[the_old_crowd] Re: Amazon bought Beedle the Bard

[Kat Macfarlane]

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.

Disillusioned purrs,

Gatta
Quantum me cogitis omnes!


  --- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "fhmaneely" <fmaneely at ...> wrote:
  >
  > I saw this today...anyone know if they will publish the book? I wonder 
  > if JKR will allow it to be published for profit.

  Hi, Fran, Healthy and Prosperous New Year

  I'm surprised no one has replied on-list to you yet. There was much
  discussion of Beedle the Bard on HPfGU-OT, starting at
  <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/34511> but
  unfortunately intermixed with people who are offended or gratified
  when someone says 'Happy Holidays' to them instead of 'Merry
  Christmas' ('Happy Christmas' for the Brits).

  <www.amazon.com/beedlebard> gives summaries and sample screenshots of
  the stories.

  In 
  <http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2007/12/23/transcript-of-part-1-of-pottercast-\
  s-jk-rowling-interview>, she mentions in passing that she expected to
  put 30 tales in the books rather than 5, until she started handwriting it.



   

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