[HPFGU-OTChatter] Question about online UK booksellers

[Simon]

Kelley wrote: "Has anyone else heard this?:  I've tried ordering the
four-book boxed set from both WHSmiths and bol.com, and both have told me
it's currently not in print, but they're both expecting it by the end of the
month.  I'm sure there's some sensible reason, and of course, I know nothing
about the publishing business.  Just seems odd to me that a 'set' would go
out of print.  BTW, the links I have for UK booksellers I got from Nick.
What's happened to him?  I can't recall seeing any sign of him in the
longest time..."

When a publishers prints book they obviously print a certain number, the
amount they think they can sell in a few months, and then send these out to
be sold. I would guess in this case that they have underestimated the demand
for the box set and that it now has to be reprinted to cope with demand. I
would guess that the problem is that they worked on how many sets they would
sell in the UK and from what I have seen and heard a fairly large number of
copies have been sold abroad, especially to Americans and Canadians. Hence
they have run out, especially at online places that are the main source of
such books for people living in abroad. By running out of course it may be
that they have run out of the box that surrounds the set rather than
necessarily the books to go in the set itself.


I have had a quick gander at the forum boards at the Warner Brothers Harry
Potter Movie site and posting to these there is a NicMitUK who is an adult
fan, has seen some of the filming places and knows some people who have been
extras. I am guessing that this is Nick and that he ha been finding HPforGU
too busy, especially as he is more concerned with movie discussion (which
there has been little of recently), and so may either by lurking or wandered
off for a while. He has not been in any of the online chats recently, so it
may just be that he is busy with work.



Simon
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