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How to Read Harry Potter Online

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By Doria Murphy
eHow Contributing Writer
(15 Ratings)

Are you dying to read the newest Harry Potter book, or perhaps brush up on the older ones online? While the actual publishing company that publishes Harry Potter has not released them as e-books, a number of sites have unauthorized copies of the popular Harry Potter books which have been converted to e-books. Some of them are free, others you must pay for. Here are some helpful hints to getting you on your way to reading Harry Potter online!

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions

    How to Read Harry Potter Online

  1. Step 1

    You can search using any search engine for e-book versions of the Harry Potter series. Some sites, such as diesel-ebooks.com or mininova.org, carry different books out of the seven that have been published. Keep in mind, the actual publishing company that publishes the Harry Potter series has not authorized the release of these books as e-books yet, so technically these are pirated and illegal.

  2. Step 2

    One you have found the book you want, you can download it from the web site onto your computer or simply read it online. If you have a very slow connection, or very little memory in your computer, you may not want to download it. Sites like this typically limit the number of pages you can print at one time and how often, to prevent mass production and illegal selling.

  3. Step 3

    Whether reading the e-book online on your computer, web enabled palm, or smart phone write down the page number and line that you stop on each time you read, as there is no way to put a bookmark in the book as you would a paperback or hardcover.

  4. Step 4

    Reading at your computer or on your palm is very convenient. Next time you're at work and want to take a break, or simply at home bored with surfing the web, you can pick up right where you started in your Harry Potter book without having to "turn" a page!

Tips & Warnings
  • As the publisher of the Harry Potter books has not authorized an e-book version of any of the series these are technically pirated books and illegal to download.
  • Those who download pirated materials are subject to whatever legal consequences have been set for taking part in such acts.

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on 7/14/2009 There's only one legitimate place I've found to downoad the books, the rest seem like scams :-/ You can get them over here though: http://vostuu.com/file2018451.html

They make you do a little survey but after that it's good to go :)

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