Interim Ruling-- what in the sam hill is this?

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 12589

Jim Flanagan:"Stouffer's web site says that you can "reserve" a copy 
RatM now. They don't specify when they will ship.  Price is $19.95"

$19.95? You gotta hand it to the lady, she's got nerve.  Ms. 
Stouffer's books, in their original, ah, "distribution," were sold in 
some Rite-Aid drugstores and grocery stores in the Northeast U.S.  She 
has alleged that JKR saw them there while on a trip to the US, a trip 
Scholastic denies ever took place. (the fact Rite-Aid is on the verge 
of going bankrupt is perhaps another commentary on their choice of 
merchandise to carry.)

Maybe we should all chip in on a club copy, 'cuz I'll be dipped if 
I'll put out $19.95 for this thing, even if I ever do receive it. 
Judging by the art on Ms. Stouffer's site, the Caldecott Medal isn't 
going to be on Ms. Stouffer's mantelpiece soon.

Heidi explained the problem: everybody gets their day in court.  You 
don't have to have a case, you don't have to have merit, all you need 
is a lawyer and $170 for an index number at the clerk's office (at 
least in New York that's the fee).