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Originally Posted by khalleron
The article is confusing - first it says the ebooks will be available on Pottermore in October, but if you wait a month you can get the bundle with the Sony reader.
Then it says you have to wait until 2012 to get the ebooks without the Sony reader.
So color me confused.
Which also implies that the new Sony(s) won't be out until November, either. Sigh.
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The article is pretty poorly written. I *think* what they are saying is that: (1) in October, you will be able to read HP on the Pottermore site - but nowhere else. IOW, it will be online only. (2) In November, you will be able to buy a Sony bundled with the HP books. This will be the only way to read HP other than online. (Presumably the books are preloaded and you are not buying them from Pottermore or elsewhere). (3) In 2012, Pottermore will begin selling the books for download and you will be able to read the books on all other readers (including current Sony readers).
This does seem like a coup for Sony, although I really wonder about pricing. If Sony's new reader is priced like its current readers - $350 for a 6" model - and it can sell the bundled HP books for $10 each ($70), buying a new HP Sony will run $420 - over $300 more than a K3 wifi costs now. I think that's a pretty hard sell.
Of course, if Sony's new readers are much less expensive than their current models, this won't be an issue...I think a lot more people would be tempted if they could get a new sony + the complete HP oeuvre for, say, $200.