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Do Exclusive Publisher Portals Make Sense?

By Jane • Oct 12th, 2008 • Category: Ebooks

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 my [...]



Independent Publisher Sale - 25% Off

By Jane • Sep 30th, 2008 • Category: Publishing News

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: [...]



eReader.com Has Free Harlequin Giveaway

By Jane • Sep 3rd, 2008 • Category: Publishing News

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
The [...]



REVIEW: Ereader and Bookshelf App for iPhone

By Jane • Jul 13th, 2008 • Category: Ebooks, Reviews

You may not have heard, but Friday saw the release of the newest iPhone. It’s a 3G phone that sold for $199 (8 GB) and $299 (16 GB). Also released on Friday was the newest firmware for the iPhones and iTouches which made available third party applications for the first time*.
Two of the [...]



Fictionwise’s eReader Available as an iPhone App for the New Iphones

By Jane • Jul 10th, 2008 • Category: Publishing News

Apple’s AppStore is live and there are a couple of free ebook readers including Fictionwise’s eReader. According to the description, eReader allows for “direct wireless transfers of your content to the device’s internal storage for offline reading.” This says to me that you’ll be able to buy from Fictionwise directly from the [...]



Fictionwise Working on eReader Program Compatible with the IPhone

By Jane • May 6th, 2008 • Category: Publishing News

In my inbox I received an email stating that Fictionwise is working on making eReader compatible with the iPhone.  Fictionwise bought eReader a few months agao.  This is excellent news for MAC users and PC users alike.  I love reading on my iPhone.
eReader is not my favorite mobile reading platform but something is better than [...]



Fictionwise Extends Its Storewide 50% Sale

By Jane • Apr 3rd, 2008 • Category: Publishing News

I forgot to blog about this on April 1 (I was having some technical difficulties that day). Fictionwise is having a 50% off storewide sale on all its ebooks extended to 10 Am Eastern Time on Friday, April 4. The way that this works is that you buy the book with paypal or [...]



Fictionwise Buys eReader from Motricity

By Jane • Jan 9th, 2008 • Category: Publishing News

Teleread.org reported that Fictionwise has purchased eReader store from Motricity.  I think this is pretty great news and not because consolidation is good, but because as David Rothman points out in his article, the Brothers Pendergrast who own and run Fictionwise, are very plugged in to the e-community and offer a number of books on [...]



Fictionwise Year End Sale

By Jane • Dec 20th, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

Now through December 31, at Fictionwise, every MultiFormat eBook is discounted 20% and every Secure eBook receives a 20% Micropay rebate. A multiformat book is one that is sold without DRM and a Secure book (usually from a NY Publisher) has DRM. Happy ebook shopping folks.



Ebookwise Offers Kindle Inspired Sale

By Jane • Dec 3rd, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

Ebookwise is selling its ereading device at a holiday discount, inspired by the Kindle release, according to all the “fire” related terminology.
HOT HOT HOT: THE EBOOKWISE-1150 BONFIRE SALE! $10 OFF PLUS FREE SHIPPING!
Why fool around with kindling when you can have a roaring bonfire? Get the hottest eBook reader in the industry at a sizzling [...]