March 31, 2012

Harry Potter's E-publishing Is Digital Magic

Philip Jones, The Guardian

Take a look at Amazon's ebook site and do a search for Harry Potter books and you will see something genuinely marvellous. Something that will warm the cockles of every publisher in the land, and perhaps even a few booksellers too.

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