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eBookStores
| TOP eBOOK STORES |
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Fictionwise
- excellent range of titles and formats
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eBookAd
- currently offline
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Powells.com
- mainstream titles at low prices
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Fictionwise
At the time of writing, Fictionwise
has nearly 8000 carefully selected titles. Most of these are available
in multiple formats (Mobipocket, Palm Reader, Rocket eBook, Microsoft
Reader, PDF, iSilo, Hiebook and Franklin eBookman). They also carry encrypted
or secure ebooks in Mobipocket, Microsoft Reader and Palm Reader. Prices
are good - there are plenty of special promotions all the time, and if
you open a Buywise account you can save even more. Fictionwise is primarily
a fiction bookseller, but they are beginning to include non-fiction. They
typically add between 60 and 100 new titles every week. Fictionwise stand
out as the most reader-friendly ebookstore on the internet. Rating 10/10
eBookAd
eBookAd are currently offline -- hopefully they will be back soon...
eBookAd currently have around 15,000 eBooks in their catalog. Titles are
available in Microsoft Reader, Palm Reader, PDF and Hiebook, and they
are not encrypted. Once you have bought a book it is stored in your personal
bookshelf and can be downloaded in any available format (but note that
not all books are available in all formats). The big disadvantage of eBookAd
is that there is no selection process, so there are a lot of self-published
titles of variable quality, but many of the best independent epublishers
sell their books there and some real gems can be found if you look hard
enough. Also, there are no bestseller lists and no rating system, so it
is difficult to know what to go for. However, if you know what you want,
it is a good place to look. Rating 7/10
Powells.com
Powells.com is simply a great traditional bookstore that really cares
about books - a rarity these days. It is a bricks and mortar bookstore
based in Portland, Oregon. They carry new, used and out of print books,
and, of course, eBooks. It is the only bookstore apart from Gemstar themselves
to sell ("official")
Gemstar format titles. They also have Microsoft Reader, PDF and Palm
Reader. All titles are encrypted.
Rating 7/10
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