Cash In On a Great Sale From Fictionwise!!!
Is there a book out there you have just been dyin’ to read? If you are like me, your ‘To Read’ list is just huge. However, I always find that I don’t have time to go to the bookstore, and I hate paying for shipping for just a book or two. The best solution is ebooks, because its instant gratification. You have time to read, and you can read right now. Fictionwise.com, a member of the Barnes & Noble family, has a great selection of fiction, non-fiction, audio books, and magazines ready for download. Starting today through November 20, Fictionwise has given JAMM a special 25% off discount code. All you need to do is enter the coupon code “jamm25” when you are checking out.
Fictionwise is also having a sale on their own eReader, eBookwise-1150. Its a basic reader with 64MB of internal storage, which should allow you store about 100 ebooks at a time. For a smaller reader, it has some nice features:
- Screen Size: 5″ x 7.5″ x 1.5″, about as much viewable screen area as a paperback book.
- Large memory: Carry dozens of training manuals, books and personal documents in one compact unit.
- Long battery life:Read for up to 15 hours without recharging; can be read while charging. (15 hour battery life assumes minimal backlight usage. With backlight fully enabled reading time is approximately cut in half.)
- Built-in modem and USB ports: Use a phone line or USB to instantly receive desired content. No linkage with a PC is required for phone connection. USB drivers are available for Windows 98/2000/ME/XP and Mac OS X. (click here for more information on USB drivers.)
- Personal Online Bookshelf:Copies of all your eBook editions are maintained on the device’s server-based Online Bookshelf. Download them quickly and easily to your eBook device whenever desired; many thousands of pages can be locally stored on the eBook’s eBookshelf.
- Grayscale display: See your electronic books, training documents and personal content complete with images.
- Backlit screen: Adjustable brightness and contrast controls allow reading anywhere, even in the dark.
- Variable text size: Increase the text size for easy reading.
- Shortcut:A frequently used feature (e.g. auto-update, zoom font, search, sleep, settings) may be dynamically associated with the “shortcut” button on the eBook device to provide one-touch access to a user-selected feature.
- Bookmark, highlight and make notes: Use the touch screen to mark pages and passages and take notes.
- Search:Tap on a word in the text to find other occurrences of that word or enter text to search using the dropdown onscreen keyboard. <!–
- Single-tap dictionary: Create custom dictionaries that can be used to define words within any local content (e.g. acronyms or technical terms).–>
- Auto-connect:At daily scheduled times, the eBook device can automatically connect to the server to retrieve new and updated content.
The eReader usually retails for $135, but is on sale for $89.95. Its a good option to consider if you are traveling and just want to have a variety of reading material to keep you entertained.
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