It gives a kind of authentic feel, but I do think it is a bit of an overprice on a simple book like that, which could be just as easily be printed and sold worldwide for 50 times less...

She'd probably make 10x the cash if she did write books based in the Harry Potter universe that expanded the world.  George Lucas did this with Star Wars (allow other people to write their own canon Star Wars fiction) and it fleshed out the SW universe more than anything Lucas could have spit out.

I just don't see Rowling doing this, though.  Harry Potter is her cash cow... I mean baby.

How much does this book cost, anyways?

There's only 6 of them (and I believe each of them is unique I.E. different) and they were sold at an auction.  It's only worth as much as a person is willing to pay... obviously 4 million bux.

SOME.

I see you later said JAMICUS HEH ITS SOME UNTIL EVERYONE LIKES IT what's wrong with you. he's talking about a really large subsection of the population. it's a big deal to these people to have something she wrote by hand, I'm kind of amazed you don't realize this.

and it's not like it's as bad as the people bidding on used condoms from John Travolta's trash or something, this is a direct product of handwriting. it's a rare edition of her work.

fuck I don't like J. K. Rowling at all but are you and Jester seriously arguing that a handwritten first edition of the only version of a vastly popular author's work is some kind of overreaction? what's wrong with you?

It is an over reaction. Nothing short of like a BUILDING or a TANK should be worth 4 million dollars.

Besides, my argument was just that jamicus is fucking insane and I was fighting his ridiculousness with my own.

I understand that people don't like Harry Potter or J.K. Rowling, but a lot of you are being ridiculous assholes.

It's not like she's doing this because she felt like she had holes in her pockets. All of the proceeds are going to "Children's Voice," some campaign to help institutionalized children run by a charity called "Children's High Level Group."

edit: Jesus, it's in the first paragraph of the fucking article, yet no one noticed.....

edit: Jesus, it's in the first paragraph of the fucking article, yet no one noticed.....

dur...

On a positive note, the article said she donated the money to a children's foundation.  The cynic in me says "How much of that money was donated?" while the optimist in me says "Well, 1% of 4 million is still A LOT of money..."

it was in my second paragraph yet u didnt notice.  also

If she did donate a large amount to charity then I can't really fault her,

Donated the money means she donated it all.

I hope that my writing is one day famous enough that I can pull stunts like this.

Until my book becomes this popular and I can pull stunts like this and suddenly stating that a character is gay without noting it within my chapters... this sucks. WHEN my book gets that popular---then it's ok, because I'll be eating steak dinners.

I would not pay this much for something like that, as I'm not really a fan of Harry Potter or an avid reader at all, but all the funds from the auction are going to charity, so it can't be that bad, right?

"True story:  I woke up vibrating one day.  Turns out I was in a Sharper Image.  Turns out I had a hard on.  Turns out...no one cared."
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I think this news is over 3-4 months old, still deserves a topic though.

imo she selling a dressed up doodle-diary with value increased by her popularity. I laughed at the sacred white gloves delicately handling the religious rowling tome

yeah, uh, we aren't allowed to post if we think this is ridiculous anymore? suddenly that makes us ASSHOLES?

like, even people i am a fan of, i cant imagine going totally apeship like jamicus did if they HAND WRIT A BOOK (WITH THEIR OWN HANDS)

i couldnt care less about the book seeing as she donated the money to charity (re: my first post in this topic), i just found jamicus' response hilarious. IT WAS MADE WITH HER OWN HANDS!!

Who cares?

I mean, it's going to a good cause but everyone's up in arms because they dont like the idea of someone who's rich doing something because it's murderin cultures or whatever.

Hats off to her, I say.

jesus christ, jamicus was joking so of course it was hilarious. That's why he's such a terrific guy.
So blame him if he didn't misspell enough words and lulz, as ABM said.

You angsty guys blame it on Rowling for shitting a book making 4 millions.
Buddy, don't you wish you could that? If you could, wouldn't you? Or is it pride and honor that stops you? Maybe, it is a viable option, I would consider it.
Nevertheless, realize that she just shitted something, but she didn't put a price tag, some ridiculous guy decided to purchase that shit of a book as you may likely call it for 4 million dolla. Blame that guy, tell him hey faggot can't you see what the fuck you're doing, you mentally challenged moron.
Fame does these things, and you can't fault her for taking avantage of her situation. Fame is a social mass illness, that's how your heart beat speeds up when you are about to meet your favourite musician.