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Originally Posted by kjk
As Andrew mentioned earlier, the same arguments were made about The Beatles catalog-and even now, 40 years later, they sold remarkably well in iTunes format.
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Two things about the Beatles catalog:
1. People will listen to the same music over and over again, which is why older music sells well.
2. The Beatles Catalog on iTunes included extras. Each album came with a video, and if you bought the whole boxed set, you got yet another video that was never released before. So, yes, people bought them again, but there was some added value.
Now if Rowling released each Potter book with some added value you don't get with the printed copy, such as an included short story then they'll sell like hotcakes. But if she just releases the books with the exact same content that's in them now, I tend to wonder how many people would buy them again, if they already owned a copy.