[HPforGrownups] Re: Comic Relief books - already available in South Wales!

[Andrew Preston]

Figured I should post this here-no real bearing on HP.

Steve:

> Well, here in Grand Rapids, Michigan, none of the bookstores will be 
> selling the books until Monday. They are not allowed to, although 
> they do have them in the back. I told them I would be happy to buy 
> them early if they cared to slit open one of the boxes, but no dice. 
> The clerks were all just about as eager as I was to read them, but 
> they said they were required to wait until Monday.

I worked in a department store during the time that _Toy Story_ came out on
video tape. I saw a copy of the contract that our store signed with Disney. For
each store, for each copy of the video sold early, the company would be fined
$5000. Imagine selling it early and them finding out! It'd be outrageous fines
for something (in this case) that costs $10.

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