J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

#SuryaRay #Surya “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling’s new book for adults, _The Casual Vacancy_, was published today to great fanfare and decidedly mixed reviews. Some ebook readers are waiting to purchase the digital edition because it’s priced at $17.99 (here’s why), but Kindle e-reader owners who chose to buy it right away are in for a disappointment: It’s basically unreadable, unless you have a magnifying glass. Twitter user Alan Jacobs was among the first to notice the problem (thanks for the tip, Robin Sloan): Someone throughly screwed up the font in the Kindle ed. of The Casual Vanancy: you can choose only minuscule or enormous. — Alan Jacobs (@ayjay) September 27, 2012 I confirmed it on two separate Kindle e-readers (the book looks fine on the Kindle app on iPad, and I haven’t tested it on other brands of e-readers). Amazon customers are noticing the problem too. Adjusting the book’s type size on the Kindle actually just adjusts the margins. Here are your choices: This is clearly just a file formatting problem. It’s unclear if the problem is with the file Hachette supplied Amazon or if the problem is on Amazon’s end (I’ve asked both companies for comment). It won’t take long to fix. It will probably be fixed by tomorrow, if not earlier. But. This book is the big book of the season. Why didn’t either Amazon or Hachette test the ebook before putting it on sale? It’s $17.99. At the very least, it should be readable. The Rowling fans who were so excited about _The Casual Vacancy_ ebook that they pre-ordered it or bought it this morning should be able to start reading it right away, and they shouldn’t have to use a magnifying glass or binoculars to do so. http://dlvr.it/2DTSTD @suryaray

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