Most book reviewers shun e-books, assuming they are poorly written and not worth the pixels they're printed on. Most consumers have yet to be sold on the idea of reading a book on screen, whether it be a Palm Pilot, a laptop, or a Rocket eBook. Not only do e-publishers have to promote their books to the media and the public, they have to promote the whole electronic publishing industry while they're at it. Faced with the possibility of having an e-book to promote in the new year, I decided it was time to figure out exactly how to market an electronically published book. Bookstores E-books are at a disadvantage in the traditional bookselling market.
Online booksellers are only a little better.
None of these offer a great sales avenue for e-book publishers and authors, however. I can't say I'd recommend their other other publishing packages, however. The prices seem excessive for the services offered, and the packages appear to be nothing more than vanity publishing turned electronic. Fatbrain's advantage is traffic. It is a popular destination for book shoppers, especially for computer books, so if your book targets that same market, it might be worthwhile to sign up just to get your work in front a larger audience.