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nekokami · 02-11-2007, 10:33 AM

Last I heard, Jessica liked the HP books, but as a friend of mine pointed out, she is about to turn 14.

I'd say the biggest risk is that she'll like the reader (whatever format) and the books, and use the opportunity to tweak her mother about how she's too old-fashioned to get with the times and publish her books in eBook format.

Eh, it's a risk.

I can't help the fact that Rowling is wealthy. I still think she's in a position to help the popularity and availability of ebooks, if she could just see a good example of someone enjoying them. An open gift will often succeed where other arguments fail. But there are many people who will doubtless refuse to participate in this project for the reason of Rowling's wealth alone. I understand that. I just want to keep that argument separate from other reasons why the project might fail (or backfire).

02-11-2007, 10:33 AM	#21
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Last I heard, Jessica liked the HP books, but as a friend of mine pointed out, she is about to turn 14. I'd say the biggest risk is that she'll like the reader (whatever format) and the books, and use the opportunity to tweak her mother about how she's too old-fashioned to get with the times and publish her books in eBook format. Eh, it's a risk. I can't help the fact that Rowling is wealthy. I still think she's in a position to help the popularity and availability of ebooks, if she could just see a good example of someone enjoying them. An open gift will often succeed where other arguments fail. But there are many people who will doubtless refuse to participate in this project for the reason of Rowling's wealth alone. I understand that. I just want to keep that argument separate from other reasons why the project might fail (or backfire).