(Stoufers) Children's Books To Be Reissued

nlpnt at yahoo.com nlpnt at yahoo.com
Thu Mar 15 15:45:49 UTC 2001


No: HPFGUIDX 14378

My local paper showed a pic of one of the covers; it's similar enough 
to the UK/Canadian HP cover layout that a countersuit may be in order!

  As for Peg, I've yet to see any of her books in a bookstore :( 
Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places, though.

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., rainy_lilac at y... wrote:
> Sorry, I just cannot hide my choler. This opportunistic whore makes 
me 
> ill.
> 
> I do not believe that the books are going to sell. What 
> self-respecting child is going to be seen with them. I have been 
> unable to find ANY info about Thurman House-- are we sure it is not 
a 
> vanity press? If it is, it WON'T get reviews from the publications 
> that count.
> 
> May the fleas of a thousand camels infest her armpits!!
> 
> Suzanne
> 
> 
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., heidi.h.tandy.c92 at a... wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at y..., joym999 at a... wrote:
> > > --- In HPforGrownups at y..., NOTaMuggleFamily at a... wrote:
> > > > Children's Books To Be Reissued
> > > > 
> > 
> > > > ``The Legend of Rah and the Muggles,'' whose author is suing 
> J.K. 
> > > Rowling for 
> > > > stealing her ideas, will be reissued by Thurman House in May, 
> the 
> > > publisher 
> > > > announced Wednesday. The book was first published in 1984 and 
> > went 
> > > out of 
> > > > print a few years later, long before the Potter series began. 
> > > 
> > > I suspect we may be seeing these horrible books in bookstores, 
> > since 
> > > Stouffer is clearly taking advantage of the popularity of HP to 
> > strut 
> > > her own lack of talent.
> > 
> > Oh, great. Now I have 3 important jobs whenever I walk into a 
> > bookstore. Put Peg Kerr (peg? are you lurking?) books in high 
> profile 
> > places, make sure no books are covering my friend Brad Meltzer's 
new 
> > book The First Counsel, and HIDE HIDE HIDE all copies of the 
> stouffer 
> > book. Lori? Can you keep them out of your Borders entirely?





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