[KS] Re: Barnes and Ignoble

[Namhee Lee]

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>Please consider the following Petition. Just copy-and-paste the following
>into a new message, add your name to the list, and send to all folks you
>know who would support this measure.
>
>THE PETITION: 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 at bookweb.org
>
>PETITION TO BLOCK BARNES & NOBLE ACQUISITION OF INGRAM
>This petition will be sent to the Congress, the 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 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. Melissa Minkin, Los Angeles, CA
>7. tova stabin, eugene, OR
>8. Aurora Levins Morales, Berkeley, CA
>9. Luz Guerra, Austin, TX
>10.Marianne Bueno, SanAntonio, TX
>11. Louis Mendoza, San Antonio, Texas
>12.Bryce Milligan, SanAntonio, TX
>13. Rose Catacalos, Stanford, CA
>14. Perla Cavazos, Austin, TX
>15. Tammy Gomez, Austin, TX
>16. P. D. Jolley, Austin, TX
>17. Richard Lyons,Austin, TX
>18. Rosemarie Vardell, Efland, NC
>19. Dan Bellm, San Francisco, CA
>20. Nancy Halloran, San Francisco, CA
>21. David Couch, San Francisco, CA
>22. Susan Moon, Berkeley, CA
>23. Taigen Dan Leighton, Fairfax, CA
>24. Peter Coyote, Mill Valley, CA.
>25. Paul Hawken, Sausalito, CA
>26. Edward Skloot, New York, NY
>27. Suzanne Skloot, New York, NY
>28. Joseph Skloot, New York, NY
>29. Richard B. Norgaard, Berkeley, CA
>30. David Szanton, Berkeley, CA
>31. Carol J. Clover, Berkeley, CA
>32. Joshua Clover, Berkeley, CA
>33. Robert Christgau
>34. Thurston Moore, NYC
>35. Bill Mooney, Raleigh, NC
>36. Michael Carter, NYC
>37. Abby Bridge, NYC
>38. Jeff Grimes, CA
>39. Tricia Roush
>40. Adam Cornford, Oakland, CA
>41. Karen Balke, Oakland, CA
>42. George Mattingly, Berkeley, CA
>43. Lucy Farber, Berkeley, CA
>44. Owen Brown, San Francisco, CA
>45. Bill Watkins, Hong Kong (originally Davis, CA)
>46. John C. Jamieson, Hong Kong and Berkeley, CA
>Namhee Lee, Chicago, IL
Michael Chwe, Chicago, IL
>
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>J. C. Jamieson
>Director (CLC; OISP; Office of Academic Links - International [Acting]),
>Professor of Asian Studies
>The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
>Telephone: 85 2 2609-6725; fax: 85 2 2603-5803
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