Oh, for the love of literature!

[neadods]

This weekend, the next to last of the Harry Potter books goes on sale. I have mixed feelings about this. I do think that once the series is over that people will move on to the next hot thing. This means that the rare edition of HP #1 that I have will probably have a sudden drop in value. (Note to self: take that bugger to NYC and sell it by Jan 2007!)

On the other hand, the overhype will also drop off, and that is a good thing. I'm surprised we've almost gotten to the release date before we started seeing the "OMG, someone put it on the shelves early, HORRORS!" messages.

Much less stupid-ass attempts to keep a lid on it like this - the Canadian government ordering people not to read the copies they've already bought. "One sympathizes with the reader from a non-legal point of view, but property rights often trump civil liberties. There is no human right to read.” says one of the lawyers involved.

What was that line from Max Headroom? "Reading is a privilege, and if you had enough money to pay for an education you'd know that."

Comments

[tchwrtr.livejournal.com]

Help me out here...what's a acquiring editor?

[lagilman]

The editor who acquired (bought) the book for the pubkisher in the first place. I had left by the time the final manuscript came in, sadly, otherwise it would simply be "editor."