J.K. Rowling today unveiled Pottermore.com, an interactive site pertaining to all things about The Boy Who Lived. The site will open to a million fans on Harry Potter's birthday, July 31, and then go live for the rest of us muggles in October.
The bigger news, in my opinion, is that Rowling plans to finally release the series in ebook format (also due out in October); however, the ebooks will only be available through Pottermore.com.
What does this mean exactly? For one, Rowling has just kicked both her publishers and every distributor to the curb, which is all too reminiscent of when Stephen King ventured off...