Bertelsmann Says It Won’t Fold BOL.com Into Barnesandnoble.com

The DirectGroup Bertelsmann, which is integrating its European and Asian direct-to-consumer businesses BOL.com and book clubs, will not be merging its US book clubs with Barnesandnoble.com, the company announced yesterday.

According to the company, any wire report that claimed a merger was forthcoming was “incorrect and has no basis in fact.”

The confusion may have stemmed from Bertelsmann