[HPforGrownups] Re: Interim Ruling/club copy of book

[Sheryll Townsend]

No: HPFGUIDX 12606


--- Jim Ferer <jferer at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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.
> 
I actually like this idea of having a club copy. I'd
be willing to chip in a couple dollars. They'd be
Canadian dollars, therefore not worth much, but I
offer them anyway! 

You're right, the one thing the lady has is a lot of
nerve! It can't be a lot of talent, otherwise we'd be
here discussing her book. My that sounds nasty -I must
not be fully awake yet. Someone hand me a coffee>


> 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). 
> 
Maybe this is her way of getting her 15 minutes of
fame, though a pricey way at that - all those lawyers
to pay. 

Sheryll

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"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup."

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