Pottermore.com

JK Rowling has a new site---still under construction. What could it be????

Should be interesting. Have heard rumors that she is writing a new
novel.

More Potter?????//

I was wondering if it was more Potter too.

You know how tight-lipped she is---speculation is the Harry Potter Encyclopedia that she has mentioned in the past.

ah, the one she sued that fan for when he tried to do an enclclopedia thingy.

i saw that somewhere last night but i didn't click on it. all i can figure is that she's seeing Disney making money off the harry potter ride and wants to get her claws back into the bucket o cash. she'll have to do something really special and non money making to change my mind. i loved the early books, then everything started to change.

believe me, Jeane, she's making money off the Harry Potter stuff at Universal (not Disney)

oh well...one kid swelling park is the same as the other to me....until they start having a week when only adults can get in
i wonder if she's started any sort of charity. i know not everyone can be Oprah, but she's got enough to spread around!

okay...not Rollins but Daniel Radcliff...i think i must have never heard this or didn't realize he was so young when he did it...BUT PBS is going to be showing his first acting which is in David Copperfield. here its on next week...so if anybody else hasn't seen it you might start watching you station and see if its on soon for you too:)

Now the rumors are it's a multi-player role playing game, or a massive fan board.

for a gaming system? or something online? (cuz the games for the systems really haven't been selling well at all..not even the lego versions)

Just found out that the books will finally go digital and that is what the website is for.

Here is one link about the announcement.
http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=14961681

oh brother... all that hoopla only because the books are going digital?

I think there is more than that. I was just on the site and it says it will be up in Oct but come back July 31 for a chance to get in early

that still doesn't make any sense....the site will be open in July but you're supposed to come back in the fall to 'get in early'....get in early for what? she must be going to sell something.....the only place i know that does stuff like that is Tonner when they're doing a new doll..,but they have sample dolls and let you know when the actual dolls will be ready.

they are going to be selling the digital books. They won't be avaibalbe through Amazon, etc. but there is also going to be alot of interactive stuff for Potter fans, and apparently she's written a bunch of stuff that won't be available in book form

gawd, i can think of so many people who won't be reading any of that.....and i just realized...what about people who read braille?

jeanebellini wrote:gawd, i can think of so many people who won't be reading any of that.....and i just realized...what about people who read braille?

Or low vision.

i think on those e reader things you can make the type as big as you like..or at least enlarge it. but still, if you need really large print how many words per screen can you read? i know that for the main stream (and 'gotta have the latest electronic do dad') people those things are fine. but they will never take the place of books entirely and authors who put their works solely on eletronics just don't care for us regular folks...or for the folks who really need the paper books!
(on FB one of my comic artist friends has been doing a discussion about e books/publishing to regular/paper publishing and its gotten heated!)

It's not just the digital editions of the books----she'll be sharing 18.000 words written about HP that weren't published (backstory, etc.) And the site will open officially in Oct. but a lucky few will get early access in July, by registering an email address.

so did you register, Mags?

and how will she release those extra words? will it be a download or something simple and easy to access (though no easy to read it you have a hard time with the computer or not enough time;) )like the book on FreeKibble?

hmm...do you think this would wind up on that site? (esp check out the one panel at the bottom of the page....)
http://heypais.livejournal.com/84539.html

There might be more people out than I thought with sick humor.