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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Sony has the eBookstore where people can purchase eBooks they can read.
Sure they can go to Gutenburg to get some eBooks. But, the majority of people want to read bestsellers or romance novels. The multiformat eBooks from Fictionwise are mostly from authors they will never have heard of. If you take a look at a lot of the top sellers it's romance sold to housewives. Most of them won't know about stripping DRM. They'll know they can purchase the eBooks and read them.
So without the ability to purchase current eBooks with DRM, I would say to stay well away from the Jetbook. The fact is, that for most people it is not a good fit at all.
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Fictionwise has 20,000 titles available for sale and I think they will increase this number:
http://avidbookreader.com/2008/09/30...t-fictionwise/
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So, you just got that brand new ebook reader and looking for books to read on it?
Here’s some good news for you: Fictionwise is hosting a Independent Publisher Sale. Readers get a 25% discount on MultiFormat ebook catalog until October 5th. If you don’t know if your reader is compatible, here are the available formats at Fictionwise:
.LIT (Microsoft Reader)
.PDF (Adobe Acrobat)
.LRF (Sony Reader)
.PDB (Palm Doc)
.PDB (eReader)
.RB (Rocket/REB1100)
.FUB (Franklin Ebookman)
.KML (Hiebook)
.PDB (iSilo)
.PRC (Mobipocket)
.MOBI (Kindle Compatible)
There are some great titles. There are regency romances by Joan Wolf, Barbara Metzger and Allison Lane among others. If you enjoy historical romance, there is The Prince of Midnight by Laura Kinsale and Dream Fever by Katherine Sutcliffe or if you prefer sci-fi, there are David Webster’s* Honor Harrington series starting with On Basilisk Station or Lois McMaster Bujold’s* Vorkosigan series starting with Shards of Honor. All are available in MultiFormat.
There are 20,000 titles in MultiFormat to browse through at Fictionwise. I own about 76 titles that includes the ebooks mentioned above. If you’re like me and use Fictionwise almost exclusively, then this is a great opportunity to go through their catalog and save money.