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Eliminating Buywise and subscriptions could be done for at least a couple of reasons. The first could be economic - as Fictionwise is making less money overall, they may have to eliminate discounts to cope. The magazines were such a good deal - I'm kicking myself for not subscribing. Ah, well.
The other reason they could be eliminating these things could be as part of an orderly wind-up. You don't want to continue taking on long-term obligations if your plan is ultimately to shut down.
I'm afraid that the latter may be the case. Which means that it would be a good time (if you haven't done so) to download everything from your bookshelf, and for multi-format in whatever format(s) you want to maintain it in. I'm hoping they'll be around long enough to get my books onto my new phone (Droid or iPhone).
I'd also like to add that it's good to see people coming to the defense of Fictionwise. No one gets things right all the time, and this has been a particularly frustrating time for a variety of reasons.
I hope I'm wrong - I like Fictionwise, particularly the stuff that isn't available elsewhere, such as short stories. I've seen a lot of hate poured onto Fictionwise lately, particularly about price and lack of discounts, but if they go under, it takes the largest source of DRM-free stuff with it. The "Death Knell of Fictionwise" simultaneously reinforces industry-wide DRM.
I'm off to make sure the 179 items in my bookshelf are properly downloaded and archived.
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