What if Harry Potter 5 Was an E-Book?

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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Why Potter?

[Ogerman]

You people don't actually read this crap do you? A story of a confused and rejected young boy who learns about the occult because he believes it's a source of power that will somehow fulfil him.. If that's not screwing around with the minds of children, what is? And it's disguised as a cutesy fantasy. I call it sick. I'm not one of those raving lunatic censorship people, but this is not the kind of thing impressionable kids should be filling their minds with. It disgusts me that so many people support it, let alone for the open mouth / jam down throat corporate culture aspect of the marketing involved.

And no, the occult is not the slightest bit geeky. But likely this post will get modded down because it's an unpopular opinion and, here on /., only popular opinion gets the limelight. Because uh.. that's what open media is all about right? Uhm.. No.