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Old 06-27-2003, 04:18 PM   #16
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we don't buy the books, we buy the audio books on tape,
Why? To make it a group thing? if so, why not read together out loud? Not critical just curious.
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Oddly, I don't get quite the same "CA$H COW" vibe out of Potter that I do from many of the above, though it's obviously being milked for maximum marketing appeal. I don't know why, but I sense that there's something of substance tucked behind the buybuybuy mania.
Bingo! The books are fun and made it on their own. After it was a hit in the UK and making inroads here, the money boys recognized the potential to make themselves rich. They made Rowlings richer but she had it made, on her own talent. There was substance before hype in this case.

BTW I noticed in the poll that nobody said they read them and didn't like them.
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