	time tl sees dilution from scott foresman time inc said the acquisition of scott foresman and co last year will dilute ings per share by about cts a share for the full year in for the first quarter the acquisition will have a negative impact of about cts per share chief financial officer thayer bigelow told security analysts he said scott foresman a textbook publisher will contribute more than mln dlrs in operating income before depreciation and amortization for the full year n j nicholas president and chief operating officer said soctt foresman will have over mln dlrs in revenue in bigelow said the textbook business which normally has its highest profit in the third quarter and incurs a loss in the first quarter will have an adverse impact of mln dlrs on book publishing income for the first quarter first quarter performance for the rest of time inc will be better than last year bigelow said the dilution of cts per share for includes the effects of financing the acquisition bigelow also said the company is comfortable with estimates that ings will be between dlrs and dlrs per share for the year reuter 
