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To: Bill Harmond who wrote (57253)	5/18/1999 2:52:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164685

Glenn, you sound like KIS. The CAPITAL EQUIPMENT portion of those mergers isn't meaningful. We're talking about Capital investment, right? You did state Amazon had done so well with so little capital equipment investment. You mentioned $30 million. I was just trying to get the correct figure. We are interested in accuracy I hope:-)

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (57253)	5/18/1999 8:41:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164685

Books-A-Million <BAMM.O> stock soars on discounts NEW YORK, May 18 (Reuters) - Shares in Books-A-Million Inc. surged in heavy trade Tuesday after the bookstore chain's Web unit offered deeper bestseller discounts for some customers than its online rivals. Books-A-Million was up 2-5/32, or 25 percent, to 10-7/8. Volume by early afternoon was more than 13 times normal daily levels, placing Books-A-Million among the volume leaders on Nasdaq. Birmingham, Ala.-based Books-A-Million, the No. 3 U.S. book chain, is in an online price war with Internet competitors Amazon.com Inc. <AMZN.O>, Barnes & Noble Inc. <BKS.N> and Borders Group Inc. <BGP.N>. On Monday, Amazon.com, the No.1 online retailer, said it would cut prices up to 50 percent on every book listed on The New York Times' bestseller lists. Barnes & Noble's and Borders' Internet units matched the discount for online orders within hours. Books-A-Million said Tuesday its online unit, Booksamillion.com (www.booksamillion.com), was offering discounts of 55 percent on New York Times' bestsellers for members of its discount Millionaires Club. It also deepened discounts on other books for club members. Regular buyers will get discounts that match the Amazon.com cuts. Terrance Finley, Booksamillion.com's president, said the cuts had gone into effect Monday. "We did it yesterday morning, as soon as I saw the Amazon price change," he said in a telephone interview. REUTERS Rtr 18:48 05-18-99