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Originally Posted by Timboli
If ever there was a time, when the usual Hardcover shenanigans should have been done away with, it was with her Harry Potter books. But no, they milked it for all it was worth, not giving a stuff about the poor people effected. Sure, they gave away a few as promotion etc.
Many many people around the world love and read her books, and many many of those poor people. Because they are so popular, they are talked about at school and everywhere, so just imagine what it must be like for a poor kid especially, in that circumstance.
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I was a teenager living in the Philippines back then. We might have been considered middle class but certainly no money for books (unless they're used). I think minimum wage back then was something like $100-150/mo. Even the $10 for a paperback was a lot of money (a week's worth of meals). For comparison, movie tickets were $1 back then and pirated VCDs were like $0.50-0.75.
Thankfully, my affluent friend buys the HP books upon release. There were 6 of us queued up to borrow from her. We had a rule in place that no spoiler discussions were allowed around those of us who haven't read it yet. In the classroom, other students were considerate enough not to continue spoiler discussions or to lower their voices if you tell them you haven't read the books yet.
Mind, I was in something like a charter school where majority of students came from affluent private schools. The really poor kids going to public school? They didn't know Harry Potter existed until the movies came out and really, they were more concerned about getting food to eat.