What is Spotify without Taylor Swift? Netflix without Friends? Oyster without Harry Potter? While Swift’s fans still find cold comfort in their Spotify Premium accounts, the last two ordeals, fortunately, are now in the past: The popular ebook subscription service Oyster announced today that it will be partnering with Pottermore to bring the entire series to its library.
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The partnership with Oyster takes J.K. Rowling, who famously started the Harry Potter series on a napkin and wrote on a typewriter in cafés, even deeper into the world of modern technology. Despite those quaint beginnings, Rowling embraced the possibilities digital technology offered her series, founding her website, Pottermore, in 2009 in order to engage her readers, publish new tidbits about the Harry Potter universe and build a visual, interactive gaming element to complement the books. Though Harry Potter has been available in ebook form for years, Oyster is at pains to point out that this new partnership is a uniquely immersive offering; says co-founder and CEO Eric Stromberg, “We’re thrilled to be the only ebook subscription service today offering all titles in the Harry Potter series, including the three Hogwarts Library Books.”
