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This entry was posted on Thursday, July 10th, 2008 at 8:49 am and is filed under Publishing News. Tagged: eReader, Ereading Device, ereading-software, Fictionwise, iPhone. You can feed this entry. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Jane is a long time romance reader whose passion is, you guessed it, reading. Jane also does not like to talk about herself in the third person, but apparently this is the way that this biography thing works (although in a true biography, someone else would be writing this blurb). Anyway, currently Jane loves urban fantasy authors Patricia Briggs and Ilona Andrews. She's really excited about this year's crop of historicals including Joanna Bourne's The Spymaster's Lady and Sherry Thomas' Private Arrangements and the upcoming Loretta Chase Her Scandalous Ways. She's looking for a good contemporary author. Email her with a recommendation! Email this author | All posts by Jane

11 comments to “Fictionwise’s eReader Available as an iPhone App for the New Iphones”

1. 1	by Angela James July 10th, 2008 at 9:16 am I was wondering if you were going to get your new iPhone tomorrow. Will the new eReader only work with the new iPhone, or with the old version as well?

2. 2	by Melissa July 10th, 2008 at 9:25 am I am going to try putting off buying the new iphone until the cases start to show up. I was always paranoid throwing my old one in my purse with no case. After 4 cases I have one I love…but I covet 3g internet surfing with all of my heart!

3. 3	by KCfla July 10th, 2008 at 9:51 am I too want to know if the app will work with the old phone. I’m too poor to replace a phone that I’ve had only 7 months ( not to mention it was a gift from Hubby!) If not, I’ll just have to deal, but still…………

4. 4	by jane July 10th, 2008 at 9:53 am It should work with all phones. The new firmware should be released tomorrow.

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   by Ember July 10th, 2008 at 10:02 am You’ll need to update your iTunes to 7.7 (if your iTunes tells you that your 7.6 version is up to date, you can go to the iTunes website and manually download 7.7). Then (as Jane said) you’ll need the firmware update, hopefully tomorrow. I’m still eager to see if the Fictionwise eReader is only going to work for ebooks purchased through eReader.com and fictionwise.com

6. 6	by KCfla July 10th, 2008 at 10:10 am Thank you Jane! I *will* have to catch up with technology….eventually lol!

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   by Tina Burns July 10th, 2008 at 5:11 pm I’ve been wary of anything “i” related since I went through 4 iPods and shuffles, finally moving on to the Zune for an MP3 player. I like Apple computers and will probably transition to that next computer but I’m skeered of the “i”. I have friends and family who have the first iPhone and love it, so I’m looking forward to your review now that the 2nd version seems to be promising more!

8. 8	by Harald July 10th, 2008 at 5:29 pm eReader works with iPhones running the updated OS 2.0, so it works with the older iPhone and iPod Touch. Alas, I have only been able to connect to my library on ereader.com, not fictionwise. No way to enter the latter…

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   by Ann Bruce July 11th, 2008 at 12:15 pm For cheap people like me who prefer the iPod Touch, which just lacks the phone capabilities and 3G of the iPhone, because they don’t want to sign a 3-year deal with Rogers in Canada, Apple’s annual BTS special is a free iPod Touch with the purchase of a Mac. The promo ends mid-September. Of course, this giveaway tells me Apple’s getting ready to launch a new iPod Touch for the Christmas season.

10. 10	by kerry July 11th, 2008 at 2:11 pm I also installed this and like Harald, could not connect to my library on fictionwise. It’s *supposed* to have some way to get content from fictionwise but I can’t figure out how.

11. 11	by BevQB July 11th, 2008 at 2:21 pm hee, I knew you wouldn’t be able to resist the 3G, Jane. That’s what I like about you– always willing to take one for the team so we don’t have to figure this stuff out on our own.