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Ep. 847: Where Pottermore spells the end of bookstores
Created: 06/22/2011
Video description: J.K. Rowling is giving bookstores more reason to worry with her online launch of Pottermore.com that will soon offer the Harry Potter series in e-Book format. On today's episode of The 404 Podcast, we're chatting about children's books, Barack Obama's new video diary on YouTube, Japanese Bagelheads, a user-submitted "DUDE...WHOA" moment, not to mention another Tang that Tune!

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