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Old 04-04-2011, 11:20 AM   #1
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Harry Potter could go digital
According to the Scotsman, J.K. Rowling "is considering plans" to make Harry Potter available electronically. Good news for millions of readers...and for the author too

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Ha...nic.6745431.jp
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Old 04-04-2011, 11:25 AM   #2
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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.
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Old 04-04-2011, 11:25 AM   #3
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The genie's really kinda out of the bottle for this one, so they might as well produce legitimate versions.
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Old 04-04-2011, 11:46 AM   #4
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I'll believe it when I see it.

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... The move to make all seven Harry Potter books available on the iPad and Kindle e-book is expected to transform the electronic book market.

Ms Rowling's agent has confirmed that the author, who had ruled out making the books available electronically for years, was now actively considering plans for e-book versions. ...

Ms Rowling's spokeswoman confirmed: "The e-book format is now something that is being actively considered."
Two points of interest: The IPad/Kindle comment and later discussion about the rights selling for a huge amount scares me. She might end up with an exclusivity deal and that would be silly. It would be down right horrible if her books landed only in IBooks since no one has figured out how to crack that DRM yet.

And the phrase activly considering was used far to frequently to make me comfortable.
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Old 04-04-2011, 11:48 AM   #5
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We've heard this before and nothing. Just get them from the net where they are in great shape.
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Old 04-04-2011, 12:12 PM   #6
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I would love to see these books finally made legally available as ebooks.
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Old 04-04-2011, 12:21 PM   #7
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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.
I would love to ask where to get them from, even though I know I can't.

I've already got the set in paper book form, so I'm not sure that I'll splash out £60+ to get the set in ebook format too. It's welcome news though.
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Old 04-04-2011, 01:38 PM   #8
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Two points of interest: The IPad/Kindle comment and later discussion about the rights selling for a huge amount scares me. She might end up with an exclusivity deal and that would be silly. It would be down right horrible if her books landed only in IBooks since no one has figured out how to crack that DRM yet.

And the phrase activly considering was used far to frequently to make me comfortable.
Oh I do hope it comes out exclusively for iBooks. Then maybe the hackers will be motivated to crack that DRM.

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Old 04-04-2011, 01:58 PM   #9
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Oh I do hope it comes out exclusively for iBooks. Then maybe the hackers will be motivated to crack that DRM.

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Why bother? The official versions will be converted from PDF so they will be full of mistakes. It wouldn't make sense cracking them when everyone already has properly proof-read versions.
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Old 04-04-2011, 02:46 PM   #10
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I'd buy it, even if it was at hard cover prices; and even if I already had it form the darknet (which I haven't, but I'm tempted). But NOT in iBook format. I'd prefer epub, but would settle for Kindle.
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if they actually come out in ebook format, I will get rid of my dark copies and buy them, but NOT at hardbook prices! I already have the hardback versions. she also needs to learn that playing this game is not a good idea
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Old 04-04-2011, 03:42 PM   #13
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Oh I do hope it comes out exclusively for iBooks. Then maybe the hackers will be motivated to crack that DRM.

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I'll sooner buy a book on amazon than iBooks.

I wish she would publish them, the version I got is kinda bad. Most of time the darknet version are the americanized ones... And hardly any ePub.

Now I'm wondering if these will comes out before i'm done proofreading.
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Too late. Most people already have them. She cost herself a fortune being stubborn.
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Frankly, after all this time, I think every man, woman and child in the known universe who is even remotely interested in the Harry Potter franchise has a copy.

Too little, too late for Rowling.
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