Zeem who wrote (31080)	12/24/1998 12:24:00 PM
From: Rob S.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

He is slithering up the wrong tree. The book distribution business is very diverse - the combined Barnes & Noble plus Ingram Book will only control about 11% of total book sales. Sure Ingram supplies 60% of the books to Amazongonenutty but Amazon can always buy from other distributors or incur the cost of building up their own inventory and distribution systems. Also Amazongonenutty has publicly stated it's goals to be vertical integration of supply and delivery - just what Barnes is doing by making the acquisition. That makes Amazon's (or the FED's) case against the merger a ridiculous contradiction and unfair to competition by Barnes. There will be no action by the FED, IMO. ------------- Send your Congressman e-mails or letters asking them to request the FED to support free and equal trade practices - and approve the merger!