- Fictionwise
Infobox_Company
company_name = Fictionwise.com
company_type = Private
company_slogan = Excellence in eBooks
foundation =2000
location =New Jersey, USA
key_people = Scott Pendergrast, Founder ; Steve Pendergrast, Founder
industry =Software
products = electronic booksFictionwise is one of the largest independent
electronic book seller in North America. Fictionwise sellsebook s in various formats.The website Fictionwise.com was launched on June 5, 2000, as a partnership between Steve Pendergrast and Mindwise Media, LLC, which is owned by Scott Pendergrast. The success of Fictionwise led to it being spun out of Mindwise Media into a separate company in October 2000. Fictionwise remains privately owned by brothers Stephen and Scott Pendergrast.
Most eBooks are viewed on mobile devices like
Smartphones , PDAs, and eBook devices (iPhone ,Symbian ,Windows Mobile ,Palm OS ,J2ME ,BlackBerry ,Psion ,Kindle andiLiad ).On January 1, 2008, Fictionwise acquired the eReader business unit of Motricity, Inc. eReader was one of the oldest ebook sellers, originally starting under the name Peanut Press and later renamed Palm Reader when owned by Palm, Inc. By acquiring eReader, Fictionwise nearly doubled in size.
After this acquisition, Fictionwise immediately began expanding platform coverage of the eReader eBook format to include three more recent versions of the Symbian operating system, newer Mac OSX operating system, iPhone and iPod touch platforms.
Fictionwise plans to release BlackBerry support in 2008. The company plans Android, Linux, and e-Ink device versions of eReader in early 2009 to continue expanding platform coverage of the format.
External links
* [http://www.fictionwise.com/ Fictionwise website]
ee also
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Comparison of e-book formats : an overview of various e-book formats
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