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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
We can now confirm that J.K. Rowling’s upcoming novel, The Casual Vacancy, will not be released at midnight on September 27. The scheduled release is at 8:00 am BST, the morning of September 27.
At 8:00 am BST, most of the United States will be sleeping (the book will be released at 12:00am PT, 3:00am EST). Even Brits will be in a bad situation. Most work days start around 8 am and therefore most people will not have the time to stop by their local book shop to pick up a copy.
I never thought I’d say this, but..
Thank god for e-books.
This way, everyone will be able to get their hands on a copy one way or another.
The exclusive place to purchase digital audio books and ebooks of the Harry Potter series is now opened!
Pottermore has released another survey today. In a post on the Pottermore Insider, they explained that they released this survey to help them with the Pottermore Shop that will open soon. The questions were mainly about eBooks, eReaders and Harry Potter. You can take the survey here. We have listed all of the questions below.
Besides from the general questions (age, country, etc.), the survey’s question include:
Which of the Harry Potter books have you read?
Which is your favourite?
Which do you own a printed copy of?
Do you read eBooks?
On what devices do you read eBooks?
Where do you buy the eBooks from?
When the Harry Potter books are available as eBooks, how interested will you be to buy them?
Which Harry Potter books are you interested in buying?
Why will you buy the Harry Potter ebooks?
When the Harry Potter books are available as eBooks, how interested will you be to buy them as a gift?
Which Harry Potter eBooks are you interested in buying as a gift?
When the Harry Potter digital audio books are available as downloads, how interested will you be to buy them?
Which other Harry Potter products have you purchased?
Hypable.com’s Andrew Sims has posted an open letter to the new CEO of Pottermore, Charlie Redmayne. In the letter, Sims expresses concerns and suggestions for the site. These suggestions include the showing of real names, the announcement of a better timeline for the Chamber of Secrets release and the infamous sorting process.
Many people agree with him and even added their own suggestions in the comment section. Some things people are saying include adding a wizard’s chess game, adding sound (this has been a MAJOR complaint), trivia games (like Scholastic’s Wizard Challenge), and more backstory.
Read the full letter here at hypable.com! This is truly a MUST READ for all Pottermore users (and future ones too!). What are your suggestions for the site? Tell us in the comment section!
P.S. TELL THE CEO ABOUT THIS!!!!
The Bookseller and New York Observer are reporting that Charlie Redmayne, the chief digital officer at HarperCollins, is leaving the company to join the Pottermore team as CEO of the company. Neil Blair is quoted describing Redmayne as “a formidable talent in both the digital and publishing spheres”.
Redmayne is also quoted on his feelings about Pottermore, “a hugely exciting project which will take one of the greatest brands of literature into a digital future”. We speculate that he was chosen as the CEO for technology reasons mostly, and because of his past experience working with it.
And, with help with his past experience, he will be able to handle and fix Pottermore’s capacity issues, site problems with potions and wizard dueling, the e-shop, and to make the site run smoother all together.
Redmayne will most likely lead the company to the e-book and e-shop phase, but will still stay on as a permanent CEO. He helped HarperCollins transform to meet the needs of today’s publishing world, and will hopefully do the same for Pottermore.
Upon Redmayne’s leaving HarperCollins, CEO Brian Murray said:
Charlie has been a tremendous leader in the digital space during one of the most challenging and interesting times in book publishing. HarperCollins is in a terrific position because of Charlie’s efforts and accomplishments across all divisions around the world. We were fortunate to have such a talented digital executive for the last three and a half years, and I understand that we couldn’t expect him to live on both sides of the Atlantic forever.”
Ron Henwood, the current CEO, is only an interim, brought on to the project to handle it from launch. Charlie Redmayne will take the role as the new Pottermore CEO on November 7, 2011.
