FictionwiseBarnes & Noble Debuts eBookstore With 700K TitlesAuthored 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 BlackBerryAuthored 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 $15.7MAuthored 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 MotricityAuthored 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. |
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