Re: Re: B&N buys Fictionwise

I'm personally very excited about this - I think having a heavy weight in
the "traditional" print world will really throw more legitamacy to the
e-book world.  I'm excited to see what happens.

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Dana Hartsock <[email protected]> wrote:

>   I don't know if this constitutes good news, or not?
>
> If B&N offers support and catalog without messing with the multi-format
> nature of Fictionwise too much it might be a winner. Must confess to
> harboring some initial skepticism.
>
> Dana
>
> --- In [email protected] <ebook-community%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "davidrothman" <davidrothman@...> wrote:
> >
> > By Paul Biba -- Fictionwise acquired by Barnes & Noble http://is.gd/lUBI
> >
> > Note: This is a TeleRead scoop as far as we know.
> >
> > Meanwhile congrats to the Pendergrast brothers for doing their best to
> find a buyer who accepted their philosophy toward e-books.
> >
> > David Rothman
> > Editor-Publisher, TeleRead.org
> > 703-370-6540
> >
>
>  
>


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