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Originally Posted by pshrynk
I've never had a problem with FW and will continue to buy from them. they were the first e-tailer to have the e-mail to Kindle function up and running.
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Dear All:
As a member of Astak (maker of EZ Reader and Mentor eBook Readers) I can say that we were scared to death when B&N purchased Fictionwise. We were in the midst of getting an SDK to port eReader on our devices.
What we have found is that nothing but good seems to have come of it. Steve and Scott are as friendly and reachable as ever, all their tech guys work like crazy to get the SDK done, and they pretty much are as independent and nice as ever. They appear to be growing in employees a little... but they are still the nicest company in the business and eReader will remain a free format.
What we have found, from talks with B&N, is that they do want to release their own eBook website later this year and that they have a team of 15 people who do nothing but talk with publishers to grow the library for both Fictionwise and B&N. While, of course, they want to increase their profits, the 15 people increasing the library is good for the end user.
I have only seen a plus from the buy by B&N.
Robert B