Questions about the Stouffer stuff..(warning-- kind of long)

[Kelley]

No: HPFGUIDX 12892

> At 12:43 AM 2/22/01 +0000, Kelley wrote:
> >Stouffer claims there was demand for her book; wouldn't it be
> >available in public libraries?  I've not tried looking, but is 
there some reason it would not be available?
> 
> Dave wrote:
> My understanding is that her books were self-publsihed (i.e. she
> ran off copies at Kinko's and distributed at local K-Marts).  So not
> only do her books probably have no ISBN/Library of Congress
> designation, but it seems highly improbable that JKR ever set
> eyes on them.
> 
> BTW I invite everyone read my page of rebuttals to Stouffer's
> charges: http://www.mindspring.com/~daveh47/JKRvsNKS.html
 
Hi Dave.  I did go to your site, and agree with you completely.  I 
thought all that stuff, too.  Because of these reasons, I figured 
Stouffer's problem must be that all the instances she listed (all the 
correct ones, anyway) were found in ~both~ their works.  See what I 
mean?  The "Oz" books may have several instances in common, but 
Stouffer's and JKR's have almost all of them in common.  I'm not 
siding with Stouffer at all; I think she's a full-of-crap 
opportunist.  What I'm trying to understand is if her case is based 
on this entire list of 'similarities' between her's and JKR's works, 
or if her whole case hinges on 'muggle'.  And, you know, the 
governor/friar thing, perhaps there's a governor in her book, and she 
put the terms in the wrong columns (I'm thinking of the "Fat 
Friar").  Plus, how can she compare Elixir of Life to her Well of 
Desire?  Not one of her lawyers has explained that JKR's is from 
alchemy and the Philosopher's Stone?  I'm so baffled by all this.  Is 
this woman an American?  Oh, and good grief:  went to Kinko's and 
talked her local K-marts into selling her books?!  Is she kidding?  
There is the bizarre chance that JKR could have seen this woman's 
work, but seriously, what are the odds?  How on earth could she ever 
hope to prove something like that?  I'm so tired of these people who 
come crawling out of the woodwork, hoping to make an easy buck from 
being a nuisance.  Okay, sorry for the rant guys.  Thanks for the 
reply, Dave.  Appreciate it.  
                            
Kelley