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Old 10-18-2011, 11:50 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Clytie View Post
Um, Amazon doesn't own Fictionwise. Barnes and Noble do. They bought it:

1. to strangle a very successful competitor
2. for the eReader format (originally Peanut Press in the 90s), which they now use on their proprietary Nook.
They used it briefly on the original Nook, if you had a Mac. If you had a Windows machine, it used ePub, and a few months ago they updated their site so Macs download the ePubs too.

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I don't even know if Nooks handle Fictionwise PDBs, since B&N refuse to sell to Australians. The app isn't even available to us.
Nook 1 does. Nook Color, Nook Touch, and the Nook apps don't.
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