Pottermore reaches agreement with OverDrive for library dist. - Page 12

Synamon · 03-19-2012, 07:26 PM

The cat's out of the bag and Pottermore is trying to stuff it back in.

anamardoll · 03-19-2012, 07:38 PM

*sigh* I don't like to throw around off-the-cuff diagnoses online, but I feel like this whole Harry Potter thing has gotten ridiculously control-freakishness. For dog's sake, JUST RELEASE THE KRAKEN ALREADY!

Shopaholic · 03-19-2012, 08:11 PM

Holy heck!

Just for fun I went to the Pottermore site and discovered this little tidbit.

Waiting For Pottermore

We’re pleased to announce that pottermore.com will be open to everyone in early April 2012.

We know that the extended wait for those wishing to be part of Pottermore has been frustrating, and we’d like to thank you all for your patience so far.

Many of you are interested to know why we extended the original opening date beyond October of last year.

We always knew Pottermore would be incredibly popular, which is why we made the decision to only open to one million Beta users to begin with. We wanted to make sure that we had a really good understanding of how people want to use the site and which bits we’d need to modify before giving more people access.

We gathered some incredibly useful feedback from our Beta users, and it became clear that our original platform wouldn’t be suitable when millions more users came on to the site. So we made a big decision: to move Pottermore to an entirely different platform set up. This ‘invisible’ change has involved a lot of work behind the scenes but it will enable our users to get the best from Pottermore as it grows and develops.

There have definitely been some challenges and the whole Pottermore team has been working really hard to incorporate all the Beta activity and feedback. This means that over the coming weeks and months we’ll be adding exclusive content and many more exciting features (such as sounds) to Pottermore for you to explore, share and discover.

So get ready to join the Pottermore journey – the wait is nearly over.

Forgive me for saying but I'll believe it when I see it.

whitearrow · 03-20-2012, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anamardoll

Over/under on the next one?

28 days later after the last one seems like an appropriate number.

anamardoll · 03-20-2012, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whitearrow

28 days later after the last one seems like an appropriate number.

28 days it is! I'll go Over, ever the optimist. Anyone else?

JSWolf · 03-20-2012, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gojisube

A piece of an email sent out by OverDrive this morning to libraries:

"In cooperation with Pottermore, we are developing agreed upon marketing and PR plans for this popular series. As such, we have temporarily suspended pre-sales and display of these titles at your library's website. We will resume the ability to pre-order the titles and prepare for launch in April after we have cleared the marketing plans with Pottermore."

Not sure what most of that really means.

It means....

We (Overdrive) jumped the gun. We released the Harry Potter series sooner then we were allowed to do. So what we've done is pulled them until we are allowed to release them for pre-order. Please forgive our screw-up. We beg you to forgive us. We will try to get this right the next time.

Joykins · 03-20-2012, 10:57 PM

and what happens now to our HOLDS? Our lovely, lovely holds?

JSWolf · 03-21-2012, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joykins

and what happens now to our HOLDS? Our lovely, lovely holds?

I'm keeping mine until the eBooks get put back. Then we can see what happens.

Joykins · 03-21-2012, 09:12 PM

I ammy son is keeping his as well. He doesn't have any other holds on his card.

carpetmojo · 03-23-2012, 06:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joykins

I ammy son is keeping his as well. He doesn't have any other holds on his card.

Joykins - how do you manage to do that trick with the crossing out - that's neat, and something I've often wanted to use !
Do tell, pliz ?

Sil_liS · 03-23-2012, 08:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carpetmojo

Joykins - how do you manage to do that trick with the crossing out - that's neat, and something I've often wanted to use !
Do tell, pliz ?

You can see it when you quote his post. It's [strike].

HomeInMyShoes · 03-23-2012, 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anamardoll

28 days it is! I'll go Over, ever the optimist. Anyone else?

Under. Saying early April would mean before the tenth for me which is only 18 days away. Around mid-April, they'll say late April which will become May, then June then...

My guess is 24 days before next whoopsie.

Shopaholic · 03-23-2012, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anamardoll

28 days it is! I'll go Over, ever the optimist. Anyone else?

Well, I'm certainly not holding my breath but it may be for real this time. Apparently they've taken down Pottermore Beta for current users to prepare for the opening to the rest of us. Nobody can access it right now. According to some of the Potter sites anyways.

I'm not holding my breath but I do have my fingers crossed. +++

AnemicOak · 03-27-2012, 03:17 PM

The original April 30th date libraries were giving have now been changed to March 29th (going by my hold list at my library)...

Synamon · 03-27-2012, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

The original April 30th date libraries were giving have now been changed to March 29th (going by my hold list at my library)...

Same here, and the ebooks and audiobooks now show up in a search on the Overdrive site as well as my library.

03-19-2012, 08:11 PM	#168
Shopaholic Cockatoo Mom! Posts: 1,509 Karma: 1841741 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: PW4, Kobo: A1, Clara, Libra 2, iPad Pro 11, iPad Mini	Waiting for Pottermore? Holy heck! Just for fun I went to the Pottermore site and discovered this little tidbit. Waiting For Pottermore We’re pleased to announce that pottermore.com will be open to everyone in early April 2012. We know that the extended wait for those wishing to be part of Pottermore has been frustrating, and we’d like to thank you all for your patience so far. Many of you are interested to know why we extended the original opening date beyond October of last year. We always knew Pottermore would be incredibly popular, which is why we made the decision to only open to one million Beta users to begin with. We wanted to make sure that we had a really good understanding of how people want to use the site and which bits we’d need to modify before giving more people access. We gathered some incredibly useful feedback from our Beta users, and it became clear that our original platform wouldn’t be suitable when millions more users came on to the site. So we made a big decision: to move Pottermore to an entirely different platform set up. This ‘invisible’ change has involved a lot of work behind the scenes but it will enable our users to get the best from Pottermore as it grows and develops. There have definitely been some challenges and the whole Pottermore team has been working really hard to incorporate all the Beta activity and feedback. This means that over the coming weeks and months we’ll be adding exclusive content and many more exciting features (such as sounds) to Pottermore for you to explore, share and discover. So get ready to join the Pottermore journey – the wait is nearly over. Forgive me for saying but I'll believe it when I see it.

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03-19-2012, 07:26 PM	#166
Synamon Lunatic Posts: 1,691 Karma: 4386372 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Land of the Loonie Device: Kindle Paperwhite and Keyboard, Kobo Aura, iPad mini, iPod Touch	The cat's out of the bag and Pottermore is trying to stuff it back in.

03-19-2012, 07:38 PM	#167
anamardoll Chasing Butterflies Posts: 3,132 Karma: 5074169 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American Southwest Device: Uses batteries.	sigh I don't like to throw around off-the-cuff diagnoses online, but I feel like this whole Harry Potter thing has gotten ridiculously control-freakishness. For dog's sake, JUST RELEASE THE KRAKEN ALREADY!

03-20-2012, 10:57 PM	#172
Joykins Wizard Posts: 1,609 Karma: 9211856 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: kindle Oasis 2018, kindle 4 NT, kindle PW2, iPhone, iPad mini	and what happens now to our HOLDS? Our lovely, lovely holds?

03-21-2012, 09:12 PM	#174
Joykins Wizard Posts: 1,609 Karma: 9211856 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: kindle Oasis 2018, kindle 4 NT, kindle PW2, iPhone, iPad mini	I ammy son is keeping his as well. He doesn't have any other holds on his card.

03-27-2012, 03:17 PM	#179
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	The original April 30th date libraries were giving have now been changed to March 29th (going by my hold list at my library)...

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