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Originally Posted by Jaime_Astorga
Rowling may not need it, but it is still rather hilarious to see her lose out on some serious cash due to her strange reluctance to authorize digital copies of the Harry Potter novels.
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Rowling won the serious-cash game long ago. I suspect she'll break and allow them in ebook format, though.
Most people don't pirate, and many of those who do already did so and probably would have pirated them whether they were available legit or not. The "I had no choice" crowd is a minority within a minority. So, the Potter fans who worship her books and read them repeatedly and have developed a preference for ebooks in the last couple years will likely wind up purchasing the book again in ebook format. If anything, withholding the ebook version could be a brilliant move that results in many re-purchases (then she'll go from being criticized for missing out on profits to being criticized for being greedy). Just imo. edited for clarity.
Step 1: keep them in paper form only.
Step 2: sell a trillion of them.
Step 3: wait for ebooks to gain popularity.
Step 4: release them again as ebooks.
Step 5: $$$$$