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Originally Posted by Scott Nicholson
I think it would be hilarious if Kindle, Apple, BN, and Kobo were able to lock out the Potter books. Exclusivity works both ways...
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I'm scratching my head on this one too.
Harry Potter is one of the (if not
the) most popular series of the last (and current) century. Why is it "hilarious" to lock people out of reading those books? And how would it benefit Amazon/Apple/B&N? "Hey, you can't read HP on our devices! We are awesome!"
Here's a quote from the PR at theLeakyCauldron.com:
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The storyline of the second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, will go live on the site in early 2012. The Pottermore Shop opens when the site opens to all in October, selling complete ranges of the eBooks and digital audiobooks in a selection of languages, exclusively.
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Ranges of ebooks is pretty open to interpretation. I did not find other quotes, but I recall reading that she wanted the books on
all Readers. I think she is aware of the lock-in problem and is trying to get around that.
I will bang the drum once more: lock-in is bad because it keeps independent or individual booksellers from cropping up. B&N sells for Nook... period. Amazon sells for Kindle... period. There's no cross-sales. And unless you want to sell DRM-free Kindle/Nook format (which publishers aren't allowing in general), you can't open a store to compete with Amazon or B&N. Very few people have "the goods" to challenge this model, and JKR is the one.
The only "hilarious" thing about lock-out would be the backlash
against Apple/Amazon/B&N.
-Pie