Year End Sale at Fictionwise

Fictionwise is having their big year-end sale, with all the ebooks (but not magazines) at 40%-60% discounts (for multiformat books) or a 40%-60% rebate (DRM'd books). The multiformat books work on the Kindle and there are some well known authors (Fritz Leiber) as well as relative unknowns (and a large collection of erotica). On the DRM'd side, the books won't work on the Kindle, but are generally compatible with the nook, PC and iPhone (ereader format, on nearly all DRM'd books) and the Sony Reader (ADE Epub, not on all books) as well as a few other mobipocket compatible readers.

The sale on the Secure (DRM'd) side is supposed to only be on orders paid for using a credit card or paypal (and that is still true of the 100% rebate books, whether they are NYT bestsellers or the new selections for the week), but most of the books are giving the rebate, even if you use micropay. Which means that if you have a balance built up (or build one up by grabbing some of those 100% rebate books) you can get 60% back on the books you are buying, then use that to buy even more books.

So, buy $100 in books using credit, get $40 to $60 back in credit. Use that $60 to buy books and get $36 back ... and so on. I suspect they'll close this loophole tomorrow (if not, go on a spree), but in the meantime, you can get some very good deals. Even with the requirement to pay by credit card (and thus building up credit), there are some good prices here and there, with the net cost often below Amazon's (of course, since they don't work on the Kindle, they are not for everyone).

If you are buying multiformat books, there is a simple straight discount (plus your member discount, if applicable), but you can use your micropay credit there as well (and it's planned that way, so should work all week).

UPDATE: Add the coupon code thoughts25, through Dec 15, and get an additional 25% off the entire purchase.