Handmark, known for its retail or in-store Palm OS and Pocket PC applications, has acquired the online eBook reseller pdaBookstore.com.

The pdaBookstore.com website will continue to operate as an independent business until later this year when it will be integrated into the MemoWare.com destination also owned by Handmark.

MemoWare.com is the largest online library of free content for PDAs. The pdaBookstore.com website will become the ecommerce site within MemoWare for content that is offered for sale.

Handmark marketing vice president, Douglas Edwards, described the acquisition as "key to Handmark growth as we expand into wireless distribution of all types of content for handheld devices. The adoption of eBooks has a long way to grow to meet market expectations, but it is inevitable that the electronic delivery of all types of media will include books, and Handmark will be a major source for this content."