OotP Scholastic edition

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Richelle Votaw" 
<rvotaw at i...> wrote:
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 And as TLC reported, it's funny that none of these articles 
commenting on how "expensive" OotP will be ($29.99) aren't mentioning 
that the price is being compared to books 1/2 its size!  Or less!  
Compare it to a picture book, say "If you Give a Mouse a Cookie."  
Hardcover $15.99 and it's, what, 24 pages?  32 at most.  Or an early 
chapter book, Junie B. First Grader, "Toothless Wonder."  I read all 
the Junie B. books to my first graders, 80-90 pages I'd guess.  
$11.95.  That's 13 cents a page.  Order of the Phoenix?  3 cents a 
page.  What a bargain! :)
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> Richelle

Richelle,

Good point.  I know that my two older kids (one in 6th, one in 4th) 
have book reports due almost every month; that means that I visit 
Borders at least twice a month, depending on when the assignments 
start.  And, at a prices of anywhere from $4.99 to $10.99 or so per 
book, (and the token books for my five year old so he doesn't feel 
left out), that adds up to  at least $20 a month.  Don't get me 
wrong, I'm not complaining. I know I can drag the kids to the 
library, but considering the fact that the books seem to get lost 
once they are done with them, I might as well buy them.  So, my point 
is, that all of us fan-atics out there (speaking for me, my kids, and 
nieces and nephews, and parents) will most certainly pay full price 
for the book because, its Harry Potter after all!!

Anna . . .
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