Illegal Potter copies were on sale in E via Kindle store: Another example of publishing’s e-mess

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By David Rothman

Harry Potter books last night were illegally on sale via Amazon’s Kindle Store until taken down.

So when will J.K. Rowling authorize e-copies of her Potter books for real, so pirates don’t get all the e-business?

Dear Author thinks that e-publishing needs to grow up. In fact, maybe publishing in general needs to grow up, as shown by Rowling’s obstinacy.

Excerpt from DA: “The JK Rowling books are not allowed to be released in digital format, but piraters had the book scanned and turned into a digital copy within hours of their release. Somehow…a couple of these unauthorized versions were for sale on the Amazon site last night.”

Here at TeleRead, we’ve made similar points for years.

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