Under the version described by the Journal, HarperCollins would get to set its own prices and would add e-book-only features that ideally take advantage of multimedia and color display; Apple would get a cut. The enhanced versions could be sold for $14.99 to $19.99, compared to the usual $9.99 at Amazon. Would it be sold through iTunes or some new store? No answer to that. I wouldn’t think it makes sense to set up an entirely new store but this is Apple, so anything is possible.

SEE ALSO: Sony E-Reader Announces Newspaper Partners in Drips: 19 More after News Corp

This is the same HarperCollins, mind you, that is so into e-books it’s stifling the ability to buy its hot political book Game Change on Kindle while it’s, well, hot, on the theory that it can push readers to buy the hardback. (If you want to read the e-version, preorder for $8.61 and wait for the Feb. 23 Whispernet delivery, then pretend you can remember why you cared six weeks ago.) I would have bought the impulse download but am now thinking library.