NY Times Bestseller List

[houston425]

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From: houston425
Subject: Re: NY Times Bestseller List
Reply To: [Yahoo! #3228] NY Times Bestseller List
Date: 7/3/00 11:32 am  (ET)

>>> Or, maybe I'm the only one who is really stirred up by this
subject. <g> <<<

No, you are not the only person who gets stirred up by this. I think
this all starts out with the label "children's book". Children are *not*
the only people reading this series (as well all know.)

I have yet to see a television news report that mentions that there are
adult readers of the series. The most I've seen is "parents are reading
this book to their children and enjoying it." Nothing about adult readers
who are reading the book because they want to read it. I know I'm going
to see a lot more Harry Potter on the airwaves (CBS News yesterday and
another CNN report this morning) but I will be disappointed if they
don't mention the adult readers, which they haven't so far.

I just don't know where they think all of these books have gone. Do they
*truly* believe that only kids are buying up all these books, or adults
are buying these books *only* for their children? Am I going to be the
only adult without a child Friday night at the bookstore?? And that's the
whole problem. This book came out as a "children's book" and that's the
label that got stuck to it and these people (NY Times, media outlets,
Muggles in general) can't change that label in their mind. Why can't
it be just a book that children AND adults enjoy reading. A book that
deserves to be on the NY Times bestseller list.

Laurie
(sorry... I know I'm preaching to the choir! But hey... I'm a choir
director so that's my job!! <g>)