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The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling - 10/12/2008 9:28:18 AM   
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 Read this yesterday afternoon (after finishing Let The Right One In!) and I really enjoyed it, in fact I think it's a more enjoyable read than the Harry Potter series. Admittedly, it's nowhere near the size of that universe but all the better for it IMHO. Also, I got my copy from Tesco for £3.49 and £1.61 from every sale goes to JK's childrens charity.

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RE: The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling - 15/12/2008 9:14:30 PM   
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 I haven't read it yet but several copies have been bought for family members, including the £50 Amazon special for my mum.  At the moment I'm doing that putting my fingers in my ears and going lalalalalalala if anyone says anything about anything in it.

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RE: The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling - 15/12/2008 10:31:14 PM   
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 I still feel sorry for the people who paid over a million pounds for a handwritten copy believing that it was never going to be published and they were going to have a true limited copy only for it later to turn up in the shops. I bet they are still spitting blood

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RE: The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling - 15/12/2008 10:43:34 PM   
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 To be honest Sanchia, if you can afford to spend over a million pounds for a handwritten manuscript then you're not really going to be too upset for it being published for a fiver!

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RE: The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling - 15/12/2008 11:10:43 PM   
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 You are if you are a real collector who believed that only you and a select few others were going to have access to the stories. Maybe that is why they paid over a million rather than £100,000?

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RE: The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling - 15/12/2008 11:19:05 PM   
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 A true collector would make sure that it was signed and dated.  As a collector of first eds and proof editions I should know!

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RE: The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling - 16/12/2008 8:43:59 AM   
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Mrs Jonson just read it and said it was shit. I might read it next and give a more detailed review. 

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RE: The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling - 16/12/2008 11:05:23 AM   
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You are if you are a real collector who believed that only you and a select few others were going to have access to the stories. Maybe that is why they paid over a million rather than £100,000?


It's Rowling, it's handwritten, it's still worth a fortune. I don't think they'd care.

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RE: The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling - 16/12/2008 11:43:42 AM   
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I think the only sold one was to Amazon - and they are the ones selling the limited edition and getting the cash for that (as well as the donation to charity). 6 other handwritten ones were given away.

So it wasn't a collector - Amazon made clear from the start the purchase was for 'their' readers.

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J K Rowling's Tales of Beedle the Bard Book Only £0.50p... - 17/9/2009 10:33:36 PM   
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50p delivered from Tesco.com. just thought it might be a bit of a bargain for anyone who wanted to read it or a stockingfiller for the kids

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