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May 30, 2007

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Harry Potter and the missing Audible.com content

Posted May. 30, ’07, 11:30 AM PT by Kate Marshall
Category | iTunes » iTunes Store

HarryPotter7jpgNow I may be so old that I remember when this song and dance was one of the only ways to play Audible.com content in iTunes and consequently, on your iPod, because the iTunes Store didn’t sell Audible’s wares. Luckily, that soon changed and one could purchase and listen to most of Audible’s offerings without ever having to leave the comfort of iTunes. I do have one request of Audible’s website: please give me my Harry Potter fix.

Why does iTunes has all six Harry Potter audiobooks while Audible.com continually insists that the series isn’t currently available on their own website. Where’s the Harry Potter love, Audible.com? I’m not trying to be cheap by not wanting to pay iTunes $33-$50 USD for an audiobook, even if it is narrated by Jim Dale. I just believe in equal opportunities for spoken-word versions of popular children’s fantasy literature. Where’s the harm in that?

You’re not still mad over how Book Six (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) ended, are you, Audible.com? Yes, I was upset too but we need to move on and see what Rowling has in store for the seventh, and final title. So please, Audible, make me happy and start carrying Rowling’s series. I promise I won’t make fun of your light-green-on-dark-green color scheme anymore.


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