Pottermore
“Rowling Release Harry Potter Into The Ether On Pottermore”
This woman is going to make tea on burning stacks of money from now on. While not rabid, I have been a fan of the Harry Potter series for years and was pretty amazed that Rowling finished up the 7th book and implied that was it. Given the monster business the Harry Potter franchise has become over the years between the books, movies and lordy all the merchandising, it was a matter of time before the next opportunity was there.
Pottermore sounds like a pretty cool idea, actually. I’m sure at some point, be it from the hand of JK Rowling or someone long after their death, there will be Harry Potter prequels and sequels that will probably pale a bit in comparison to the originals. When that happens I’ll begrudgingly read them and “harumpf” to myself before being disappointed in the book and yet still paying $47 to see the movie in 3D (adjusted for future inflation). However, I’m liking the idea of revisiting the original stories and fill in spaces instead of looking for a new adventure. What I’m really interested in is what she’ll do with the digital rights. eBooks are eBooks. Some iPad apps and the NookColor folks have pushed hard to great a new world of interactive books that kids can read with animation, touch response and vocal queues. It sounds like they’ll be building interactive quests into the actual books here, which is perfect for the world that Rowling has created. More likely than not they’ll have my money and Isaac and I will fight over who gets to hold on to the Nook whilst we “read”.
