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Once the online store opens, the full Harry Potter series will be available as e-books in multiple languages, compatible with any electronic reading device.
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More than 200 posts later ... it said in the very first one that Kindle and ePub formats would be supported. |
No, it said "compatible with any electronic reading device," which we know is untrue (anyone want to bet that they'll be available in .rb or .imp formats?), but "any currently-in-production dedicated e-reader" is a reasonable interpretation of that.
PDF is compatible with all current mainstream e-readers. Is there an official announcement that they'll be available
as .epub and .mobi, rather than "compatible with Kindle and Sony readers?"
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All this nonsense of Amazon being forced into supporting ePub ...  ...
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This is on the heels of Amazon announcing some kind of ePub support, even if it was just "you can submit your ebooks in ePub format for the Kindle store." I don't think there would've been as much talk about Amazon changing tactics if they hadn't already made some statements in that direction.
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As far as I know, Kobo is the only one of the four leading ereaders that supports epub, mobi, pdf DRM free so perhaps we all ought just buy a Kobo Touch to read our favourite Harry Potter.
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The Astak readers support that, and I believe the Pocketbooks do as well. Of the four at the top of the sales charts, Kobo's the only one that does. But if you drew the line at "three top sellers," none of them would.
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The OP also slipped in the keyword "could" when it listed Sony ereaders might be Potterised. ... There are lots of things -- Potter on the PS3 and on the PS3 network -- which would make far more sense than selling a reskinned Sony ereader.
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Perhaps, but Sony's sold themed ereaders in the past with pre-set collections of ebooks on them.
James Patterson,
Mills & Boon,
Eat Pray Love; I think I remember others. They *like* themed e-reader collections, and they have systems in place to sell them.
If Pottermore gets its big kick-off in October and has continued new content, Sony could be planning on a Potter e-reader as its big Christmas seller.