I gave up pre-ordering after GoF came out when I realized that no bookstore on the planet was ever going to run out of copies of any HP book as long as they were in print.
She's not just a blob of energy, she's also a 14-year-old hormone bomb.
Spike ,'The Killer In Me'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Jessica - Apr 17, 2007 7:44:48 am PDT #2569 of 28175
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
sj - Apr 17, 2007 7:46:21 am PDT #2570 of 28175
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
This is true too, Jessica.
Steph L. - Apr 17, 2007 8:04:51 am PDT #2571 of 28175
I look more rad than Lutheranism
The problem with Amazon delivery, even if it happens on the 21st, is that it happens at 2 p.m. in the afternoon -- and I can go down to Target at 8 a.m., get a copy for the same price and start reading!
Or a bookstore that has an event the evening before, and starts selling the books at midnight.
sumi - Apr 17, 2007 8:08:44 am PDT #2572 of 28175
Art Crawl!!!
See, but I can't because then I'd have to camp out at the store until the buses started the next night.
Sparky1 - Apr 17, 2007 9:24:15 am PDT #2573 of 28175
Librarian Warlord
I did the midnight at the bookstore thing for the last book, because I was in Michigan for a wedding and going from there to a very boring conference on planes that would take all day.
It was a lot of fun to see the kids of all shapes, sizes and ages there playing the games and scoring the stickers, but they gave you a wristband as you came in (I think I got there about 11 p.m.) and you had to wait until they called your number (they called in blocks of 50, maybe) to line up so you could claim your copy. I think I got back to my hotel at about 2:30 a.m.
I thought it was fun to do... once.
Atropa - Apr 17, 2007 9:29:42 am PDT #2574 of 28175
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I gave up pre-ordering after GoF came out when I realized that no bookstore on the planet was ever going to run out of copies of any HP book as long as they were in print.
Yes, this.
We went to a midnight release party for ... Goblet of Fire, I think. It was fun seeing the kidlings in their best wizard robes. And yes, several of them asked me what character I was supposed to be. Pete, because he is evil, told some of them that I was the professor of Arcane Etiquette.
Aims - Apr 17, 2007 9:33:03 am PDT #2575 of 28175
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I need to get to work on my Hufflepuff robes....
Jessica - Apr 17, 2007 9:36:31 am PDT #2576 of 28175
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I thought it was fun to do... once.
Yep, just like NYE in Times Square.
Kathy A - Apr 17, 2007 9:38:33 am PDT #2577 of 28175
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I did the midnight thing at the local Borders for OotP. They gave you a color-coded ticket depending on when you pre-ordered the book (the earlier you ordered it, the sooner you got in line), which wasn't a bad system. The kids were cute in their costumes, and I got a chance to talk with a few of them a bit about what they hoped would happen in the book.
The HBP event in Oak Park was humongous and fun to see so I'm glad I experienced it, but just the one time. I'll just have to avoid reading any spoilers online before I get to read the book this summer.
Jon B. - Apr 17, 2007 10:09:54 am PDT #2578 of 28175
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
the professor of Arcane Etiquette.
Bwah!