Saskia, if you were speaking to me, I am sorry you think I was being rude. Perhaps I should have stated it like bella just did. Simply put, if you enjoy reading physical books, go right ahead. I do too. However, I and many others enjoy our e-readers as well. Why does anyone else care how we read?

Personally, I have all of the physical books and the audiobooks. If JK Rowling’s publishers make them available in e-format, I will buy those too.

Bella, good for your grandfather! That is excellent. I think it is wonderful that e-books have made reading much more accessible for many people. Both able bodied and handicapped.

As J.K. Rowling has expressed in the past a disinclination to allow her books to be published in an electronic manner, I do hope that they are allowing for and seeking her input in contemplating this distribution model. Although I do admire e-books for their convenience and mobility, the hegemony of DRM that currently dominates in the marketplace of digital literature stands as a very good reason to avoid the field for now as far as I am concerned.

I know Jo wants the books to stay print only, but there are audio versions available, there are film versions available (which actually change the books she has written), why shouldn’t there be legal digital versions available. I travel a great deal, and I can carry my Kindle with me, but not stacks of my favorite books. Maybe with the iPad, and Apple’s gorgeous iBooks app, Jo will see that her books could be just as beautiful in digital format as in classic print format, and agree to this. I can hope!

Well, okay. I’ll modify it a little; I suppose in my perfect world people with MS and like disorders would use Kindles and the rest of us wouldn’t, but honestly, it terrifies me every time I walk into a Barnes & Noble’s and see that Nook display. They’re attracting so many people so fast, and just the thought of a world without books…

I’ve actually seen .pdf’s of the books online before i thought that meant they were already out…

There’s not going to be a world without books. Ebooks are only part of the book market, not the whole thing. Paper books aren’t going to disappear any time soon.

im happy for audio books to be in my collection but ebook is the way of the ‘future’ even though they have been out for some time

I wish that the books would stay on paper. They are just not as magical in a digital format.

I have all seven in hardback, paperback and audio; but I’d LOVE to have them all on my Kindle!

This makes me nervous, only because I know that some people out there would download the books illegally. But if this digital book format catches on, looks like there is no stopping it!

As I keep pointing out the books are already being downloaded illegally. They were scanned & being put into pdf files almost before the ink was even dry on the pages.

However, despite what the industry mavens tend to tell everyone about piracy, there are many more people who are willing to pay for good ebook versions as opposed to pirating them.

I would love for the books to be digital. Although I have all the books, I’d “buy” them again in digital format.

Jo’s feelings aside, her timing was perfect. Her success came before the ebook revolution. It’s the future.

Also…
If the book is in digital format, I could buy the UK versions!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would love to have HP on my Kindle! I know some people are opposed to e-readers, but its not like the two formats can’t coexist.