PowerByHand's eReader.com Announces Bestselling eBooks for August; Authors and Publishers Direct Website Visitors to eReader.com for eBook Purchases

Business Wire, Sept 14, 2004

DURHAM, N.C. -- PowerByHand, the premier provider of mobile content and solutions, today announced the top ten bestselling fiction and nonfiction eBooks for the month of August from its eReader.com division (formerly Palm Digital Media), the world's largest and most popular electronic bookstore.

Fiction top sellers continued to be dominated by author Dan Brown, with four of his titles in the eReader.com Top 10 list. Brown is one of many authors and publishers that drive eBook purchases from their own website to eReader.com. For example, visitors to Brown's site at www.danbrown.com can purchase his eBook titles at eReader.com with a few simple clicks. Merriam Webster, Inc. is also one of many publishers that provide a direct link from their website to the eReader bookstore.

"Directing eBook purchases from their website to eReader.com is an easy and convenient way for authors and publishers to make their titles available for immediate download 24 hours a day, seven days a week," said Mike Violano, vice president and general manager at eReader.com. "We welcome and encourage all authors and publishers to link to eReader.com to enable customers to get their titles in eReader format."

Three new titles hit the bestselling fiction list in August: "Hawke," a first novel by Ted Bell; "Brimstone," the latest suspense thriller from the dynamic duo of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child; and "The Charnel Prince," a new flight in fantasy by Greg Keyes.

The Top 10 Fiction eBooks by Unit Sales for August 2004:

eList
Rank    Title                Author           Publisher         Price
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 1     The Da Vinci Code    Dan Brown         Doubleday         $9.95
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 2     Angels & Demons      Dan Brown         Pocket Books      $6.99
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 3     Darwin's Radio/      Greg Bear         Del Rey           $7.50
       Darwin's Children
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 4     The Rule of Four     Ian Caldwell,     Dell Publishing  $17.95
                            Dustin Thomason

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 5     Digital Fortress     Dan Brown         St. Martin's      $5.99
                                              Press
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 6     Deception Point      Dan Brown         Pocket Books      $6.99
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 7     Hawke                Ted Bell          Atria Books       $7.99
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 8     Brimstone            Douglas Preston,  Time Warner      $16.95
                            Lincoln Child
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 9     I, Robot             Isaac Asimov      Spectra           $6.64
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10     The Charnel Prince   Greg Keyes        Ballantine Books  $9.95
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The top non-fiction seller at eReader.com in August, based on total sales for the month, was "Merriam Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary, Eleventh ed." and "Merriam Webster's Collegiate(R) Thesaurus" bundle at the special price of $29.95, more than 30% off the publisher's eList prices. "How to Learn a Foreign Language," a featured general reference title in the August Back to School promotion, was the second highest seller in the non-fiction area. "Webster's New World Dictionary" was another reference title in high demand during the Back to School promotion.

Other highlights in non-fiction included four titles from Zondervan: "NIV Holy Bible," "The Case for Christ," "The Case for a Creator" and "The Purpose Driven Life." A new release in Current Events and Politics, "All the President's Spin" also garnered a top 10 spot.

The Top 10 Non-Fiction eBooks by Unit Sales for August 2004:

eList
Rank  Title                           Author     Publisher      Price
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 1   Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Merriam-     Merriam-     $29.95
     Dictionary, Eleventh Edition &  Webster      Webster
     Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R)
     Thesaurus
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 2   How to Learn a Foreign Language Graham E.    Storm King    $7.00
                                     Fuller       Press
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 3   NIV Holy Bible                  Zondervan    Zondervan    $14.99
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 4   The Case for Christ             Lee Strobel  Zondervan     $9.99
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 5   The Ten Day MBA,                Steven A.    Perfectbound $11.99
     Revised Edition                 Silbiger
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 6   Webster's New World College     Webster's    Wiley        $23.95
     Dictionary                      New World
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 7   The Da Vinci Code: Fact or      Hank         Tyndale       $4.99
     Fiction                         Hanegraaff,  House
                                     Paul Maier
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  8  The Purpose Driven Life         Rick Warren  Zondervan    $15.99
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  9  The Case for a Creator          Lee Strobel  Zondervan    $11.99
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 10  All the President's Spin        Ben Fritz,   Touchstone    $8.99
                                     Bryan Keefer,
                                     Brendan Nyhan
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