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To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (48966)	4/5/1999 12:37:00 PM
From: Impristine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

nope, i lived though cymer, a "hidden convertible bond offering" those dudes, shorted the crap out of that stock, and it was not fun, to find out, 3-6 months later, what the hell happened....

To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (48966)	4/5/1999 4:40:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

barnesandnoble.com affiliate numbers soar NEW YORK, April 5 (Reuters) - No.2 online bookseller Barnesandnoble.com said Monday that as of April 1 it had increased its affiliates to 100,000 from 5,250 a year earlier, a leap that underlines the firm's efforts to increase Web exposure through online partners. Barnesandnoble.com, the joint venture of leading U.S. bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc. <BKS.N> and German media giant Bertelsmann AG. <BTGGg.F>, said its affiliate program is growing by more than 2,000 members per week. Affiliates range from corporations to authors, publishers and personal home pages. The rapid expansion of the barnesandnoble.com affiliate program comes as part of widespread efforts by online retailers to make sites accessible via an ever-increasing number of spots on the Web. Barnes & Noble and Bertelsmann plan to make an initial public offering of 15 to 20 percent of barnesandnoble.com some time later this year. Barnesandnoble.com affiliates sell books, magazines, and other products on their sites by linking to the online bookseller. Affiliates earn a 5 to 7 percent commission on each book, gift certificate, magazine subscription, software, music, or video sold through the program; there is no charge for participation. Barnesandnoble.com's chief competitor, Amazon.com Inc. <AMZN.O>, is the largest online retailer and bookseller in terms of revenues. Amazon.com started out selling books but has branched out into music, videos, drugs and, recently, pet supplies. Barnesandnoble.com has around 1.5 million unique users for its online shopping site. Amazon.com does not break down its users into categories but counts around 6.2 million for its online network.