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I didn't realize that none of the Potter books had been released as ebooks. Personally I love ebooks when they're available for my Palm Pilot. It makes reading in bed and in other places where I have an unexpected five minutes free much easier. Last year I read pretty much the entire Honor Harrington series by David Weber on my Palm Pilot, and I'd really like to re-read the entire Potter series before the next movie, then book, come out. I guess it ain't gonna happen. Sorry, but audio books just don't do too much for me.
Oh, I'm not providing a link because the AP links are rather notoriously transient.
Rowling: No E-Book for Harry Potter VII
By HILLEL ITALIE
AP National Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- Sorry, e-book fans, whoever you are. You will be able to read the new Harry Potter on paper, listen to it, probably purchase it in Braille. But don't expect to download the text - at least legally.
Author J.K. Rowling has not allowed the first six Potter stories to be released as e-books and has no plans to change that for the seventh and final work, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," Neil Blair, a lawyer with Rowling's literary agency, told The Associated Press on Sunday.
Rowling has cited two reasons over the years: concern about online piracy (which has never been a major problem for the Potter books), and the desire for readers to experience the books on paper. E-books, hyped as the future of publishing during the dot-com craze of the late 1990s, remain a tiny portion of the multibillion dollar industry.
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Oh, I'm not providing a link because the AP links are rather notoriously transient.
Rowling: No E-Book for Harry Potter VII
By HILLEL ITALIE
AP National Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- Sorry, e-book fans, whoever you are. You will be able to read the new Harry Potter on paper, listen to it, probably purchase it in Braille. But don't expect to download the text - at least legally.
Author J.K. Rowling has not allowed the first six Potter stories to be released as e-books and has no plans to change that for the seventh and final work, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," Neil Blair, a lawyer with Rowling's literary agency, told The Associated Press on Sunday.
Rowling has cited two reasons over the years: concern about online piracy (which has never been a major problem for the Potter books), and the desire for readers to experience the books on paper. E-books, hyped as the future of publishing during the dot-com craze of the late 1990s, remain a tiny portion of the multibillion dollar industry.
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