Harry Potter Publishers

[Marilyn Peake]

Hi, "ewe2" and Joe,

I remember seeing J.K. Rowling interviewed on television awhile back; 
and she talked about her early publishing experiences.  She said 
that, after the first Harry Potter book was published in the UK, 
sales were slow; and her publisher or agent (I forget which) told 
her, "Don't give up your day job."  Then someone at Scholastic saw 
the book, loved it, and bid more than Scholastic had ever bid on a 
book before.

Cheers,
Marilyn

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, ewe2 <ewe2 at 4...> wrote:

>> On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 04:09:36AM -0000, Joe Bento wrote:
>> Since I am ignorant about how publishing works, how was Scholastic
>> chosen for the US publisher rather than Bloomsbury USA?  For that
>> matter, Scholastic has a UK branch. So same question applies.
> 
> I believe it was the best deal for the US demographic they could 
get, especially since Scholastic has a lock on US primary schools 
(don't forget the series is being sold to _children_, not adults).