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[elizabear]

Well, Amazon-UK shipped my copy of Harry Potter 7 yesterday, and it's slated to arrive between 7/27-31. I know everyone else who loves the books will have their copies in the next 24-28 hours, but I needed to complete my set. See, I bought the first two books from the UK before they were published in the US, and the third (and maybe the fourth?) was released in the UK about 2 months before the US release, so that meant another UK order. After that, the releases were simultaneous, but the UK editions had slightly different language, so I kept buying them. At this point, it'd be silly to not have all of the books be the UK editions whether or not there are any differences other than the covers.

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[hel_ana]

I completely, totally understand.

I started buying the books in Canada from Raincoast publishing, and when the 6th book came out, asked my mother to get a copy for me at the local store so that it would match the other Raincoast editions I have.

[prusik.livejournal.com]

I'm in the same boat, except that I don't know if Amazon UK has shipped mine yet. (I hope they have. I pre-ordered months ago.) If it had occurred to me that staying unspoiled might be a really tricky thing this time around, I would have splurged for faster shipping. (Yes, this would make shipping cost more than the book.)

Oh well, I wish both of us luck staying blissfully unspoiled.

Why read?

[robertdfeinman.livejournal.com]

Is it the journey that you are looking forward to or the destination? I hope I'm not spoiling anything if I tell you that Hamlet dies.

Re: Why read?

[elizabear.livejournal.com]

The journey, definitely. When I'm engaged in a good book, it's a bit jarring when it ends.

[its-just-me.livejournal.com]

You too! Yeah, I told them that they better cancel cause I'm sending it right back. I paid the extra to get it NOW, not August 1st.