The entire Harry Potter saga will be unleashed in Japan this summer using ePUB 3 to render the complex Japanese language characters. Pottermore also offers an online experience for readers to enjoy, and this will also be released in Japan in the next few months. Each of the ebooks is unabridged and text only, without enhancement. The ebooks are published in partnership with … [Read more...] about Harry Potter eBooks to Be Launched in Japan This Summer
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Can Publishing Companies Adopt the Pottermore Model?
The Pottermore website has done something in the digital publishing industry that no one has managed to do. Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Sony, and other major websites direct customers from their websites directly to Pottermore to purchase the Harry Potter line of ebooks. The best part is the books you purchase are DRM-Free! This basically means you can freely transfer them … [Read more...] about Can Publishing Companies Adopt the Pottermore Model?
Pottermore Sells Nearly $5Million in eBooks in the First Month
Digital reading fans have clearly spoken about their love of the wizarding world. Pottermore, the site dedicated to all things Harry Potter, apparently has sold almost $5 million worth of the eBook editions of the seven-book series in its first month of sales.The eBooks which are available in English, Spanish, French, Italian, and German, are available exclusively through … [Read more...] about Pottermore Sells Nearly $5Million in eBooks in the First Month
Harry Potter e-Book Free With Purchase Of Every Sony e-Reader
Things can't get better than this, especially if you are an ardent fan of the Harry Potter series of books. All you have to do is pick up a Sony e-reader Wi-Fi from the Sony store and you can have the first Harry Potter e-book, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone delivered to your e-reader completely free.There are some rules to be followed though. Like the Sony e-reader … [Read more...] about Harry Potter e-Book Free With Purchase Of Every Sony e-Reader
Another Installment in the World of Harry Potter
Don’t get too excited. No, it’s not an eighth Harry Potter book, although true fans of the boy wizard can hold on to hope a little bit longer as Rowling has answered the question as to whether there will ever be another adventure for Harry: “I have always refused to say, 'Never.'” More to the point, while the author feels that the series has come full circle quite nicely and at … [Read more...] about Another Installment in the World of Harry Potter
Pottermore Is Now Publicly Available to Everyone
Pottermore has been in private beta for the last six months while the website sets up their servers to accommodate millions of visitors. Not only can you buy the entire series of ebooks there but it also is an interactive game world where you can play a role at Hogwarts. Today at the London Book Fair Charlie Redmayne announced that the site was going live today and anyone can … [Read more...] about Pottermore Is Now Publicly Available to Everyone
Harry Potter eBooks Go on Sale Today through Pottermore
The wait is finally over and the speculation can be put to rest. All seven books in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, along with the audio downloads, will be made available today through her world building site, Pottermore. This marks the first time the ebooks are available—legally, that is—to the fans.This was actually Rowling’s original intent when Pottermore was … [Read more...] about Harry Potter eBooks Go on Sale Today through Pottermore
Pottermore Opens Up to the Public in Early April
The seven month old Pottermore website pioneered by seminal author J.K. Rowling is officially launching to the public in April. The company has apparently ironed out all the kinks through the one million users that have used the website since the exclusive beta program launched last year.Harry Potter fans will be going mad for Pottermore, which is an online destination for … [Read more...] about Pottermore Opens Up to the Public in Early April
Harry Potter eBooks to Be Available through OverDrive
A press release from OverDrive was issued this morning that stated the Harry Potter eBooks will be issued to public and school libraries through OverDrive. This is an awesome coup for the company, as it is the largest source of digital data for lending in the world, yet it has suffered severe blows at the hands of the Big Six publishers recently.Due to supposed concerns … [Read more...] about Harry Potter eBooks to Be Available through OverDrive
Rowling Sells Digital Rights to Next Book
J.K. Rowling, the genius behind the world of Harry Potter, has been applauded for her foresight in retaining her digital rights to the Harry Potter books. When the series was first sold to her publisher in the early 1990s, e-readers weren’t even on most consumers’ radars, but Rowling thought ahead and saw the benefit in retaining the rights to the digital editions of her now … [Read more...] about Rowling Sells Digital Rights to Next Book
HarperCollins Sues Open Road Media Over 40-Year-Old Rights
HarperCollins Publishers, the group who first published Jean Craighead George’s 1971 young adult adventure novel Julie of the Wolves about a girl who survives on the Alaskan tundra by earning the trust of a pack of wolves, has filed suit against Open Road Media for its digital publication of the novel. The suit claims that HarperCollins retains all of the rights to the novel in … [Read more...] about HarperCollins Sues Open Road Media Over 40-Year-Old Rights
Pottermore Survey Seeks Feedback Before Ebook Release
One of the greatest digital publishing coups happened earlier this year when J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, displayed some of the boldest initiative yet by retaining the digital rights to her works, separating from her agency, and making her ebooks available exclusively through her own website, forgoing the percentage that would have gone to the major ebook … [Read more...] about Pottermore Survey Seeks Feedback Before Ebook Release
Harry Potter eBooks Continue to Be Delayed Until Late 2012
Harry Potter spawned an entire generation of readers that grew up with the books and continues to spawn huge demand for the series. Not only can you read the series, but the movies have been some of the highest grossing of all time and even Disney and other theme-parks have offered rides and a themed experience. The one thing lacking so far has been the books reaching the … [Read more...] about Harry Potter eBooks Continue to Be Delayed Until Late 2012