Stouffer on Canada AM

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Sheryll Townsend <s_ings at y...> wrote:
> They showed a pic of her character next to a pic of
> Harry while she pointed out how much they looked the
> same. Even said the mouth was identical.
Ok, but that has nothing to do with JKR, and is completely related to 
Mary GrandPre's drawings, and IIRC, she's not a party to the 
litigation at all. And the only pic of Harry, IIRC again, in SS, was 
the cover picture where he's all intent on catching the snitch. Am I 
wrong?

> Another thing she stated was that the HP books only
> became known in the US in 1999 - can any of the
> Americans here let me know how much truth there is to
> that statement. She claimed that in 1999, when HP
> became popular, all kinds of people who read her books
> started calling her and telling her how JKR 'stole'
> her work.
No, it was released in September, 1998, and I bought a fourth 
printing, after an article about it ran in some major newspaper - I 
think the NY Times, in November or December of that year. I know I 
had it before the holidays because I sent it to my husband's then-5 
year old cousin for Hanukah. Four printings is at least a bit 
popular, isn't it?