Beedle the Bard available on 4 December 2008!

[Nate the great]

I was just at my local Borders bookstore, and I came across a sign advertising the upcoming release of The Tales of Beedle the Bard (aka HP and the Quest for More Money). You can preorder your copy here. You can also find it on Amazon.

I'm sure you're wondering about the ebook edition. Due to the author's paranoia about digital piracy, there will be no legal ebook of this work.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by Nate the great

I was just at my local Borders bookstore, and I came across a sign advertising the upcoming release of The Tales of Beedle the Bard (aka HP and the Quest for More Money).

I'm sure you're wondering about the ebook edition. Due to the author paranoia about digital piracy there will be no legal ebook of this work.

right, because that was such an effective strategy for the previous books.

[wallcraft]

Originally Posted by Nate the great

I'm sure you're wondering about the ebook edition. Due to the author's paranoia about digital piracy, there will be no legal ebook of this work.

But now we can all click on the "please tell the publisher I'd like to read this book on Kindle" link on Amazon .

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by wallcraft

But now we can all click on the "please tell the publisher I'd like to read this book on Kindle" link on Amazon .

oooh, subversive ! i like it. i clicked.

[Madam Broshkina]

It may be a quest for more money, but not for J.K Rowling personally.

The Children’s High Level Group will publish three editions of the book, all in the English language, to be printed and distributed by Bloomsbury, Scholastic and Amazon. The Bloomsbury and Scholastic editions (£6.99 / $12.99) will feature additional commentary on each fairy tale from Professor Dumbledore and an introduction by J K Rowling. Amazon will produce up to a maximum of 100,000 Collector’s Edition copies (£50 / $100), which will aim to closely replicate the look and feel of the original ‘Beedle’. All editions will go on sale on Thursday 4 December 2008.

All net proceeds from the sale of the books – expected to be in the region of £4 million / $8 million – will be donated to CHLG.

http://www.scholastic.com/aboutschol...7302008_CP.htm

[Barcey]

I think that J.K. Rowling doesn't like e-books because they're better magic then the books in her stories. A paper book that bites people just isn't impressive when compared to a 7 oz device that absorbs an entire library and maxes out your credit card.

[carld]

It's sad really. I'd happily buy all the books over again just to reread them on my Kindle. My paper copies have gone here and there and elsewhere through 2 moves. I'm not about to buy them in paper again. And yes, I clicked the kindlize button.

[gandor62]

I bought the paper version of all the previous HP books, but sadly I have no legitimate way to get them electronically. Even though I also do have them in electronic form, I have wondered about the law in this case. I have the books in paperback format, so can I legally obtain or make an electronic copy to read on my electronic reading device or is scanning the book or downloading the book after someone else scanned it illegal.
Bet its a tricky area.

[talaivan]

Within a week, someone will scan it and it will appear on the internet. Meanwhile, those of us who would pay for the electronic edition can't get it (unless, I suppose, we buy the book and then get the pirated edition, though I'm not 100% sure that's legal).

[Donnageddon]

Originally Posted by Barcey

I think that J.K. Rowling doesn't like e-books because they're better magic then the books in her stories. A paper book that bites people just isn't impressive when compared to a 7 oz device that absorbs an entire library and maxes out your credit card.

[Gideon]

Originally Posted by talaivan

Within a week, someone will scan it and it will appear on the internet.

Heh... You mean "two months before it comes out."

[hidari]

Originally Posted by Nate the great

I was just at my local Borders bookstore, and I came across a sign advertising the upcoming release of The Tales of Beedle the Bard (aka HP and the Quest for More Money). You can preorder your copy here. You can also find it on Amazon.

I'm sure you're wondering about the ebook edition. Due to the author's paranoia about digital piracy, there will be no legal ebook of this work.

I thought this was a forum for EBOOKS not PBOOKS....

[hidari]

Originally Posted by Barcey

I think that J.K. Rowling doesn't like e-books because they're better magic then the books in her stories. A paper book that bites people just isn't impressive when compared to a 7 oz device that absorbs anentire library and maxes out your credit card.

Why should she care? She doesn't have to work another day in her life. It is about publishers making money not her. I mean if she makes a few million or more on top of the billion USD she already has...does it really matter?

Plus... The marketing machine behind her books is so large that half the people that buy the books most likely will never read them.

[awi]

read all 7 on my Iliad....

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Nate the great

I'm sure you're wondering about the ebook edition. Due to the author's paranoia about digital piracy, there will be no legal ebook of this work.

Ms. Rowling has the absolute right to control the eBook publication (or non-publication) of her works. We may not agree with her decision not to permit eBook publication, but the decision is unquestionably hers to make and we should respect that.

Why, by the way, are we discussing this as "News"? The announcement about the publication of this book was made a couple of weeks ago - one could hardly visit Amazon and avoid it!