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Ebooks - some authors hate them. Baroness . James, president of the Society of Authors, finds ebooks ‘unattractive’. Many authors and readers much prefer the look, feel and even smell of a physical book. Some technophobes just hate them on principal whilst others, particularly those of us somewhat longer in the tooth can find the whole subject rather intimidating. JK Rowling | Creating Ebooks Copyright Paul Hurst 2011 Smashwords Edition Thank you for downloading this free ebook. You are welcome to share it with your friends. This book may be reproduced copied and distributed for non-commercial purposes provided the book remains in its complete original form. If you enjoyed this book please return to to discover other works by this author. Thank you for your support. REVISED January 2012 My thanks to Richard Green a graphic artist specialising in book cover design and book trailers for the cover http Introduction Ebooks - some authors hate them. Baroness . James president of the Society of Authors finds ebooks unattractive . Many authors and readers much prefer the look feel and even smell of a physical book. Some technophobes just hate them on principal whilst others particularly those of us somewhat longer in the tooth can find the whole subject rather intimidating. JK Rowling refused to consider letting any of her work be offered in this format until April 2011 in spite of clamouring from fans. But if you knew where to look on line all seven of her books could be found quite easily available as electronic downloads - and all free. The reality is that her fans wanted her books in this form and made it happen unofficially where no official option was available. I had a quick look at one of the pirate versions and the quality of the scanning was pretty grim. Noone really gained. Readers got a poor quality product the author was left appearing to be like King Canute trying to hold back the waves. But I was fortunate to be one of the first to beta test her Pottermore site. Wow Perhaps she had this in mind all along. The site gives a lot more free information to fans including the opportunity to be given a bespoke wand and sorted into a house Ravenclaw yay based on profiling tests. It is exactly what she promised a chance for her to give back something to her readers. As a musician I