Three new illustrated fixes for your Harry Potter fandom

A Harry Potter e-book from Apple – AFP Relaxnews pic, October 11, 2015.On Thursday, Apple iBooks began carrying enhanced e-book versions of the Harry Potter series featuring animated illustrations.

With a new hardcover illustrated edition also out this week and a first coloring book on the way, fans have any new visual ways to discover and rediscover the world of Harry Potter.

Harry Potter Enhanced Editions

All seven Harry Potter books are available from iTunes in enhanced editions that include the full original text plus animations, artwork, interactive features and J.K. Rowling's annotations.

For now, they are available in English in 32 countries; versions in French, German and Spanish are on the way, and 18 additional countries will get them on November 9.

Watch a demo, and get them at www.iTunes.com/HarryPotter.

Harry Potter Illustrated Edition

'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' is the first book to come out in the new illustrated edition. – AFP Relaxnews pic, October 11, 2015.Collectors have been anxiously awaiting this full-cover, hardback series with illustrations by Jim Kay, which launched this week with "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" from publishers Bloomsbury; in the US, Scholastic published it as "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."

The book comes in at 256 pages and features more than 100 lavish illustrations.

Harry Potter: The Colouring Book

'Harry Potter: The Coloring Book' is out next month. – AFP Relaxnews pic, October 11, 2015.It may have seemed inevitable that the Harry Potter series would be given the oh-so-trendy colouring book treatment – and it has, with a first official book out November 5 in the UK from Studio Press and November 24 from Scholastic in the US.

The paperback includes 16 full-colour "inspiration pages" and 80 black-and-white colouring pages, with a gold ink-accented cover. – AFP Relaxnews, October 11, 2015.