NY Times Strikes Again

[harrietmwelsch]

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From: harrietmwelsch
Subject: Re: NY Times Strikes Again
Reply To: [Yahoo! #7595] NY Times Strikes Again
Date: 8/23/00 6:46 am  (ET)

"The article goes on to quote a mkting study that shows 43% of the HP
books were purchased by someone over 14."

Just because books are purchased by someone over the age of 14 doesn't
mean they're READ by someone over 14. As the birth-13 set doesn't
typically have a lot of disposable income, especially for hardcovers,
they generally depend on adults to make their purchases for them.

MOST children's books, in fact, are purchased by adults. Libraries
alone account for about half the market for children's trade books. What
surprises me is that such a high percentage of the Harry Potter books
have been bought by the kids themselves.

Harriet