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Fictionwise.com history
Fictionwise.com company history timeline
The website Fictionwise.com was launched on June 5, 2000, as a partnership between J. Stephen Pendergrast and Mindwise Media, LLC, which is owned by the latter's brother R. Scott Pendergrast.
On January 1, 2008, Fictionwise acquired the eReader business unit of Motricity, Inc.
Fictionwise indicated that additional licensing deals were in progress; the company released a BlackBerry beta version of eReader on March 11, 2009 and developed an Android version of eReader.
On March 5, 2009, Barnes & Noble acquired Fictionwise for $15.7 million in cash (plus the potential for earn-outs). Barnes & Noble said it planned to use Fictionwise as part of its overall digital strategy, which included the launch of an e-Bookstore later that year.
In March 2010, Fictionwise discontinued its "Buywise Club" which, in exchange for a membership fee, had offered discounted pricing for all their ebooks.
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