As a result of its slightly more enlightened audience, speculative fiction ebooks are often more available than books on other subjects. At most ebook sellers, you can pick quality speculative fiction that works great with any Palm handheld you may wish to use. So, as part of our Star Wars theme and as the first installment in a mini series on ebooks, let's take a look at a few of the places you can find great Star Wars and other speculative fiction ebooks.

Fictionwise
Fictionwise (at http://www.fictionwise.com) is one of the Web's premier ebook sellers for all kinds of ebooks, with a huge library of fiction and non-fiction ebooks from big name authors and independent self-published authors alike. Their library has thousands of volumes of fine short stories, novels, and other works.

Fictionwise books are reasonably priced--most books are under five dollars, and many are far less. You won't find Star Wars books here, but they have a selection of less well-known books that are really top notch. And as an added benefit, Fictionwise books are available in eight different ebook formats (including three Palm OS compatible formats), which is convenient, hassle free, and multi-platform compatible.

Palm Digital Media
Palm Digital Media was formerly Peanut Press (at http://www.peanutpress.com). However, the buyout by Palm, Inc. thankfully hasn't changed this superb ebook store and publisher. Palm Digital Media books are published in a rich text format that can be read with Palm Reader or Palm Reader Pro, which can also read regular Palm DOC files. Their format is relatively secure, and because of this, many big name publishers sell ebook versions of their popular titles at Palm Digital Media.

Palm Digital Media includes a few Star Wars novels as well as many other quality speculative fiction selections. In addition, Palm Digital Media has contracts with independent and self published authors, so there are some exclusive gems hidden in their large library (including noted mobile tech pundit Jeff Kirvin's novel, Between Heaven and Hell, at http://www.peanutpress.com/book.cgi/0740814117). While their file format options and pricing aren't quite as desirable as Fictionwise and a few of the other sources for ebooks, they make up for this in quality and availability of titles that are otherwise unavailable in a Palm OS compatible ebook format.