Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#1Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
Posted: 2/1/07 at 9:25am
Mark your calendars. It's the end of an era.
I wonder if J.K. will ever write another book.
Perhaps something more adult oriented?
Bye-Bye Harry
Bluemoon
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/28/04
#2re: Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
Posted: 2/1/07 at 9:28amShe publishing a children's hardback edition and an adult hardback. Will the adult version have adult photos of Harry?
#2re: Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
Posted: 2/1/07 at 9:31am
She's gonna get all "Judy Blume" on us in this one.
The "adult" version, indeed.
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#3re: Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
Posted: 2/1/07 at 9:33amThanks Sue, now we can expect to see him on Broadway...sooner or later.
#4re: Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
Posted: 2/1/07 at 10:14amI went NUTS when I heard this morning. I'm so excited!!
#5re: Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
Posted: 2/1/07 at 10:16amI've already asked off for the 20th, so I can park my tush in wait for the midnight sale!
#6re: Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
Posted: 2/1/07 at 10:32am
Judy Blume?
"Are you there, God? It's me, Hermione."
I'll read it.
erikaamato
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/04
#7re: Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
Posted: 2/1/07 at 10:35amJG2: I think Twelvy was referring to Wifey-style Judy Blume. Ick.
broadwaystar2b
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
#8re: Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
Posted: 2/1/07 at 10:39am
I can't believe it's been ten years since Philosopher's Stone was released
I would HATE to be working at Borders this summer 
#9re: Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
Posted: 2/1/07 at 10:43am
I am having trouble with the link. Is this related to the release of the final book? Can someone help out and post a little blurb of the article?
erikaamato
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/12/04
#10re: Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
Posted: 2/1/07 at 11:01am
Here's the whole thing:
Rowling: Final Potter Book Out in July
By Associated Press
Published February 1, 2007, 7:57 AM CST
LONDON -- "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the last of seven installments of the boy wizard's adventures, will be published July 21, author J.K. Rowling said Thursday.
Rowling announced the publication date on her Web site.
Bloomsbury, her British publisher, said it would publish a children's hardback edition, an adult hardback, a special gift edition and an audio book on the same day.
Scholastic Children's Books, the U.S. publisher, said it would offer a hardback edition at a suggested retail price of $34.99, a deluxe edition at $65.00 and a reinforced library edition at $39.99.
Bloomsbury noted that this year is the 10th anniversary of the publication of the first "Harry Potter" book in the phenomenally successful series.
The "Potter" books have sold 325 million copies worldwide and been translated into 64 languages, Bloomsbury said.
The last book, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," sold 2,009,574 copies in Britain on the first day of its release, Bloomsbury said.
The Potter franchise is so important to the company's earnings that it announced the publication to the London Stock Exchange.
Bloomsbury shares were up 2.2 percent to $4.40 after the announcement.
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On the Net: http://www.jkrowling.com
Copyright © 2007, The Associated Press
gumbo2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/21/05
#12re: Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
Posted: 2/1/07 at 11:08amThanks for that, Erika. I assumed it was about the last book. Does anyone know anything about differences in the "children" and "Adult" versions or is it going to be a matter of cover and marketing?
avab802
Broadway Star Joined: 5/17/06
#13re: Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
Posted: 2/1/07 at 11:11amBluemoon, the "adult" version just has a different cover, with a more serious-looking picture so that adults won't feel silly reading an obviously kiddie book out in public. If I'm not mistaken, adult versions of all the HP books have been published in the UK.
#14re: Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
Posted: 2/1/07 at 11:12am
$34.99 marks the first price increase since 2003, so the rumor is that the book is going to be even LONGER than the last ones.
Amazon.com is already accepting preorders and is discounting the title at $18.89.
Some British booksellers are boycotting the book because they are angry at the deep discounting by the major retail chains.
Bluemoon
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/28/04
#15re: Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
Posted: 2/1/07 at 11:15amWell if it doesn't have a naked Harry on the cover, I ain't buyin'.
#16re: Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
Posted: 2/1/07 at 11:19am
Bluemoon, from the looks of it, you could pretty easily make your own adult Harry cover by color copying one of those Equus press photos and gluing it to the book cover.
#17re: Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
Posted: 2/1/07 at 11:21am
I've always thought that $20 or more is INSANE to pay for a book (that is why I usually wait for the paperback edition, unless I want to read the book NOW).
HOORAY for the book, but I am sad that this is the last one. 
avab802
Broadway Star Joined: 5/17/06
#18re: Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
Posted: 2/1/07 at 11:34am
Some British booksellers are boycotting the book because they are angry at the deep discounting by the major retail chains.
Why? It won't be a blip on the radar for the HP publishers, and will only end up hurting the booksellers themselves.
EDIT: Amazon is smart. Discounting it so much that people will have to buy something else in addition to qualify for free shipping, or pay the shipping cost. Smart Amazon.
I wonder how much B&N will be charging at their stores? I'll most likely go there to get it at midnight.
Updated On: 2/1/07 at 11:34 AM
#19re: Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
Posted: 2/1/07 at 11:59am
Whew...I thought this was going to be an announcement that Daniel Radcliffe had decided not to do any more of the Harry Potter movies. I know he's getting older, but if he, or any of the cast, decided not to do them anymore, you know Warner Brothers would replace them, and it would just be too strange. I HATE when they replace people in a series like that.
Anyway, the last Harry book is sad, but we've know the end was coming from nearly the beginning, and I'm kind of anxious to see how it all ends!
#20re: Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
Posted: 2/1/07 at 2:26pmI am sooooo excited for this!!!! cannot wait. I just recently read all 6 books, so this will be the first time I'm apart of the craze when a new book is published! I'll be there at midnight.
#21re: Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
Posted: 2/1/07 at 2:52pmMy birthday.
#22re: Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
Posted: 2/1/07 at 8:56pm
More adult hm...
PLOTLINE! Harry goes into a spiriling depression after Ron & Hermione get married because she's pregnant,
And Harry lives in their basement as a mute who sometimes sells his body.
#23re: Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
Posted: 2/1/07 at 8:59pm
No 07/07/07???
Come on, it needs to be done.
It was awesome. - theaterkid1015
stagegrrrl
Leading Actor Joined: 1/22/07
#24re: Wave your little wand and whisper so-long, Harry.
Posted: 2/1/07 at 9:02pm
judy blume?
oh great.
hermione's going to get her period.
a "very special" harry potter.
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