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UK bookseller row over DH price

Bloomsbury has cancelled a 500,000-copy order to UK supermarket Asda (owned by US giant Wal-Mart) because, according to Asda, the store criticised the book’s £17.99 price. Asda’s spokesman said, “It just seems funny that after we expose the potty Potter price hike, Bloomsbury are trying everything they can to stop kids getting hold of Harry Potter at a price they can afford.”

Bloomsbury cited “invoicing issues” as the reason for the cancellation, but added: “Asda have had a problem with our pricing of Harry Potter for a while now, and they sent out a very aggressive press release saying that we were ripping off children.

“We think at 608 pages, £17.99 is extremely good value.”

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Watch 2 live web events with JKR to celebrate release of HP7

With the release of the seventh and last book in the Harry Potter series just days away Bloomsbury, the UK publisher of the books, have announced on their web site that JK Rowling will participate in 2 live web evetns, the first on Saturday 21st, July 2007 at 12.01am (BST) and the second, a web chat on Monday, July 31st at 2 - 3 pm (BST). (more…)

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