Feb 7 2010
This is kind of incredible, but if you want the digital backlist titles of Janet Evanovich, Sue Grafton or Lora Leigh for free, this is how you do it. Go to Fictionwise and open an account. Buy one of the Evanovich or Grafton titles and pay for it with a credit card or paypal. Once [...]
Jul 1 2009
From a reader at Information Week, Barnes and Noble’s eBookstore aka Fictionwise + eReader will match the prices offered at Amazon. Now if Fictionwise could only get its act in gear and offer the books that are released this week in a timely fashion. Hard to get excited about good prices when significant books are [...]
Mar 30 2009
Orbit is offering AFRAID by Jack Kilborn as an eBook available for $1.99 for the month of April. Winterbirth by Brian Ruckley is Orbit’s $1.00 title. Ruckley’s new release, Fall of Thanes, will be available on 5/3/09 and the other title in the series, Bloodheir, is also available in ebook format. (Someone seems to be listening to [...]
Jan 11 2009
I don’t know if you could tell but I was totally panicked last week when I read about the Fictionwise break up with Overdrive. There are two major fulfillment sources for ebooks other than Fictionwise’s eReader: Overdrive and Lightning Source. These fulfillment companies take the raw text and design of an ebook and convert the [...]
Jan 8 2009
THIRD UPDATE: I’m just going to rewrite the post for tomorrow. Fictionwise is working assiduously (my word) to get publisher approval and it sounds like it is all going well. Also, I expressed my despair that so few new titles were available this week and this too is going to be addressed and there should [...]
Dec 28 2008
I went to upload a new book into my personal content shelf for the iPhone/iTouch at Fictionwise this morning and my previously added books were completely gone. Further, I can’t add any new content. I am sure I have back ups of all the books that I uploaded to the Personal Content Server but if [...]
Dec 26 2008
Updated: There are ebooks for sale at WH Smith eBookShop for 50% off. There are titles there that don’t appear to be in eform in any US ebook stores including A Man in A Million by Jessica Bird that I reviewed the other day. It’s in both Adobe and Mobi format. Every week, Fictionwise offers [...]
Dec 14 2008
For the next few weeks, I’m going to do posts on how to convert ebooks into formats that work on dedicated and multi function devices. First up is the eReader format. Both Stanza and eReader on the iPhone allow uploading of personal content but only in the eReader format. Making an eReader book isn’t hard [...]
Dec 3 2008
http://smartbitchestrashybooks.com SB Sarah emailed this breaking news release to me. Stanza has partnered with Fictionwise to provide DRM content via the Fictionwise store. It's brilliant and I really applaud Fictionwise for allowing its store to be partnered with Stanza because Fictionwise could have easily said, no thanks, we've got ereader. Stanza has licensed the ebook Reader [...]
Nov 9 2008
I am still digesting and working on a post regarding the Google BookSearch Settlement. If you have thoughts on it, feel free to email me (jane at dearauthor.com). I’m fairly concerned about the future impacts and my initial feelings are ones of concern. Today, though, I thought I would give some bullet point items about [...]
Oct 12 2008
Note: I mentioned below that several ebook vendors were having big sales this week including BooksonBoard. I read the BoB promotion to require a minimum of $100 to get the 50% rebate. This is not accurate. There is a 50% rebate/reward for each book purchased through today regardless of what you spend. Arstechnica, one of [...]
Sep 30 2008
From the email: Fictionwise has always been proud to be the only eBook retailer to actively promote and support independent eBook Publishers. This week, we are featuring all Independent Publishers by offering big savings on nearly 20,000 MultiFormat eBooks! For a limited time, all MultiFormat eBooks are 25% off through October 5th. see below: http://www.fictionwise.com/Z133282T951/ebooks/multiformat.htm [...]
Sep 3 2008
To encourage iPhone/Mobile readers to try out its mobile ebook reader, eReader.com is giving away thee full length Harlequin novels. These are downloadable by anyone with an eReader account and not a dedicated device giveaway (like Kindle giveaways). The giveaway is only good until September 12, 2008. The books include: Risque Business by Tawny Weber [...]
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