Thanks, these are much better references than what we usually see in discussions about Rowling and possible ebooks.
The quote from a lawyer working for Rowling's agent could still have been ambiguous (an agent could be conveying the results of negotiations with the publisher in which the publisher didn't want to support ebooks), but the remarks about Rowling's preference for her readers to experience the books on paper are more clear. However, I wish we could find the source for these remarks. A couple of media sources have repeated the claim that the author wants people to experience the books on paper, but I can't find an actual interview containing such a statement. I keep wondering if it's an urban myth. Yes, she apparently does write longhand, but is that necessarily related?
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