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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
To be fair, it may not be an artificial wait time. It's quite possible that Pottermore just won't be up until 2012. After all, Sony isn't getting early access to Pottermore; Sony has only gotten permission to preload HP on its new devices.
(Assuming that the story is accurate at all, of course).
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From the article:
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Sony will bundle its next generation e-reader with the entire series of Harry Potter stories from November, The Register has learnt.
The bespectacled wizard debuts in digital format in October – the same time as the Sony-sponsored Pottermore "online reading experience" goes live – according to well-placed sources in the vendor's retail channel.
But for richer Potterites who can hang fire for a month, a second bundle will be released including all seven books in the series, a letter from author JK Rowling, subscription to Pottermore and a themed carry case.
Beta testing for Pottermore opened yesterday; in time Potter e-books will be sold via the site (rather than through etailers such as Amazon) but this won't happen until 2012. Until it does, the only way to buy digital-format wizardry will be with a Sony device.
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The way I interpret it, come October, the Pottermore site will go live and either the Harry Potter ebooks will be available for online reading or bundled with a plain vanilla version of the Sony Reader. In November, a Harry Potter Special Edition bundle will be available (costing more bucks) and in 2012, you'll finally be able to buy just the books from the Pottermore website. Assuming the article is correct, I would consider not being able to buy the ebook versions until 2012 to be an artificial wait.