Techradar offers an explanation for the recent mysterious appearance of J.K. Rowling’s new website Pottermore. The site started rumors flying about whether Rowling was going to release a new book in the Harry Potter series. According to Techradar the site will provide interactive information and allow fans of the series to explore Harry Potter’s world.
Now, important to the eBook Revolution is the news that Rowling intends to sell eBook versions of the Harry Potter books via Pottermore–directly. If you remember, Rowling has resisted the conversion of her titles to eBooks, and now we read that she intends to sell them directly (sans Amazon, etc.) to readers, free of DRM so they’ll be accessible on any device.
This is exciting news indeed. A democratized digital publishing industry is changing the landscape yet again.
Author to reader sales may not work for new scribes, but publishing heavyweights like Rowling will be able to serve their fan base directly. Stephen King’s name immediately comes to mind.
