Amazon.com Inc and Barnes & Noble Inc unveiled Harry Potter e-books on Tuesday in deals that suggest the companies made big concessions with author J.K. Rowling for electronic access to the hit series.
Amazon said it struck a distribution deal with J.K. Rowling’s new website pottermore.com.
Amazon customers can search for the Harry Potter e-books in the company’s Kindle Store, but will be directed to the Pottermore Shop to register and buy them, then add the titles to their Kindle library, the company said.
Commentary by publishing consultant Mike Shatzkin about Amazon not being able to sell Potter ebooks directly.
Books
Here is a link to one of the books so you can see how Amazon directs users to go to the Potter website if they want to get the ebook for the Kindle: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
NOT DRM-Free
Confirmed: Harry Potter eBooks Are NOT DRM-Free in Kindle Format (Or Any Other eBookstore)
Do you recall the promise made last year that HP ebooks would be available in Epub & Kindle formats, DRM-Free? Yeah, it looks like that didn’t happen.
Pottermore launched their ebookstore this morning, and I bought an ebook right away. I know that I complained about the prices, but I started looking at the Kindle Store integration and I got curious about how it worked. So I bought one.
And that’s where the troubles began.First, I’m sure you know that when you buy an ebook from Pottermore, you can transfer it to your Amazon account. When you do that, Amazon will then push out a copy of the ebook to all the apps and devices registered to your account.
Read full blog post:
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2012/03/27/harry-potter-ebooks-are-not-drm-free-in-kindle-format/
Harry Potter e-book reaction roundup
Harry Potter e-book reaction roundup
At Teleread
Well, the Harry Potter e-books are out, and they’re making a splash. There are a number of reactions being reported on the web to various aspects of the announcement, and it interests me to look at some of them.
Full piece
http://www.teleread.com/drm/harry-potter-e-book-reaction-roundup/