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Originally Posted by Elsi
Well, there are some books that are not released in electronic format -- the Harry Potter books, for example --
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Rowling has never licensed electronic versions, for reasons that aren't clear to me.
There have been some pirated eversions. I got spam a few years back offering electronic versions of the then extant HP books. The link pointed to in the spam yielded to a whois query, and the whois record for the domain listed the spammer's real name, mailing address, and phone number. The domain disappeared very quickly...
Beyond "My goodness! That spammer is
stupid!", there wasn't much I could say.
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but I haven't noticed Amazon (or the publisher) delaying release of the electronic version when a new book comes out in hardback and there are already electronic copies available of the earlier books in the series. Now, if there's a change in publisher, there could certainly be a change in policy.
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Possible. I don't know what the publisher's cut is on Amazon sales. If they make more from a hardback paper edition than an ebook, I can see them deciding to delay the electronic release a bit for a popular title.
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Where I get frustrated is that The Cold Minds is second in a series and the first book isn't available for the Kindle. Yes, I already read it in paperback, but I gave my copy away and I'd like to get the Kindle version for keeping and re-reading, but will have to wait until *someday* when the publisher gets around to dealing with the back-catalog.
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Count your blessings. At least the publisher has discovered ebooks and is now releasing in that format.
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Dennis