Harry Potter

jasondeena · 2009-01-24

I just purchased Harry Potter 6 & 7 from Amazon. They were each under $3.50. If anyone is interested.

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· #61 · Jan 25, 2009

paisley said:
I'm sure there'd be some sort of moniker that someone could coin.

Touche.

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Kristena

· #62 · Jan 25, 2009

Well, I'm going to go on the record here and state that they are bootlegs. No, I don't have any connection to Amazon. However, I do hope that when these books are released they wouldn't use 'Serious Black' in place of 'Sirius Black.' Also, they should use paragraph breaks! And where are the chapter illustrations? And why does 'Dumbledore Apparate...' when he should just 'apparate.'

So, if these are real, they had a really, really poor editor.

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sherylb

· #63 · Jan 25, 2009

"Well, I'm going to go on the record here and state that they are bootlegs. No, I don't have any connection to Amazon. However, I do hope that when these books are released they wouldn't use 'Serious Black' in place of 'Sirius Black.' Also, they should use paragraph breaks! And where are the chapter illustrations? And why does 'Dumbledore Apparate...' when he should just 'apparate.'"

"So, if these are real, they had a really, really poor editor."

Probably not an English speaking one anyway.

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· #64 · Jan 25, 2009

Kristena said:
Well, I'm going to go on the record here and state that they are bootlegs. No, I don't have any connection to Amazon. However, I do hope that when these books are released they wouldn't use 'Serious Black' in place of 'Sirius Black.' Also, they should use paragraph breaks! And where are the chapter illustrations? And why does 'Dumbledore Apparate...' when he should just 'apparate.'

So, if these are real, they had a really, really poor editor.

So much for the "formatting is OK" reports.

Thanks for the first-hand report.

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ScottBooks

· #65 · Jan 25, 2009

Steadily climbing the charts...#123 and #122 in the Kindle store...

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paisley

· #66 · Jan 25, 2009

Kristena said:
...'Serious Black' in place of 'Sirius Black.'...

Not a good sign. Rats.

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sherylb

· #67 · Jan 25, 2009

Kristena said:
Well, I'm going to go on the record here and state that they are bootlegs. No, I don't have any connection to Amazon. However, I do hope that when these books are released they wouldn't use 'Serious Black' in place of 'Sirius Black.' Also, they should use paragraph breaks! And where are the chapter illustrations? And why does 'Dumbledore Apparate...' when he should just 'apparate.'

So, if these are real, they had a really, really poor editor.

Half Blood Prince does have paragraph breaks and Deathly Hallows has breaks on the first couple of pages...which is all I checked on a quick scan of the books in the first place.

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Mike D. aka jmiked

· #68 · Jan 25, 2009

stevene9 said:
In my very humble opinion, you guys are nuts. There is no way Amazon is going to put an illegal copy on their site, and there is no way someone is going to upload a copy to their computers and have it fully integrated into their whole process (listings, searches, whispernet, etc). No way, no how. It is totally legit.

Steve

Amazon had copies of four Rex Stout Nero Wolfe books for sale for 6 weeks or so before they pulled them. I bought them and they are still on my Kindle, seven months after they were pulled. I contacted the people that put them on Amazon and their comment was that I'd have to talk to Random House, the publishers, to get information on when they would be released as ebooks. I drew the assumption the people who put them on Amazon really didn't have the ebook rights.

So I think that things can slip by.

Mike

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· #69 · Jan 25, 2009

I tend to believe that these are illegal home-formatted editions. JK Rowling is usually pretty good about updating her own website when anything new comes along. (She is pretty good at the self-promotion.) There is no mention at all on her official website. www.jkrowling.com

I also do not believe that if they are legit that they would be priced at anything below $9.99. Amazon is no dummy about how to make money.

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Gertie Kindle

· #70 · Jan 25, 2009

Kristena said:
However, I do hope that when these books are released they wouldn't use 'Serious Black' in place of 'Sirius Black.'

Sirius -- Black As He's Painted?
Notorious Mass Murderer OR Innocent Singing Sensation

I think I'll wait a day or two. The price is right, but if I'm going to buy it, I want a well-formatted, legal copy. And I want the whole series.

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Jeff

· #71 · Jan 25, 2009

In the mean time, somebody is selling a lot of books. Who says crime doesn’t pay?

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ScottBooks

· #72 · Jan 25, 2009

Jeff said:
In the mean time, somebody is selling a lot of books. Who says crime doesn't pay?

Amazon doesn't just give you the money right away do they?

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Jeff

· #73 · Jan 25, 2009

ScottBooks said:
Amazon doesn't just give you the money right away do they?

Amazon takes about 90 days to pay and, if I remember correctly, they can cancel their agreement with a publisher if there's any question of copyright violation. So I guess, if this goes south, Amazon would just keep the money.

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Beth A

· #74 · Jan 25, 2009

I don't believe JKR would release these books without a lot of fanfare, let alone at such a low price.

I'll wait to purchase until I know it is official

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Gertie Kindle

· #75 · Jan 25, 2009

Maybe this will convince JKR that her only safety is in publishing the e-books herself.

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Glynnis

· #76 · Jan 25, 2009

The Harry Potter series is one of our favorite books for reading aloud - like others, we've reread the earlier books each time a new one comes out - and I'd love to have them on my Kindle. Certainly easier to hold them on a Kindle than the heavy-weight tomes

But I'll wait until there's something official about these K-versions being authorized before I buy them. I went to the DTB section of Amazon and looked at the listing for HP and the Half Blood Prince ... the only mention there of a Kindle Version is the "please tell the publisher" link. I think if the K-versions were truly authorized you'd see it listed in the "Also Available In" list.

Glynnis

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ErinLindsey

· #77 · Jan 25, 2009

I got a sample (figured that was ok, since it wouldnt be giving money to any scammers) and I noticed one of the chapters was titled "Lord Coldemort".

Coldemort? The C is right next to the V on my keyboard, so whoever typed it up screwed up...I'm pretty sure that wasnt a typo in the original version...was it?

btw the sample I got was for Half Blood Prince.

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Panjo

· #78 · Jan 25, 2009

Elijsha said:
cant read them, save the trees maaaan! i cant hold them so no potter for me

I have to say, the audio version of this series is WONDERFUL. The voice actor is fantastic. I am an avid reader, but the first audio book I heard of HP and I had to hear the rest on audio book.

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Elijsha

· #79 · Jan 25, 2009

if you look up the hardcover of these 2 books they still have the link to request for kindle!

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Marci

· #80 · Jan 25, 2009

I'm late to this thread. I did find this on under the "Customer Reviews" section ( featuring one of our own)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Illegal, January 24, 2009
By BacardiJim/LuckyRainbow "fiction/adventure ga... - See all my reviews
There is no confirmation on any official site. This can not be a legal authorized version. DO NOT BUY!!!!
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
illeagal?, January 24, 2009
By R. Reichert (New York City) - See all my reviews

No way this is a Legal Version of the book. Rowling is a total bit.... Witch when it comes to ebooks.
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I don't know - just a guess - if they are legitimate copies would there be tons of glowing reviews by now

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