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'Harry Potter' books to finally go digital

article published on 6 April, 2011

In a move that should bring substantial more money to author JK Rowling, the blockbuster 'Harry Potter' book series is expected to go digital for the first time ever, 14 years after the 1997 release of 'The Sorcerer's Stone.' All seven of the books will soon become available via the iPad and the Kindle e-reader, and should net Rowling £100 million. Scotsman cites Rowling's agent as ... [ read the full article ]

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Ragnarok8
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_ 		6. April 2011 @ 03:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Took them long enough, the Harry Potter books have been online since they were realized in print (if not earlier)
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KillerBug
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_ 		6. April 2011 @ 08:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yeah...they probably just used the torrents as a source!
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Ryoohki
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_ 		6. April 2011 @ 10:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Rowling was extremely stubborn about this. I remember reading an article saying she was concerned with people pirating the books. Other authors who had gone digital pretty much told her she was crazy to be missing out on millions of dollars and that pirate copies of her books were already out anyway but she would rather keep her head in the sand about it.
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