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I'm in Beijing, China, for the summer, so on Saturday morning, I headed for the Foreign Languages Bookstore on Wangfujing Street to get my copy of HP7. But a large Chinese bookstore we passed on our way had an enormous window display of the books, with a 3 story-tall banner of the cover art, local business promotion tie-ins outside, etc. so we went there instead. Inside, there was a TV news crew filming at the separate cash station devoted to HP7 and they 'interviewed' me (then asked my Chinese driver what I had said). Of course, I told them that I was buying my books at 9:30 a.m. Beijing time since it was only 8:30 p.m. on Friday at my home in the USA and I could get my book before my friends could!! Not sure if I made it on the evening news or not since I had visitors at that time. As soon as they got on the plane Monday noon, I dove into the book and finished in about 6 hours. The number of people buying the book in Beijing was fairly astonishing (I was the only Westerner that I saw in that store) because it will not be available in Chinese for a long time. You can get both the US and UK versions here at the same price (187.4 rmb, which is $25). I got the Bloomsbury edition so that I have the British cover art, since I will have the Scholastic version waiting when I get home to Texas. Katy Manck Gilmer High School Librarian & Gifted/Talented Director 850 Buffalo St Gilmer, Texas, USA 75644 903-841-7501 manckk@gilmerisd.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------