Amazon and Barnes and Noble can display ebook versions of the Harry Potter titles on their sites, but they can only be bought by following links to Pottermore.com, Ms Rowling’s own site, where the first three titles sell for $7.99 and the last four for $9.99. The books are not in Apple’s iBookstore but users of Apple’s iPad tablets can access them from Pottermore.
亚马逊和Barnes and Noble显示有哈利•波特系列作品的电子版本，但要点击链接前往罗琳自己的网站Pottermore.com才能购买。在Pottermore.com上，前三部的定价为每部7.99美元，后四部则为9.99美元。该系列图书未在苹果iBookstore上出售，但苹果iPad平板电脑用户可从Pottermore网站购买。
A spokesman for Ms Rowling said she had not decided whether to sell the new novel through Pottermore or through a range of ebook stores.
罗琳的一位发言人说，她还没有决定新小说要在Pottermore还是在一系列电子书店销售。
Benedict Evans, of Enders Analysis, said the author’s fame made her an exception in being able to sell directly to her readers, who are willing to be inconvenienced by having to enter credit card details instead of simply pressing a single “buy” button. He added, however, that DoJ constraints could encourage publishers to set up their own sites to sell direct, circumventing Amazon and its rivals.
Enders Analysis分析师班尼迪克•埃文斯(Benedict Evans)指出，罗琳的名气让她成了一个能直接向读者销售作品的特例，这些读者愿意费神输入信用卡信息，而不是简单地点击“购买”按钮。不过，埃文斯还补充说，美国司法部的限制可能会鼓励出版商设立自己的网站直接销售作品，绕开亚马逊及其竞争对手。
The three publishers that settled with the DoJ, including Hachette, will still be able to set prices under a revision of the formula known as the agency model in which retailers such as Amazon keep 30 per cent of the list price.
与美国司法部达成和解的三家出版商，包括阿歇特，仍能够以称为“代理制”的经过修改的模式进行定价。按照该模式，亚马逊等零售商将收取定价的30%。
Should Ms Rowling sell through Amazon, it could discount the title to $13.99 under the terms of the DoJ settlement, or to a lower price if it made up the difference to the publisher over the course of a year’s sales of The Casual Vacancy or on other titles.
假如罗琳通过亚马逊出售作品，只要《The Casual Vacancy》或其他作品在亚马逊一年的销售额，能够为出版商弥补差价，那么亚马逊就可以按照与美国司法部的和解条款，将该书价格打折至13.99美元，或更低的价格。 译者:王柯伦
