Amazon bought Beedle the Bard

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Kat:

 I have to confess that I'm having a real time getting worked up 
about Beadle the Bard. I am having enough trouble coming to terms 
with Deathly Hallows. I don't know what the edition is like in the 
UK, but in the US, what they sold us is essentially a cheap paperback 
in a hard cover (sort of). It broke off the backing the first time I 
read it and split up the spine in one place. I recently reread it and 
while I found the story itself more coherent and enjoyable than the 
first time, I was disgusted to have it split off the spine in another 
place, so I now have three hunks of DH held together in a far from 
sturdy hardback (it looks like cheap cardboard if you take the cover 
off).
> I am considering gluing it back together, but wonder if it's worth 
the trouble. This was not a hard used book. Did anyone else have this 
problem? When I lay out $35.00 for a hardback book, I expect it to be 
stitched, not glued. My overall impression of Ms. Rowling's output is 
that it is getting tackier by the year, and I am getting very, very 
tired of all the hoop-la.


Snow:

I had the same thing happen with both copies of HBP that I had 
bought; the first 50 or so pages were barely attached from the get 
go. I suppose you had to buy the elite version if you wanted to read 
a second time without hanging on to every single word, literally. 

I'm still reeling over the nonchalant attitude of a writer, we made 
famous, towards the 24 hour digression we all pondered in length 
(which could have swayed the whole story when you include it in the 
theological mix to determine the plausible outcome). 

What ever happened to `playing fair' (that she cared so much about at 
the beginning), or about consideration (for her fandom) if she 
thought she hadn't been up front with information? Please don't 
attempt to throw the dog a mere bone; I don't have that type of 
loyalty, I prefer meat not bone.

Snow