Gift? :raised eyebrows:

[penmage]

As I walked to work today, I noticed a news team outside the 42nd Street Library, and a whole mess of people crowded 'round the doors. Upon walking further past, I saw a sign:

"First signed copies of
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
arrive at 11am today:
J. K. Rowling's gift to the people of New York."

:snirch:

Am I the only one who finds this funny?

Comments

[ionas.livejournal.com]

I don't know that I find it funny. Curious, indeed. Maybe generous, maybe unfortunate. I don't blame Rowling for her actions; she's actually been quite sane, at least from what little I have heard, for someone who wakes up and finds herself a cultural icon. Maybe she's riding the wave while it lasts, and that includes bestowing copies of her latest book upon the people of New York.

If the book is a mess, the signed copies will be curiosities one day. If it's brilliant, they had better guard them!

[ryer-ord-star.livejournal.com]

She's very cool about all the fame. She's not jumping on the publicity bandwagon -- she turned down quite a few endorsements on the books.

[arwen-elvenfair.livejournal.com]

*choke* ... that's funny.

[jannyblue.livejournal.com]

I don't see what the big deal is about them being signed. It's the words printed on the page I'm interested in...

I do find it amusing that she thinks these signed copies are such a big deal. I wonder if she finds all this attention amusing or annoying...

I will be content reading a plain old unsigned copy... I may even wait for the paperback version before I actually buy it. It took her so long to get this one out, how hard could it be to wait a few more months for a lighter, cheaper version I can more easily read on the subway?

[avalon-dreams.livejournal.com]

Mind if I add you (simone from elfwood ^_^)