Harry Potter went on sale at midnight. People were queueing for more than 8 hours outside some bookshops. Waterstones in London had a Harry Potter party prior to midnight with stars such as Dame Judy Dench dressed as characters from the books.
The Net Book Agreement which ensured that books from UK publishers who signed it were sold at the cover price (with some exceptions such as schools and libraries being able to get a discount of 10%) collapsed in (I think) 1994, and since then retailers have been free to discount books as they wish. The cover price of the latest Harry Potter is 16 pound 99 pence, the lowest quoted last night was 7 pounds 49 pence offered by one of the supermarkets and they reckoned they were still making a small profit. I must be one of the few people on the planet who hasn't read any of them. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
