content: UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                           SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
  
         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 5, 2004
  
  
                                    MERISEL, INC.
                 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
  
           Delaware                    0-17156               95-4172359
  (State or Other Jurisdiction     (Commission File       (I.R.S. Employer
         of Incorporation)              Number)           Identification No.)
  
  
            200 Continental Boulevard, El Segundo, California 90245-0948
                 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  
                                   (310) 615-3080
                (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  
  
                                   Not applicable
         (Registrant's Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
  
  Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
  simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the
  following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
  __ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
     (17 CFR 230.425)
  __ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
     (17 CFR 240. 14a-12)
  __ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
     Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  __ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
     Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  
  
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  Item 2.02.   Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
  
                    On November 5, 2004, Merisel, Inc. (the "Company"), issued a
  press release announcing its earnings for the period ended September 30, 2004. A
  copy of such press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, and is
  incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
  
  Item 9.01.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits
  
  (c)      Exhibits
  
                      99.1- Press Release of the Company dated November 5, 2004
  
  Note: The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including
  Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the
  liabilities of that section.
  
  
  
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                                      SIGNATURE
  
                    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
  the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  
  
  
                                  MERISEL, INC.
  
  
  
                                  By:      /s/Timothy N. Jenson
                                          --------------------------------------
                                           TIMOTHY N. JENSON
                                           Chief Executive Officer and President
  
  
  Date:    November 5, 2004
  
  
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                                    EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  Exhibit Number          Exhibit Description
  --------------          -------------------
  99.1                    Press Release of Merisel, Inc. dated November 5, 2004
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text: UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                           SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 5, 2004
  
                                    MERISEL, INC.
                 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
  
           Delaware                    0-17156               95-4172359
  (State or Other Jurisdiction     (Commission File       (I.R.S. Employer
         of Incorporation)              Number)           Identification No.)
  
            200 Continental Boulevard, El Segundo, California 90245-0948
                 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  
                                   (310) 615-3080
                (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
  
                                   Not applicable
         (Registrant's Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
  
  Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
  simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the
  following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
  __ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act
     (17 CFR 230.425)
  __ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act
     (17 CFR 240. 14a-12)
  __ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
     Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  __ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
     Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Item 2.02.   Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
  
                    On November 5, 2004, Merisel, Inc. (the "Company"), issued a
  press release announcing its earnings for the period ended September 30, 2004. A
  copy of such press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, and is
  incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
  
  Item 9.01.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits
  
  (c)      Exhibits
  
                      99.1- Press Release of the Company dated November 5, 2004
  
  Note: The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including
  Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the
  liabilities of that section.
  SIGNATURE
  
                    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
  the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                  MERISEL, INC.
  
                                  By:      /s/Timothy N. Jenson
                                          --------------------------------------
                                           TIMOTHY N. JENSON
                                           Chief Executive Officer and President
  
  Date:    November 5, 2004
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  Exhibit Number          Exhibit Description
  --------------          -------------------
  99.1                    Press Release of Merisel, Inc. dated November 5, 2004