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By: Jørgen Sundgot, Monday, 05.08.02 13:29 GMT

In response to increased consumer demand, online eBook retailers eBooks.com and Fictionwise say they have expanded their inventory to include books in Microsof Reader format.


Handheld users are taking a growing interest in eBooks these days, and some formats have proved more popular than others. That includes that of Palm's Reader format - derived from a format used by PeanutPress which Palm acquired in 2001, Franklin's eBookMan, Mobipocket's - well, Mobipocket format, and last but not least Microsoft's Reader format.

In what the companies say is a response to increased consumer demand, online eBook retailers eBooks.com and Fictionwise have now expanded their inventories to include hundreds of titles in Microsoft Reader format. Mobile users can browse and purchase best-selling titles from leading publishers such as McGraw-Hill, Random House, Harper Collins and many others, and eBooks in the format can be read on both desktop platforms and Microsoft's own Pocket PC 2002 platform in Microsoft Reader 2.0.

eBooks.com was founded in 1997, and has been selling electronic books exclusively in Adobe Acrobat PDF format for over two years. "We decided to add Microsoft Reader titles to our inventory because it is the format of choice for our mobile and connected customers," said Suzanne Cole, Manager of eBooks.com's Acquisitions & Publisher Relations.

Fictionwise.com has on its side has been publishing eBooks in a number of formats, including Palm Reader (for Palm, Visor and Win CE), Adobe Acrobat, Rocket/REB1100, Microsoft Reader (Pocket PC and PCs), and Franklin eBookMan, and is generally considered to be the leading provider of eBooks for handheld devices. http://www.infosync.no/news/2002/n/2145.html
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