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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
Not true. With as many book sales of Harry Potter there is not enough people left that need a supply from the dark net.....JKR's wallet does not need to be boosted in any way shape or form......Not releasing the ebooks or releasing them would make no noticeable difference money wise for her.
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Then why not release them? If the American version of the books are inferior to the British version, then quality control is obviously not an issue with her. If she's overflowing with money due to merchandising of the brand, then ebooks aren't going to hurt her paper book sales.
If she's holding up releasing them because of some Luddite aversion to the new technology, then more power to the dark net to distribute her books, IMO.
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You not beeing a Harry Potter fan makes it less understandable for you. I remember how bad it was to have to wait for the last 3 books to be released. If I was unable to read the hardcover version for any reason, I would be pissed too. I did not even like that I had to wait until the original hardcover books were shipped to me - they were not easily available in the US.
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Pottermania is totally unfathomable to me - and I am a fantasy reader; I have never been obsessed with a book series to that extent. And for the book series which I have loved, I remained clear-eyed enough to see when the author was playing his/her customers with the release dates and usually reached a point where I was no longer willing to be played, and turned to other books by other authors. Then when I went back to that first author, there was usually a backlog of the series books to read.
