(NYT) CliffsNotes/SparkNotes to publish study guide to SS/PS

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>From 19 June 2002 NY Times

Book-Club Smarts in a Nutshell: Get Notes
By KATE ZERNIKE

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/19/national/19CLIF.html?
ex=1025508708&ei=1&en=7eb6ae39f099deb4

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was a blockbuster book,
spawning blockbuster sequels and a blockbuster movie. Next month, it
will achieve that mark of a true classic: the publishers of
SparkNotes, a CliffsNotes knockoff, will publish a study guide —
also known as a cheat sheet — to the tale of the little boy with the
lightning-bolt scar.

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Some might question the need for guides to relatively
straightforward stories. [cut] Still, for $4.99, readers of the
SparkNotes "Harry Potter" can come to appreciate that the nervous
Professor Quirrell is actually spouting Machiavelli; that Voldemort
is, in fact, right out of Nietzsche.

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