Oyster announces partnership with Pottermore

[Bookworm_Girl]

Earlier this month Macmillan made 1000 titles in their backlist catalog available on Oyster and Scribd. Now the Harry Potter series is available on Oyster. It appears to be an exclusive for now. There are 3 additional Hogwarts-related books that aren't available on Kindle Unlimited. Those would be Quidditch Through the Ages, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard. They've also created custom themes for reading related to the various houses.

http://blog.oysterbooks.com/post/109...ne-and-ron-and

Harry Potter has consistently been one of the top ten searches on Oyster since we launched.

Today, the search is over. We’ve partnered with Pottermore to make Oyster the first and only place you can read every Harry Potter ebook through a subscription. We’re raising a glass of butterbeer in celebration, because we now have all seven of the main Harry Potter books AND the three Hogwarts Library Books by J.K. Rowling!

Make sure your Oyster app is updated to version 1.9 and ¾ (you can get it on the App Store and Google Play), and then open a Harry Potter title to get the full effect. Once inside, rather than one of Oyster’s reader themes, choose one of the new “House Themes”—with designs inspired by Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff—or tap the Sorting Hat icon to have one selected at random. Then dive into a custom reading experience inspired by your favorite Hogwarts House.

Here are some links to other articles.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/28/79...iption-service

Last year, Oyster co-founder Willem van Lancker told us the company's goal was to foster "a deeper sense of community around books." With Harry Potter, that work has already been done for Oyster — the franchise comes with its own built-in community.

http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/28/oys...-harry-potter/

I asked about whether young adult fiction is already popular on Oyster, and CEO Eric Stromberg told me in an emailed statement, “YA is one of our most popular genres and something many of our readers — of all ages — really enjoy.”

[Jessica Lares]

Has anyone tried the themes? I am just picturing very harsh yellow and red.

[Bookworm_Girl]

The blog link in my original post shows images of the themes. They aren't obnoxious. I tried them. It's similar to their usual formats that have been renamed to make it more fun. They've also renamed "night mode" to be "night owl". Turning privacy mode on is "invisibility cloak".

The Oyster Review is featuring the Harry Potter series this week. For example, there is currently posted an essay by author Lauren Oliver about JKR's influence on her life.

https://review.oysterbooks.com

[Justy]

If only Oyster was an option in Canada. Since I don't have a US credit card I guess I don't get to have 'on the go' access to Pottermore.
It is nice to see J.K. Rowlings embracing the digital age though.

[Lin2412]

Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

The blog link in my original post shows images of the themes. They aren't obnoxious. I tried them. It's similar to their usual formats that have been renamed to make it more fun. They've also renamed "night mode" to be "night owl". Turning privacy mode on is "invisibility cloak".

The Oyster Review is featuring the Harry Potter series this week. For example, there is currently posted an essay by author Lauren Oliver about JKR's influence on her life.

https://review.oysterbooks.com

The renaming's a great idea. And thank you for sharing the essay, I particularly agree with Lauren Oliver's take on rereading it:

"I decided to reread Harry Potter again, curious to see whether I would like it as much the second time (okay, the fourth time) around. Happily, I did. In fact, it was in many ways even better to read it as an adult, when I was happy to linger over every page instead of tearing through the chapters trying to see what would happen. It was funnier than I’d remembered, too, especially the early books. "

[Quexos]

Originally Posted by Lin2412

The renaming's a great idea. And thank you for sharing the essay, I particularly agree with Lauren Oliver's take on rereading it:

"I decided to reread Harry Potter again, curious to see whether I would like it as much the second time (okay, the fourth time) around."

I am still to finish the Harry Potter series, the last book I read was the fifth and even though the movies have spoiled the last two books for me, I would like to read them, you know for completion's sake

[Bookworm_Girl]

I watched the movies after the books. I read the series as an adult but enjoyed it a lot. I have started re-reading it, and it is still fun. You notice little details that you forgot now that you know the outcome. Also you visualize people and places from the movies.

[booklover6]

Originally Posted by Quexos

I am still to finish the Harry Potter series, the last book I read was the fifth and even though the movies have spoiled the last two books for me, I would like to read them, you know for completion's sake

You should consider the audio books. The narrator is fantastic. I got them all from the library (online).