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HP-4: The Daily Roundup

By Sarah on July 18, 2007 9:07 AM

  • Matthew Yglesias wonders why, instead of hating, a literary critic can’t publish “something that would situate the books in some kind of context vis-a-vis the much larger cultural sweep of the novel.” [Yglesias blog]
  • Then again, some critics like Lee Siegel might be doing just that. [LA Times]
  • What will Raincoast do after Potter is done? [Marketing Magazine]
  • Yet more on the massive discounting. [Independent]
  • Adults are just as wild about Harry as the kids. [LA Times]
  • Terence Blacker feels Harry Potter’s success masks missed opportunities by publishers. [Independent]
  • Israeli lawmakers are upset because Harry Potter will launch on the Sabbath. [AP]
  • More on the Potter leak. [NYT, LA Times, Boston Globe, AP and millions of other newspapers, blogs, websites, you name it.]

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