What if Harry Potter 5 Was an E-Book?

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday February 13, 2002 @09:24AM from the something-to-think-about dept.

hakkikt sent a link to a highly speculative what if story on Harry Potter 5 as an E-Book. The suggestions are pretty extreme- going so far as to saying that this one book could change the fates of the publishing industry, book stores, and could even make E-Books more then a pipe dream. Personally I'd love to see it available digitally, but I still want a real hardcover copy, and I can't imagine hundreds of thousands of kids staying up late at night with laptops under their covers instead of the far more traditional book & flashlight. Food for thought, but I can't really take it seriously.

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Re:Whoops, sorry by Nurf · 2002-02-13 10:26 · Score: 4, Informative

"In any case, you won't be getting any newly released books published (officially :-) in any format you can actually use."

www.baen.com has a bunch. You can get the titles BEFORE they hit the shelves. They come in several formats including plain HTML, and I own over 40 titles.

I love these people. I am horribly biased. They give me access to great books in many different convenient formats, and they trust me to be reasonable in what I do with them. No draconian anti-piracy crap.

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