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Amazon says it bought £2m Rowling book as "thank you"
entertainment.timesonline.co.u… — The online bookseller Amazon revealed today that it had paid almost £2 million for a unique volume of fairytales written and illustrated by JK Rowling to thank the author for her contribution to literature.
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- rpi22, on 12/15/2007, -4/+1I'm sorry, but 'arry potta is a book, not literature.
- RadiantBeing, on 12/16/2007, -0/+3It really isn't for us to decide what is or isn't literature. Only time can make that judgement. Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, and even the novel as a form were panned by their contemporaries.
- acrodev, on 12/16/2007, -0/+2Or they could've given it to charity. I don't think she needs it.
- NoOneButMe, on 12/16/2007, -0/+1From the article: "The proceeds of the sale, at a price far surpassing Sotheby’s original estimate of a mere £50,000, are to go to a Children's Voice, a charity for institutionalised children co-founded by the author."
- NoOneButMe, on 12/16/2007, -0/+1If i had the money i'd have bought it as well. To read, like you should do with books, not as a gesture though. I'd love it if Amazon posted a copy online somewhere to read. Cant see it happening though :
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