Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I still don't get it. It's an ok book, but all this hysteria. Sarah walked into our local grocery store and bought it yesterday for $10 with our shopping. I may read it eventually.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs I preordered the 5th and 6th books, and was going to preorder this one, but a friend of mine talked me out of it; he said that there are usually huge supplies of it and he just goes and picks it up. Sure enough, after I got off of work yesterday, I went to Barnes and Noble, picked up a copy and used a store credit I had to pay for half of it. Since I was at a party last night, I got around to reading the first chapter late that night, and then a few more this afternoon. A coworker of mine was re-reading the first 6 books to refresh her memory. Eh, that's just too much Harry Potter all at once for me. Then again when I was at my friend's party last night, this one guy had said that he and a few of his buddies saw all three extended versions of LOTR in the theatres. That's 12 hours of movies all at once...geez.
Originally Posted By dsnykid tiggerpooh... you may not have it yet which is not good, but at least you are getting it for free now - at least that's what amazon is saying
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Back when 'Order of the Phoenix' was about to be released I pre-ordered online. When it came out and I had no book (ended up getting it at Cosco) I swore I would never order an HP book online again. I skipped out on the midnight party, but go to my Borders at 9:00 AM Saturday and only had to wait behind one other person for a cashier to become available. From front door to front door it took about 30 minutes.
Originally Posted By nevadarebel I have not ordered it ever because I cannot wait. I take the kids to the party at Borders and hang out until around 11:45 and then we left and went to our local Walmart grocer where we were the 1st people in line to get the book. We were home by 12:05 (I live right around the corner) and was reading by 12:10.
Originally Posted By hightp There was no issue with picking up a copy in my area (south-eastern PA). On Saturday every store I went to had copies. Target was the least expensive (compared to BJs, Borders, Walmart and Barns&Noble) at 17.95. I picked up my copy on tape late Saturday afternoon. No waiting.
Originally Posted By fundog58 Have there been any reports of any stores actually running out of copies? I suspect that the idea of having people "reserve" copies in advance at certain stores is just a way to lock in eager buyers before they have a chance to shop around for the best price.
Originally Posted By Santa Monica I had preordered mine from Amazon and it came at 10am on release day. Happy Amazon customer here.
Originally Posted By alexbook >>Have there been any reports of any stores actually running out of copies? I suspect that the idea of having people "reserve" copies in advance at certain stores is just a way to lock in eager buyers before they have a chance to shop around for the best price. << I've heard rumors of some Borders stores running out, but it looks like most stores have more than enough this time. Part of the reason customers wanted to "reserve" copies is that some of the previous books really did sell out. Many bookstores had to turn away customers who wanted "Order of the Phoenix" and "Half-Blood Prince" a few days after their initial releases. I found these numbers for the initial U.S. printings: Sorceror's Stone - 50,000 Chamber of Secrets - 250,000 Prisoner of Azkaban - 500,000 Goblet of Fire - 3,800,000 Order of the Phoenix - 6,800,000 Half-Blood Prince - 10,800,000 Deathly Hallows - 12,000,000
