Friday News: Fictionwise Shutters Its Doors; Real Readers Read Print; Mills & Boon Meets Bollywood; Readers Unlikely to Pay Substantial Sums for Subscription

From my inbox:

Dear Fictionwise Publisher/Author,

As you may know, Barnes & Noble acquired Fictionwise, Inc. (Fictionwise) on March 3, 2009. Fictionwise runs several eBook websites, including Fictionwise.com, eReader.com and eBookwise.com. Over the past few years there has been a significant decrease in demand for many of the eBook formats that Fictionwise.com sells. In contrast, the new industry standard eBook format supported by Barnes & Noble–ePub–is growing in popularity.

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