Pottermore leak

[karentheunicorn.livejournal.com]

Pottermore, if the yahoo info below is true apparently it's a online game...why am I not surprised - IF it is a game, who wants to take a wild guess they want us to pay to play it.

http://blog.games.yahoo.com/blog/792-report-j-k-rowling-to-unveil-harry-potter-online-game

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[the-bitter-word.livejournal.com]

For people still following this discussion, (http://ebooks.dreamwidth.org/profile)ebooks (http://ebooks.dreamwidth.org/) has a compendium of articles on how Rowling is revolutionizing the publishing industry. The coverage from Wired is especially detailed.

From one article (http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/06/pottermore-details/): "In each chapter there are interactive "moments." In the first book there are 44 of these moments. One such example includes Diagon Alley, where you can enter Gringots (the wizard bank) and pick up 175 galleons — the in-game currency. You can then use this to buy items on your shopping list from shops such as Wiseacre’s Wizarding Equipment."

I'm not sure how I feel about this. Sometimes I think reading should only involve using your imagination. That's why we get such brilliant and varied artistic depictions of Rowling's HP world instead of just photomanips or endless renderings of movie actors. I'm sure people won't lose their imaginations -- fanfic will still abound -- but I sometimes wonder if imagining can be restricted by something that is, at base, an enhanced entertainment event, or if the act of reading is lessened by the offer of constant distraction. I predate the digital revolution, however, so maybe I'm just out of step.