Help Save Independent Bookstores
PetersFarm@aol.com
Tue, 12 Jan 1999 10:21:34 EST
> In case you're not aware of this, I'm skipping to the important point:
>
> " This deal would make independent bookstores virtually
> dependent upon their largest competitor for their books. (It is as if
> Burger
> King and Wendy's had to buy their french fries from McDonald's.) "
>
> This is so important to the small independent bookseller, please take a
> moment
> to sign. If you are the 50th, 100th, 150th signature, please e-mail the
> petition to the AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION, e-mail address ab-
> info@bookweb.org .
>
> PETITION TO BLOCK BARNES & NOBLE ACQUISITION OF INGRAM
>
> This petition will be sent to the Congress, Department of Justice and
> the
> Federal Trade Commission to block Barnes & Noble's proposed acquisition
> of the
> Ingram Book Company, the single largest supplier of books to small
> bookstores
> across the country. This acquisition, should it be allowed to take
> place, is
> just one more example of the large scale corporate consolidation that
> has
> infiltrated every corner of our culture. As the desire intensifies to
> increase
> bottom line profits, no matter what the other consequences, so does the
> concentration of power in the book industry. Consumers are left with an
> environment in which fewer and fewer people are deciding which books are
> published and ultimately, which books Americans can read and buy.
>
> Barnes & Noble has already entered into an alliance with the $14 billion
> media
> giant, German-owned Bertelsmann AG. Now with Barnes and Noble's proposed
> acquisition of the billion dollar Ingram Book Company, there can be
> little
> doubt that the book industry is falling prey to the same
> anti-competitive ills
> that currently plague computer software and other industries. This deal
> would
> make independent bookstores virtually dependent upon their largest
> competitor
> for their books. (It is as if Burger King and Wendy's had to buy their
> french
> fries from McDonald's)
>
> We need your help. As a patron of independent booksellers, please sign
> the
> petition to help us lobby the government to stop this proposed merger.
> Please
> exercise your right as a citizen and tell the government how you feel.
>
> We sincerely thank you for your support.
>
> 1. Meg Gouraud, Canon City, CO
> 2. Pat Wiles, Guffey, CO
> 3. Chris Rivers, Guffey, CO
> 4. Shiner Antiorio, Asheville. NC
> 5. Toba Spitzer, Watertown MA
> 6. Hannah Ashley, Philadelphia, PA
> 7. Holly Pruett, Portland OR
> 8. Sandy Polishuk, Portland OR
> 9. Kathleen Saadat, Portland, OR
> 10. Kristan Aspen, Portland, OR
> 11. Melody DeMeritt, San Luis Obispo, CA
> 12. Bob Banner, SLO, CA
> 13. Eve Neuhaus, SLO, CA
> 14. Rebecca Hoover ST Louis, MO
> 15. Peggy Haine, Ithaca, NY
> 16. Alice Michtom, Ithaca, N.Y.
> 17. Jack Zwanziger, Rochester, NY
> 18. Stephen J. Kunitz, Rochester, N.Y.
> 19. Isadora D. Kunitz, Rochester, NY
> 20. Suzanne Ruta, Santa Fe, NM
> 21. Janet Holmes, St. Paul, MN
> 22. Richard Solly, St. Paul, MN
> 23. Cheri Register, Minneapolis, MN
> 24. David Rathbun, St. Paul, MN
> 25. David Mura
> 26. Philip Hu, San Francisco, CA
> 27. Carolyn Butler, San Diego, CA
> 28. Caron Andregg
> 29. Robert Arroyo, Jr., Culver City, CA
> 30. Heather Arroyo, Culver City, CA
> 31. Jackie Lalley, Chicago, IL
> 32. Liam Davis, Chicago, IL
> 33. Steve Darnall, Chicago, IL
> 34. Martha Thomases, NYC
> 35. Stephanie Chernikowski, NYC
> 36. William D. Rigby, Brooklyn, NY
> 37. Alison Mork, New York, NY
> 38. Peter Mork, Boston, MA
> 39. Naomi E. Rubin, Allston, MA
> 40. Anne Moore, Boston, MA
41. Mary V. Moore, Seattle, WA
42. Annette E. (Betty) Gras, South Hero, VT
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