Do you have the new Harry Potter book?

[thenewuser]

Do you have the new Harry Potter book?

How is it so far? No spoilers please. ;)

[Redseal]

I read on /. that some dude got ahold of the book a couple of days before release and copied the entire thing with his phone camera. He then uploaded it as a torrent and let nature take its course.

I wonder how much it costs, its a kids book so it shouldn't be more then $15 right?

-Redseal

[Wayne Luke]

I wonder how much it costs, its a kids book so it shouldn't be more then $15 right?

Not really.. Amazon has it for $18 (US), I believe. List price is $34.99.

I don't have the book yet. I'll probably get it sometime in the next week. Not in a big hurry and definitely wasn't going to wait in a line of 200-300 people to get it at midnight.

[Quillz]

I don't have a physical copy, just a .pdf. I'm not really a Harry Potter fan, so I'm only interested in the epilouge and the fates of all the main characters.

[Zachery]

So as a warning to everyone here, No spoilers

[Mephisteus]

Got it for my bday yesterday (21st july, same thing with the sixth book :p).

Yet to start reading though.

[Floris]

I don't have a physical copy, just a .pdf. I'm not really a Harry Potter fan, so I'm only interested in the epilouge and the fates of all the main characters.
That's probably the pirated version. Unless they also sell the book in pdf form.

[Chroder]

Pre-ordered it months ago from Amazon and it came yesterday. Finished in several hours. Pretty good I though :) I've been reading the books since I was about 8, sad to see it all finally come to an end :(

[wurkanimal]

I won't be getting the book, but it does look good.

[Quillz]

That's probably the pirated version. Unless they also sell the book in pdf form.
It's a pirated copy, but it's the same text as found in the books, I've confirmed it.

[FreshFroot_]

I ordered it.. probably will arrive on monday. It was around.. $25 I think Canadian. I ended up buying the last 3 harry potter books.. forgot the total.. but it was a good deal.. $25 each.. So now I have the whole collection books. I'm not a big big.. dan, but my siblings are.. :D

[---MAD---]

It's a pirated copy, but it's the same text as found in the books, I've confirmed it.
People even pirate books? Wow how cheap and selfish has the world become?

[Quillz]

People even pirate books? Wow how cheap and selfish has the world become?
People pirate lots of things, although in my case, I have never had any intention of buying the actual book, so it's not really a financial loss for Scholastic.

[Zachery]

People pirate lots of things, although in my case, I have never had any intention of buying the actual book, so it's not really a financial loss for Scholastic.
Besides the point

[FreshFroot_]

People pirate lots of things, although in my case, I have never had any intention of buying the actual book, so it's not really a financial loss for Scholastic.
still pirating is pirating.. pretty sad for you though, no offence.. that's only $20-25 for the book..

[Mr_Bob]

Ordered from Amazon, showed up around 12:30 PM on the 21st, finished reading around 10:00 the next morning. Truly a fantastic finale, well worth around ten years of wait.

still pirating is pirating.. pretty sad for you though, no offence.. that's only $20-25 for the book.
Agreed.

[wii]

I´ll wait until the movie comes out:

http://imdb.com/title/tt0926084/

[Redseal]

If anyone in Canada hasn't bought the book yet, and you are planning to then get it at Safeway on the first Tuesday of the month. Why?

They are using the promotion of buy the book get 25 airmiles, and on the first Tuesday you get 10x the airmiles, so a 25$ book gets you 250 airmiles. Sweet deal!

-Redseal

[MRGTB]

Do you have the new Harry Potter book?

How is it so far? No spoilers please. ;)

No, and I have no intentions either. I much prefer to wait and see the film myself

[Onimua]

Got it read it. It was quite good, and still amazed by how the story unfolded.

Sad that there won't be any more, though. :(

[Wayne Luke]

I much prefer to wait and see the film myself

Books and movies present stories in so many different ways that they don't really compare. This can be radically different like the differences between Romeo and Juliet and Westside Story, which are still based on the same story. Or subtle where key character subplots are missing from the screen due to time constraints which happens in the Harry Potter series when translated to film.

[MRGTB]

Got it read it. It was quite good, and still amazed by how the story unfolded.

Sad that there won't be any more, though. :(

Oh my god, was that a spoiler :mad:

You say their won't be anymore, the only reason why there would not be anymore is if Harry Potter dies in it. Unless they have said this is the last Potter film themselves.

[Wayne Luke]

J.K Rowling has said there will only be 7 books from the start. Its nothing new.

[MRGTB]

Phew! thank god for that.

[Chousho]

People pirate lots of things, although in my case, I have never had any intention of buying the actual book, so it's not really a financial loss for Scholastic.

Tell that to this mother (http://martinaquino.wordpress.com/2007/07/20/teenage-girl-kills-herself-over-fake-spoilers-of-harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows/)

[Andrew111888]

I'm a bit sad now that it's over :(. I mean, I've read them since I was in 5th grade, and now I graduated this past June. I finished it last night before I went to bed, and while I was trying to fall sleep I just kept thinking about the story/ending and thinking "Wow, that's the last new harry potter book I'll read."

[wurkanimal]

I went and bought the book it was only a tenner.

[Wayne Luke]

My wife went out and got the book yesterday at about 5:00 p.m. I read it last night. Fairly good ending. About how I really suspected it would go.

[wurkanimal]

My wife went out and got the book yesterday at about 5:00 p.m. I read it last night. Fairly good ending. About how I really suspected it would go.

You read the book in one night?

[Dilly]

Why not? It took me about 4 hours.

[Wayne Luke]

You read the book in one night?

Yes, fun and engaging story but its written for middle-school readers. The langauge isn't very difficult. I suspect my 11 year old daughter will have it finished by tomorrow. But then when I was growing up, I would check out 7-10 books from the library every week. Don't have time for that many anymore.

[MRGTB]

Why not? It took me about 4 hours.

You read over 700 pages in 4 hours, what are you: "The Terminator" :D

[Zachery]

I don't read nearly as fast as wayne but it took me about 6 or 7 hours maybe to read the book.

[Quillz]

You read over 700 pages in 4 hours, what are you: "The Terminator" :D
I could easily read 1,000 pages in a night if the content was interesting enough. I used to finish many 200+ novels in a few hours, although I've not read many interesting novels recently.

[mlucek]

I'll probably get the book, but wait till it starts showing up in the used bookstores, as I'm in no hurry :p :rolleyes:

[whitetigergrowl]

Who's Harry? lol :p

[wurkanimal]

Who's Harry? lol :p

Spoilng?

[Dilly]

what are you: "The Terminator"
lol nah, just many years of speed reading and courses.

[Mephisteus]

Just finished the book. Although for the first half of the story I really wanted to bash Harry´s head in, a slight bit where I wanted to do the same to Hermione and Ron... Well he´s Ron...

I´ll keep any other thoughts to myself :)

Glad the whole thing is over, 10 years since the first book and I know the only reason I read this one is because it just finishes it up. I know because with most of the previous books I was interested enough to keep reading them without having to force myself to continue, I had a few moments where it was the case with this book. Wether that is because this one is less then others or because I simply have taken a dislike towards books (got another 2 books that if given a year ago I would have finished ages ago :p).