We do not believe this acquisition would result in a substantial lessening of competition. It is not likely to affect book prices, range of titles offered or quality of service.

Throughout the country there is growing competition from supermarkets and Internet retailers in terms of both price and range, so the merged company would have little ability to raise prices either on best-sellers or other titles.

You have to start with the basic premise that you need to know what your competition is doing,

We are still in the middle of the competition.

It was just a great competition that I had with Roman. It's always great to beat the king,

Todd brings a veteran presence to the team and he'll be one of the catchers in the competition for the backup spot behind Mike Matheny.