After months of delays, the Harry Potter novels are now available in e-book form for the first time, via J.K. Rowling's Pottermore website.

The series was supposed to get its digital release last October, but it had to be postponed because Pottermore -- Rowling's Harry Potter online game and fan community -- was so overwhelmed with demand from beta users.

Now that the books are here, they're available in the open EPUB format and Amazon's Kindle format, making them compatible with practically every major smartphone, tablet or eReader, including the Kindle, Barnes and Noble's Nook, and Apple's iPad.

Prices range from $8 to $11 for individual books, or you can pick up the whole series for $62.

Thus far, the Potter eBooks are only available in English, but translated versions are already in the works.

[mashable]