Pottermore Insider Updated: Beta Access Continues, Staggered Entrance
J.K. Rowling
Posted by: Edward
August 18, 2011, 02:57 PM
The Pottermore Insider blog has been updated to mark the progress of the first few days of beta access to the Harry Potter online reading experience. The blog post reads, in part:
At the start of this week, we sent out Welcome emails to a small number of Beta users. These people have been busy exploring the site, leaving comments to tell us when they like something, and making suggestions when they find something they would like us to improve. In just four days we’ve learned an awful lot and, as a result, have started making changes to improve the Pottermore experience.
We know that a lot of people are eager to receive their Welcome emails and that it’s difficult to wait but, as we mentioned in our earlier blog post, we’re staggering entry to Pottermore and to start with we’re only letting a small number of people onto the site.
Leaky has access to Pottermore and is updating this post with our live observations throughout the day. A full review will be posted shortly.
If you have access to this beta version of Pottermore, please do share your thoughts in the comments below!
197 Comments
@Noz
Well said in answer to Mirdan’s question. You’re totally correct that, while the general thread of the actual books is followed and briefly covered while exploring Pottermore, it is not the way to experience the world of Harry Potter. Reading the books should always come first.
P.S. Enjoyed your mention of the Scottish Book! Honestly, while Pottermore is great and everything, I really do hope JKR does eventually put out an encyclopedia as she once said. I’d love to have a physical book to sit down and read all of this new information in, instead of having to boot up the old computer every time I want to read it.
51 Points
still no email for me :( I got in on day 3 though, for those who are in to pottermore what day did you do the clue?
441 Points
I hope another batch of Welcome Letters come out soon…I’m still eagerly waiting!!
36 Points
I really hope i get the mail!
@ rumble – i got my email yesterday and validated my account about 45 minutes after the first clue went up. when you are in the site you can see what day the other people registered and most people got in on the first clue, then there are some people who got in the 2nd day and there are also a few people who got in the 3rd day. i’ve heard people are in from later days but i havent seen anyone from those days yet. so i have a feeling they are trying to go in day order as much as their beta testing needs will allow.
69 Points
luckyleo81 i think you’re right….they indeed are trying to put people in who signed up on day 1 …
69 Points
will they send some emails today? they havent updated insider yet…
69 Points
will they send some emails today? they havent updated insider yet…
35 Points
Do you think they are sending emails every day?
69 Points
yeah …they should…there’s one million people the must put in untill the end of september…i dont think they have the luxury to put only 5 or 4 days a week…
206 Points
Not for nothing, but they should have been letting in around 125k every single week between now and when it opens. This is getting silly on the beta. I think they under estimated the popularity.
69 Points
well i really want my email now but i believe they re trying their best…lets not be so cruel with them…
206 Points
Whose being cruel, it’s simple math. I feel for them honestly. Any technical team trying to launch that type of site would need some serious resources in order to manage everything. Believe me when we have an issue with our systems at work…it’s all hands on deck and we better be on the conference bridge until it’s over.
1636 Points
@Robby I think they’re trying to fix the site first so it’s able to withstand that kind of amount before letting that many people in. ..a bit unprepared, but that’s expected of the beta process.
54 Points
I think they’ll send new e-mails every 4-5 days or once a week…which is too bad, because I did the 2nd day clue and I’m still waiting….but you know, it would be much much better to enter a bit later, since I hear the page has many issues now and maybe even crashes often
@Noz
Well said in answer to Mirdan’s question. You’re totally correct that, while the general thread of the actual books is followed and briefly covered while exploring Pottermore, it is not the way to experience the world of Harry Potter. Reading the books should always come first.
P.S. Enjoyed your mention of the Scottish Book! Honestly, while Pottermore is great and everything, I really do hope JKR does eventually put out an encyclopedia as she once said. I’d love to have a physical book to sit down and read all of this new information in, instead of having to boot up the old computer every time I want to read it.