What if Order of the Phoenix Is an eBook

Someone point out SFGate has This Story on the fact that Rowling has thus far signed no final contract for \”Order of the Phoenix\”, still tentatively scheduled for this fall, David Kipen, asks:

\”What if Rowling turned her back on the notoriously screwy publishing industry and, like Dylan, went electric?\”


He says The consequences would be threefold and immediate, First, many nice neighborhood bookstores would curl up and die overnight, Second, those same nice booksellers would have plenty of company in bankruptcy court, Third, a downloadable Harry Potter book would put the fast-expiring micro- industry of e-book publishing incontrovertibly on the map once and for all.

February 14, 2002 by Uncategorized 0

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