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To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (36288)1/24/1999 10:31:00 AM
From: H James Morris  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 164684
 
Please read this article. Then you can see why Bezos is dying to get out of books.
latimes.com
The company has an $800-million stake in America Online and is working with the firm to develop European business. Meanwhile, Bertelsmann has invested in the Rocket eBook, a hand-held device for reading books and magazines in electronic form. As the growth in online book sales and related products explodes, the Germans will be in the vanguard here and abroad. .