First Dumbledore was gay, now there’s a final chapter in the HP era that only 7 lucky souls will ever lay hands on. According to an article at CNN.com Rowling has penned “The Tales of Beedle the Bard” the book in the last installment of HP that contains the secrets of the Deathly Hallows and other kids tales (which were closely related to fairy tales). Unfortunately for all of us, only seven copies are being printed and bound in brown morocco leather and mounted with silver and semiprecious stones. One of the copies will be auctioned off for charity.
Anyone want to donate the cost of the book (estimated to start at $62,000)??
mcangeli
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November 1st, 2007 at 6:31 pm
Yeah, I saw that earlier today and ranted about it on my book blog (review.nanashi-inc.net/?p=86). Personally, as a loyal fan, I feel rather cheated. It’s almost like she’s saying we don’t really matter unless we’ve got the megabucks to go throw in an auction. Oh sure, the proceeds go to charity, but that’s become the catch-all phrase to tack on at the end for celebrities. It’ll cost $$$$$$ but it’ll go to a charity.
November 2nd, 2007 at 8:46 am
$62,000?!?! What the heck! That’s no fair for me!
At least the money is going to charity and not her bank. I hope someone posts it on the internet so us “poor” people can read it 
;)
November 2nd, 2007 at 10:12 am
I concur, on both sentiments that is. Somehow though I suspect the winning bidder won’t be sharing, and since the other copies were given out to friends/family…I guess us regular fans are SOL.
November 4th, 2007 at 12:29 am
I still don’t know how to feel about this. I’m really understanding about the way she’s done this, but of course, as an HP freak, I’m definitely pissy about it lol. I just hope we get to read the tales eventually. They can keep the stones.
November 6th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
Bah, I bet it ends up online for download or something. She could release it as an ebook and make a fortune off of it.