Motricity's eReader.com Announces Bestselling eBooks for January; eReader.com also Announces Super Game of Savings, Valentine's Day Collections and Black History Month Selections

Business Wire, Feb 11, 2005

DURHAM, N.C. -- Motricity, the premier provider of mobile content and solutions, today announced the top ten bestselling fiction and nonfiction eBooks for the month of January from its eReader.com division. The company also recognized "Best of 2004" eBooks and continues to feature these award winners at eReader.com.

In February, eReader.com kicks off the month with the Super Game of Savings where teams of authors battle for victory and eBook sales. In the first week, the pros on the Thriller team include David Baldacci, Jan Burke, James Patterson, Patricia Cornwell and other favorites who battle authors from the Mystery, Detective and True Crime categories including Ann Rule, Michael Connolly, Jeffrey Deaver and Janet Evanovich. Customers win each week, as The Super Game of Savings continues throughout month, with a 20% discount off of everyday low prices on any of the 14,000 eBook titles.

Also during the month of February, eReader.com will feature specially priced bouquets of Valentine's Day eBooks including titles in contemporary fiction, historical fiction and relationships and sexuality. eReader.com will also honor great authors and titles in a month-long Black History Month with new releases such as "Jimi Hendrix" by Sharon Lawrence and "Dark Matter: Reading The Bones" by Sheree R.Thomas; as well as perennial bestsellers including "The Souls of Black Folks" by W.E.B. Du Bois and "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriett Beecher Stowe.

The New Year ushered in new authors and new bestselling eBooks. In fiction, January's bestsellers included "Alien Infection" by Darrell Bain, a new romance from Liz Carlye "The Devil to Pay" and "Rift", a fast moving suspense by Richard Cox. Dan Brown retains a firm hold on four spots on the fiction top sellers and Michael Crichton returns in the #1 position with "State of Fear".

The Top 10 Fiction eBooks by Unit Sales for January 2005:

                                                   eList
Rank        Title           Author    Publisher    Price    Category
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                            Michael                         Suspense &
  1       State of Fear    Crichton  HarperCollins  $19.95  Thrillers
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                                                            Suspense &
  2     The Da Vinci Code   Dan Brown  Doubleday    $14.95  Thrillers
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                                                            Suspense &
  3      Angels & Demons    Dan Brown  PocketBooks  $7.99   Thrillers
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                                       St. Martin's         Suspense &
  4     Digital Fortress    Dan Brown    Press      $5.99   Thrillers
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                            Darrell                         Science
  5      Alien Infection     Bain     Double Dragon $5.99   Fiction
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                                                            Suspense &
  6      Deception Point    Dan Brown  PocketBooks  $6.99   Thrillers
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                             Liz
  7     The Devil to Pay    Carlyle    PocketBooks  $5.99   Romance
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                            Cameron                         Suspense &
  8     The Medici Dagger    West      PocketBooks  $5.99   Thrillers
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                             Scott                        Contemporary
  9       God's Debris       Adams     Scott Adams  $4.95    Fiction
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                            Richard    Ballantine           Suspense &
 10           Rift            Cox        Books      $4.50   Thrillers
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eBook titles featured in the New Year, New You promotion helped consumers achieve their resolutions in January. Near the top of the list were "Habit Busting" and "The Procrastinator's Handbook". Close behind were the personal finance planning double header by David Bach--"Start Late, Finish Rich" and "The Automatic Millionaire". Other bestsellers included the new release "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell and "Warrior Soul" a gripping account by former Navy SEAL Chuck Pfarrer and, the just published, "French Women Don't Get Fat" which appealed to a wide (or is it a thin?) audience.

eList
 Rank         Title           Author    Publisher   Price   Category
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                               Pete
    1      Habit Busting       Cohen  HarperCollins $5.00  Self-Help
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                               David     Broadway          Investing &
    2 Start Late, Finish Rich  Bach      Books      $17.95   Money
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         Procrastinator's      Rita      Walker
    3         Handbook         Emmett   Publishing  $5.00  Self-Help
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                              Malcolm                       Business &
    4          Blink          Gladwell Time Warner  $15.95  Technology
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    5     NIV Holy Bible     Zondervan  Zondervan   $14.99   Religion
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        Merriam-Webster's
       Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam    Merriam          Dictionaries
    6       Eleventh Ed       Webster    Webster   $25.95  & Thesauri
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        Merriam-Webster's     Merriam    Merriam          Dictionaries
    7   Collegiate Thesaurus  Webster    Webster   $16.95  & Thesauri
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                              David     Broadway           Investing &
    8  Automatic Millionaire  Bach       Books     $6.99      Money
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                              Chuck                        Biography &
    9      Warrior Soul       Pfarrer Random House $6.99     Memoir
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      French Women Don't Get  Mireille                        Diet &
   10           Fat           Guiliano    Knopf    $17.95    Fitness
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