Fictionwise

Barnes & Noble Debuts eBookstore With 700K Titles

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 21, 2009 - 9:12am.

New York - Bookseller Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) has announced the launch of what it says is the world's largest eBookstore, which initially will offer more than 700,000 titles in a range of e-book formats. The company also announced an exclusive deal to sell a forthcoming e-book reader hardware device made by Plastic Logic, taking a page from rival Amazon (NASD: AMZN) with its Kindle reader.

Fictionwise Debuts eReader Application for BlackBerry

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 24, 2009 - 12:46pm.

Chatham, N.J. - Fictionwise, the e-book retailer recently acquired by Barns & Noble, on Tuesday released the beta version of a free application that lets users read its titles on BlackBerry smartphones. The Fictionwise eReader application also works for Apple's iPhone, as well as devices based on Palm, Windows Mobile, PocketPC and Symbian mobile platforms.

Barnes & Noble Buys E-book Retailer Fictionwise for $15.7M

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 5, 2009 - 7:37am.

New York - Bookseller Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) announced on Thursday that it has acquired Fictionwise, an online retailer of e-books, for $15.7 million in cash. Founded in 2000, New Jersey-based Fictionwise offers e-books for a range of platforms and devices, and sold an estimated 1.5 million units in 2008.

Fictionwise Acquires eBook Unit of Motricity

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 11, 2008 - 7:44am.

Chatham, N.J. - Fictionwise, an independent eBook retailer, announced this week that it has acquired the eReader.com eBook retail business unit of mobile content distributor Motricity.