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Post by MsPoet on Jan 16, 2003 13:04:07 GMT -5
well i pre-ordered the hard-back version from amazon and i'll buy the paper-back on the day of release! i don't think any bookstores near here will be opening at midnight for its release but if they are i may go and get it then!  ! Lizifer, The paperback won't be out till late 2004 or so.....the hardback always comes out first. But, you can always go to a midnight funfest anyway...dress up in your jammies, put on your scarf, and GO!!!! ;D There was some article in the paper today about how there's some concern over if JKR has lost her audience because it's grown older...geez....  Donna |
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Post by lizifer on Jan 16, 2003 17:33:30 GMT -5
i forgot it takes ages for paperbacks to come out  there won't be any mid-night openings in the town where i live  at least don't think there will as there are no major book shops there. if however, i'm still here at uni on 21st june i may be able to go to a mid-night funfest as theres a few major book shops here as if jkr would ever loses her audience! once u start reading hp or any book series for that matter u can't just stop reading them! |
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Post by ausaims on Jan 16, 2003 18:20:08 GMT -5
I read in the papers today that we get it at 9:01 for sure, so that saves me wishing I could have it all night if it came out in the nightime here.
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Post by Mandragora on Jan 17, 2003 23:02:38 GMT -5
00:01 UK time? That would be 8:01 in the morning here, and malls open at ten am... that is, if we get the book at the same time as everybody  And I don't think HP is even banned anywhere here and everyone I know (in college) has a copy, so Asia is pretty much a very big market! *imagines a virgil in-front of mall to acquire first OOTP copy* Speaking of malls, I am starting to get sick and tired of them |
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Post by cheesy_badgers on Jan 18, 2003 9:49:43 GMT -5
I literally can't wait!!! I was so excited when I heard and when I read the extract in the paper I actually got goose bumps and felt really emotional!! That may sound sad but I can't believe it's been 3 years since GOF, I'm not gonna put the book down once I've got it! We have to buy 2 copies cos my Mum loves HP too so we both want to read it as soon as it comes out! We're ordering it on Amazon later today! ;D
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Post by MsPoet on Jan 18, 2003 18:26:18 GMT -5
I think that's one of the reasons HP books have sold so well....I read somewhere that some parents buy a book for *each* of their kids because they want to read it at the same time. I got my email newsletter from Borders saying they're going to have activities on June 20 leading up to the midnight sale. But I want to go to Barnes&Noble--it's right down the street and hopefully some of my students will be there.  Maybe I'll buy a bullhorn and take my whistle and help control the madness. <g> Donna |
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Post by zoeperzazke on Jan 20, 2003 7:13:16 GMT -5
I'm so terribly jealous at all you English-speaking folks! Why me? Why should I live in the Netherlands? Though I've pre-ordered it too ;D I'm so terribly excited... But I think I won't have it before August... God I can't wait! Do you think there might be some magical possebility to travel in time? I want it! |
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Post by Mandragora on Jan 20, 2003 7:20:18 GMT -5
I think The Netherlands is a very beautiful place... it's interesting too, engineering-wise--- a huge part of your land is reclaimed! I haven't been there (though hopefully I'll get to travel there this year), and I have this plan to live there probably near The Hague or Delft, and then run naked through this field of tulips with the windmills running in the background Pardon me, I am lacking sugar. But honestly, I want to live there someday, maybe for a short while... I am in-love with Dutch art! Van Gogh! Mondriaan! Rem Koolhaas (though he's an architect)! And London is only a few hours by plane (or maybe an hour)... very accessible. |
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Post by zoeperzazke on Jan 20, 2003 7:26:34 GMT -5
Hey Madragora! Seems like you have pretty wild plans Running naked through the tulip-fields... hehe... gotta see that  ok, I might have it around August, but then I'll have spent like 20 pounds I think (€28,50... Have no idea what it is in pounds or dollars). And if I take the plain to London... ok, I'd love to do it, but... pretty expensive for me! I'm not that rich! |
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Post by Mandragora on Jan 20, 2003 7:52:52 GMT -5
How come people are not allowed their own broomsticks? Why can't we fly? Why do we have to be stuck where we are? How come we are built like, er, people? How come only the UK, US, Australia and Canada are to have the OOTP release on June 21? Whatever happened to the BIGGEST market of the Harry Potter books, which, I think... oh! THE REST OF THE WORLD?!!! Ach, am getting philosophical, where on earth is that Toblerone bar? Though I wish I have some chocolate with almonds in it.... oohh, Mars Bar, Hershey's with Almonds, Cadburry bar with Roasted Almonds, Kisses Almonds. Think I'll make some hot chocolate before going to bed.  If I were to have some superpowers, I would choose a Rogue's of X-men. She can fly and she's incerdibly strong. Though I hate the part she cannot be touched... it's quite symbolic Oh, today's about to be over, though still feeling lousy. I cannot seem to make sense of ll the things that are happening in my life right now. Thank God for a website like this as a diversion! Though I might say, I am spending waaayy to much time around here. Aw, heck we all deserve a bit of fun, right? |
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at least don't think there will as there are no major book shops there. if however, i'm still here at uni on 21st june i may be able to go to a mid-night funfest as theres a few major book shops here 
And I don't think HP is even banned anywhere here and everyone I know (in college) has a copy, so Asia is pretty much a very big market!
Maybe I'll buy a bullhorn and take my whistle and help control the madness.
