‘Harry Potter’ Author Agrees to Digital Publication for iPod

Today, however, it is a different story. The entire “Harry Potter” series became available for download on the iTunes Music Store in fall 2005. Ironically, the reason Rowling, who plans to write the final book in the series this year, was initially against offering downloads was the same reason she decided to finally go digital. “Many ‘Harry Potter’ fans have been keen for digital access for a while, but the deciding factor for me in authorizing this new version is that it will help combat the growing incidents of piracy in this area,” she wrote on her Web site (www.JKRowling.com).