May 20, 2002 -- Chatham, NJ -- Fictionwise.com, a leading independent eBook publisher and distributor, announced today that it has released two eBooks, Spider-Man by Peter David and Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Recovery by Troy Denning, with a special 100% rebate promotion. The eBooks--both published by Random House, Inc.--are available in Secure Mobipocket format, which can be read on PCs and virtually all PDAs.

When fans purchase the eBooks via credit card from Fictionwise, 100% of the purchase price is rebated into their Fictionwise Micropay Account. The Micropay dollars can then be used to purchase any other eBooks at Fictionwise. The 100% rebate promotion will run through May 31, 2002. Learn more about the promotion at http://www.fictionwise.com.

"With Star Wars and Spider-Man battling it out in the theatres, we thought it would be a fun idea to have these eBooks fight it out as well," said Scott Pendergrast, co-publisher at Fictionwise.com. "It's also a great way to promote the secure Mobipocket format, which we launched recently at Fictionwise."

Fictionwise.com offers over two thousand eBook titles in both unencrypted and encrypted eBook formats for PCs and PDAs. The website features the largest collection of award-winning and award-nominated science fiction eBooks on the Internet, as well as large collections of fine mystery, horror, romance, mainstream fiction, and even non-fiction eBooks.

Contact: Scott Pendergrast, pr@fictionwise.com, 973-701-6770