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Old 04-05-2011, 03:32 AM   #31
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Including its debts?
Whoops. Forgot about those.

Did she say why she opposed ebook format? Sorry if that was mentioned already. I find it hard to believe that Rowling opposes ebooks for fear of piracy. She sold 450 million copies of Potter. I'd think she would be as concerned with the pirate ebook versions as I am when I lose a nickel.
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Did she say why she opposed ebook format? Sorry if that was mentioned already. I find it hard to believe that Rowling opposes ebooks for fear of piracy. She sold 450 million copies of Potter. I'd think she would be as concerned with the pirate ebook versions as I am when I lose a nickel.
Didn't people with the pirated ebook go around posting spoilers everywhere trying to ruin the ending for people before the final book was even published? Maybe she just thought "sod you, then".
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Did she say why she opposed ebook format? Sorry if that was mentioned already. I find it hard to believe that Rowling opposes ebooks for fear of piracy. She sold 450 million copies of Potter. I'd think she would be as concerned with the pirate ebook versions as I am when I lose a nickel.
The only reason quoted was the fear of being pirated... Either she's an absolute internet-noob and has never heard of it or she was simply stupid, because her books were online the moment (and even before) they were sold. So, fear of piracy is just silly because it has nothing to do with the electronic availability of books, but rather the demand of the books....
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Just a thought, but did you search for the English titles? Also it's not a good idea to get things like that from file collectors because they never bother with updated versions.
Well, the first book, it's easy.
Nah, really, if someone can find the books in ePub, properly formated, with no Americanism, well..
A copy that would resist a side by side comparison with the p-book.

IMHO, the one reason i would still buy the books if they comes out if to have a real copy i can "trust".
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Too late. Most people already have them. She cost herself a fortune being stubborn.
So she lost a fortune to add to the fortune she made from the paper versions and films ....
so instead of her being worth £560 million ($798 million), she'd be richer .... me thinks she won't lose too much sleep over it
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Now that she's run out of ideas it would make commercial sense to milk it a bit more with ebook releases. It's not as if there is anything to lose because all the production costs are already more than covered. So even if they sold them for $1 each it would be free money.
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She should hire whoever it was who already scanned in her books, painstakingly edited/formatted them, added all the illustrations, and converted them lovingly into various formats. Just a masterful job. Or so I've been told.


So she finally came to her senses and is going to do what should have been done ages ago instead of listening to the dumb publishers.
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So she lost a fortune to add to the fortune she made from the paper versions and films ....
so instead of her being worth £560 million ($798 million), she'd be richer .... me thinks she won't lose too much sleep over it
Damn! I think I'll write a book.
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Don't forget HP was originally rejected for publication ... (wasn't it?)
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Don't forget HP was originally rejected for publication ... (wasn't it?)
Yup it was.
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Yup it was.
the moral, therefore is; if your original manuscript is accepted - it ain't gonna fly......
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the moral, therefore is; if your original manuscript is accepted - it ain't gonna fly......
Wait.....wait......let me dig through my archives....maybe I have something....
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Wait.....wait......let me dig through my archives....maybe I have something....
it has to have been produced in writing and whilst sitting in a cafe.
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it has to have been produced in writing and whilst sitting in a cafe.
Dang! I don't do the writing in cafes thing...
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... so instead of her being worth £560 million ($798 million), she'd be richer ....
See? She could be a billionaire by now ...
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