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From: Kathleen Horning <horning>
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 07:52:13 -0500
Thanks, Arthur, for providing the "behind-the-scenes" look at how
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was acquired for publication in the U.S. It really helped me understand how the book became so popular so quickly! I hadn't known, for example, that the U.S. bidding war occurred before the book had been published in Great Britain.
It was especially interesting to read your analysis of the key players (publishers, booksellers, critics, etc) and how each group contributed to the book's success. But I think you're right when you say that none of this would have happened if the book itself hadn't been so good!
Kathleen T. Horning (khorning at facstaff.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center University of Wisconsin-School of Education 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 North Park St. Madison, WI 53706 608&3930 FAX: 608&2I33
Received on Fri 04 Jun 1999 07:52:13 AM CDT
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 07:52:13 -0500
Thanks, Arthur, for providing the "behind-the-scenes" look at how
"Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was acquired for publication in the U.S. It really helped me understand how the book became so popular so quickly! I hadn't known, for example, that the U.S. bidding war occurred before the book had been published in Great Britain.
It was especially interesting to read your analysis of the key players (publishers, booksellers, critics, etc) and how each group contributed to the book's success. But I think you're right when you say that none of this would have happened if the book itself hadn't been so good!
Kathleen T. Horning (khorning at facstaff.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center University of Wisconsin-School of Education 4290 Helen C. White Hall 600 North Park St. Madison, WI 53706 608&3930 FAX: 608&2I33
Received on Fri 04 Jun 1999 07:52:13 AM CDT
