Harry Potter going digital	哈利波特有声读物可以下载了！
Harry Potter author, J.K. Rowling, has made all six novels available for audio downloads. J.K. Rowling, once publishing's greatest holdout against the computer age, has made all six Potter novels available for audio downloads. In a message posted Wednesday on her Web site, Rowling said she was concerned about online piracy, included bootleg editions for which the original text was altered. "Many Harry Potter fans have been keen for digital access for a while, but the deciding factor for me in authorizing this new version is that it will help combat the growing incidents of piracy in this area," Rowling wrote. "There have been a number of incidents where fans have stumbled upon unauthorized files believing them to be genuine and, quite apart from the fact that they are illegal, the Harry Potter content of these can bear very little resemblance to anything I've ever written!" The digital audiobooks are being released by the Random House Audio Trade Group, her current audio publisher. They can be purchased through Apple's iTunes store, for prices ranging from $32.95 for a single book to $249 for the whole series, which, according to Random House, includes a "full color digital booklet" and "previously unreleased readings" by Rowling. Neil Blair, a lawyer with Rowling's literary agency, said Wednesday that there are no current plans for Potter e-books. Rowling's fantasy series, most recently "Harry Potter and Half-Blood Prince," has sold more than 200 million copies worldwide in print editions and more than 5 million as audiobooks, narrated by Grammy winner Jim Dale. But up to now the author had only permitted paper and traditional audio releases, making her work a favorite for online pirates, although illegal sales are believed to be relatively tiny. Helped by the iPod boom, digital audiobooks are already one of publishing's hottest sectors, with sales nearly quadrupling between 2001 and 2003, to more than $18 million, according to the Audio Publishers Association.    (Agencies)	J·K·罗琳曾经是出版界最著名的坚决抵制电脑时代的人，然而最近她却授权在网络上提供6本哈利波特系列小说的语音下载。周三，罗琳在她的个人网站上留言说，她非常担心网上的盗版行为，其中包括那些窜改原文的盗版版本。 “许多哈利波特迷们迫切希望哈利波特的电子版本能够尽快问世，但我最终决定授权发行电子版主要是因为这样有利于打击越来越多的网络盗版事件，”罗琳这样写到。 “哈利波特迷们把偶然看到的一些未经授权的出版物误认为是正版的，这样的情况经常发生。不要说这些东西压根就是不合法的，它里面有关哈利波特的内容和我写的故事千差万别！” 这套数字有声读物由罗琳现在的音像出版商兰登书屋音像出版集团公司出版发行，可以在Apple's iTunes商店购买，单本书售价32.95美元，整套书的价格为249美元。据兰登书屋透露，其中包括“一本全彩印刷的电子目录”和罗琳“以前没有公开发表的一些故事”。 罗琳文稿代理公司的律师尼尔·布莱尔周三表示目前还没有出版哈利波特电子书的打算。 罗琳的魔法系列丛书，其中最近出版的一本《哈利·波特与混血王子》在全球的销售量已经超过2亿册，由格莱美奖得主吉姆·戴尔录制的有声读物的销售量也已经超过5百万套。但是，到目前为止，作者罗琳只授权出版了纸介和传统的有声出版物，因此，她的作品受到网络盗版者的“青睐”，尽管非法销售相对来说很少。 iPod播放器的流行促使数字有声读物成为出版物中最热销的一类。据有声读物出版协会统计，从2001年到2003年，有声读物的销售量将近翻了两番，超过1800万美元。 （中国日报网站 薛晓文译）