download the new version for apple Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

I’ll stick with the good old Kindle versions of the Harry Potter books.

Kudos to Apple for getting the enhanced versions of the Harry Potter books, but I have to take a pass on them. For an example of what I mean, check out this awesome version of Dracula on Audible. I’d certainly be happy to pay a reasonable amount of money for that kind of audiobook experience. Enhanced audiobooks could be a terrific option if a full cast was used to narrate the books, along with appropriate music and perhaps even some sound effects.

Rowling finally comes to her senses and releases them later in the Kindle store and especially audiobook versions on Audible. It remains to be seen how long they’ll only be available in the iBooks store, but the fact that they can only be bought there now is certainly getting a lot of attention in the media.Īs for me, I’ll sit tight and see if J.K. Kudos to Apple for getting the enhanced versions of the Harry Potter booksĪll other things aside, Apple has clearly scored some points against Amazon and other ebook retailers by getting the enhanced versions of the Harry Potter books. The enhanced versions of the Harry Potter books come with illustrations, interactions, animations and annotations by author J.K. When that happens I’ll want the Kindle versions of the books too, so I can take advantage of Whispersync and switch back and forth between audio and text without losing my place. But I’ve read them before so even the cool additions are not enough to get me to move away from the powerful combination of Kindle ebooks and Audible audiobooks.Īt some point the Harry Potter books will probably be available again on Audible. But the pricing still seems quite expensive to me compared to getting the book directly via Audible and its membership/credit system.ĭon’t get me wrong here, there are some neat things in these enhanced versions of the Harry Potter books. Update: Reader lifesalich posted a comment below that indicated that audiobooks purchased on Pottermore actually do work in Audible. Rowling is missing out on some serious money by not allowing the Harry Potter audiobooks to be available in iBooks and Audible. And they aren’t available in the iBooks audiobook store either. You can only get them on the Pottermore site, but I have no interest in buying them that way. However, right now – for some unknown reason – none of the Harry Potter books are even available on Audible.

Download the new version for apple Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone