Now we start seeing more "exclusive" editions ... seriously lame.
Just another gimmick trying to drum up sales of something....
Just another gimmick trying to drum up sales of something....
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Harry Potter Enhanced Editions Now Available Exclusively on iBooks
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This! It's so annoying that this isn't possible. Since iOS makes iBooks the default storage location for PDFs, they absolutely should go into the cloud. There's no reason as to why I shouldn't be able to use the iCloud storage space I'm paying for already to store them, especially because PDFs and ebooks can take up a lot of local storage. I never even thought that they wouldn't upload to the cloud like other iBooks files. But, then I ended up having to restore my iPad, and all of my pdf files for school were lost. Not only are they not synced to the cloud for syncing/storage proposes, but they're also not included in iCloud backups, which isn't good at all
You may be right in the Old England. But speaking for myself, I rarely purchase physical books any more. Almost never, in fact. I used to dream of shelves full of books in my home, and now, after packing up books for my sister (dozens of boxes - three large ones just for hardbound Nora Roberts novels!), my stomach turns at the idea of maintaining them.
I still love to read. But I'm 99% over the tactile pleasure aspect of holding them in my hands and turning the pages and smelling the wood and the chemicals and the dust. With a lightweight tablet, I could hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon carrying most of my library with me (not to mention a journal for recording my own experiences).
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Some creators are greedier than others, but like it or not, whether it's right or wrong......as technology progresses over time, you will get new editions of things considered "classics." Some will be more justified than others.
Haha yeah darn is right.
Surprisingly though I can do more than one thing at once. So work would be well taken care of.
I downloaded the sample to check it out quick this morning. And the images are indeed animated! Very nice touch.
It looks like a really nice digital edition. I'm not sure I'll get them though. I prefer reading on paper or e-ink screens than LCD screens. And also, it's a bit pricey if you end up getting all of them. At least, with the ePub editions on Pottermore, you can buy them all as a $57 bundle.
So long as you handle your dead tree books with reasonable care and don't read them too often, they can easily last that long or more (especially if they are printed on acid-free paper).My collection of the 7 Potter books on dead trees can easily be handed down in 70-80 years. Probably not so much on an iPad tied to an ancient electronic account... But shoot I probably still will buy these
Those who inherit your HP books will probably not read them. They will obtain digital copies with updated augmented reality illustrations and try to keep the physical copies as pristine as possible.
If your books are very lucky, they will end up in the hands of paleolibrarians, who handle them only while wearing white gloves made from an artificial cotton-like substance. They will avoid even looking at the pages, knowing that a stray glance could cause a Heisenberg effect, literally killing the cat in the first chapter.
I have three copies of Ender's Game. I would read it so much and loan it out so much that the first two became tattered to the point I was worried the pages would fall out if I opened it again.
Wasn't expensive - I bought it paperback every time. I spent maybe $5 each time I got it.
This! It's so annoying that this isn't possible. Since iOS makes iBooks the default storage location for PDFs, they absolutely should go into the cloud. There's no reason as to why I shouldn't be able to use the iCloud storage space I'm paying for already to store them, especially because PDFs and ebooks can take up a lot of local storage. I never even thought that they wouldn't upload to the cloud like other iBooks files. But, then I ended up having to restore my iPad, and all of my pdf files for school were lost. Not only are they not synced to the cloud for syncing/storage proposes, but they're also not included in iCloud backups, which isn't good at all
I find Notes, Documents in the Cloud and purchase history the best part of iCloud. When I got my new iPhone my notes, documents, books, music and movies were just all there and it was easy to save the music and books locally, for offline consumption.
Photos is a pain. I either have to sync with a cable, use Photo Stream (and have every single camera roll photo copied onto my Mac's hard drive, even after I've deleted it from my camera roll) or I have to pay monthly to use iCloud Photo Library.
Ripped music isn't too bad. I only have a few CDs, and I'm debating whether to just buy them again on iTunes to get them into the cloud.
Apple doesn't offer a cloud-based solution for non-iBooks eBooks and PDFs. And the biggest mystery to me is what to do with my ripped DVDs sitting on an external hard drive. I'd need about 400GB of cloud storage to upload them anywhere.
If iCloud is the “strategy for the next decade" according to Tim Cook, I want to see it able replace iTunes syncing entirely, for free. I don't need to pay for OS X updates, iOS updates, iMovie, GarageBand, iWork, etc yet I have to pay for extra cloud storage? I'd rather it was the other way around.
"Download iOS9 for the full experience"
I'm on iOS8 at the moment .. What exactly am I missing ?? i downloaded the sample of the Prisoner of Azkaban and the picture shows Harry sitting on his bed with only the Book of Monsters moving .. Is it any different on iOS9 ??
I'm on iOS8 at the moment .. What exactly am I missing ?? i downloaded the sample of the Prisoner of Azkaban and the picture shows Harry sitting on his bed with only the Book of Monsters moving .. Is it any different on iOS9 ??
Do I really need another version? possibly. Downloaded and explored all the samples, and I have to say its pretty cool what they've done here. Very different from any other eBook I've read. The pages glide from side-to-side rather than flip, the animation is very subtle, making the book come alive. Its not overly done and in-your-face either.
Now what I would love to know... how do I get my previous eBook and Pottermore versions into that cool "bundle".
Any ideas?
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possibly. Downloaded and explored all the samples, and I have to say its pretty cool what they've done here. Very different from any other eBook I've read. The pages glide from side-to-side rather than flip, the animation is very subtle, making the book come alive. Its not overly done and in-your-face either.Now what I would love to know... how do I get my previous eBook and Pottermore versions into that cool "bundle".
Any ideas?
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The pictures in the book are moving. Just like Live Photos, and more importantly: just like pictures in printed publications in the Harry Potter universe.
I was pleased to see this and I think it's a nice touch, BUT there's a serious problem with this: if you're reading the book on your iOS device while listening to music, and you turn the page to a page with a moving picture, the music you're listening to suddenly stops. Because the moving picture is implemented as a movie, although there is no sound.
Very annoying! Hope they find a way to fix this.
I was pleased to see this and I think it's a nice touch, BUT there's a serious problem with this: if you're reading the book on your iOS device while listening to music, and you turn the page to a page with a moving picture, the music you're listening to suddenly stops.
Because the moving picture is implemented as a movie, although there is no sound. Very annoying! Hope they find a way to fix this.
Agreed!! I saw $10 per book and I was thinking thats to much, but if there is a $50 package for all of them ill do it!
So when does Amazon ban sales of Harry Potter books to prevent any confusion in the market?
Apple today announced that enhanced editions of all seven books in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling are now available exclusively through the iBooks Store around the world for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Mac.
The enhanced Harry Potter books feature the full original text, interactive animations, detailed artwork and annotations from Rowling. There are also exclusive custom covers for each title, custom Harry Potter typefaces and new section headers and drop caps.
Harry Potter Enhanced Editions are available in English for $9.99 each in 32 countries, while pre-orders begin today for French, German and Spanish versions, which will be available on November 9 in 18 additional countries.Harry Potter digital books were previously only available for purchase through the Pottermore shop that J.K. Rowling developed in partnership with Sony.
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Whats cool about that, and moving pictures in the book is that its like fiction taken right out into the world.
The pictures in the story itself move, and now the pictures while reading move. it's cool
but, i'm not about to buy the books again for the 4th time.
The pictures in the story itself move, and now the pictures while reading move. it's cool
but, i'm not about to buy the books again for the 4th time.
So far my books have only been seen by my eyes and rifled through but once! So we're off to a good start!
I never could even get the pottermore store to work for me to buy digital copies of the books so I've been anxiously awaiting their launch on iBooks for a long time. It's been awhile since I read the paper versions and wanted to go through them again.
But, I very much do not like this direction. I like digital books because I think reading on my iPad is convenient, both to carry around during travel as well as in low-light conditions. I don't need or want my digital books full of other gimmicky features. These books are 80-222MB each! Instead of 2MB each. That's crazy. I can't even fit them all onto my iPad, and I hate the idea of deleting and re-sycning as needed; it's tedious, and not even always possible while traveling. This defeats the entire point of my book library always with me at all times in my magical 1lb device.
It's easy in the books to make sure that Hermione and Ron have a compatible attractiveness level, which isn't even relevant or a factor at all until they grow up a bit in the later books. So if you base it entirely on the books and not the movies, it's works just fine. But they cast these actors when they were children, and they were solid picks for the first movies. I can forgive them not being able to predict that Emma would blossom into such a beautiful woman or that Rupert wouldn't quite grow out of his awkwardness. And who knew poor Daniel would stop growing so early?
I'm surprised that they don't have a slightly discounted version of the whole Heptalogy?
I think it'd help with the impulse buys: I'll just buy one and try it OR I get one free if I buy them all...
Some people might buy it and not think it's worth it to get the other 6 for $60 when they could have gotten all that money up front.
I'm just saying...
Gary
I think it'd help with the impulse buys: I'll just buy one and try it OR I get one free if I buy them all...
Some people might buy it and not think it's worth it to get the other 6 for $60 when they could have gotten all that money up front.
I'm just saying...
Gary