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| | Harry Potter News Latest news and rumors about the Harry Potter world! |  Have a very Harry day!! 
05-02-2008, 10:28 AM
| | |  Harry Potter absent on New York Times Best-Seller list
The New York Times reports that, as of its latest issue, Harry Potter has entirely fallen from its best-seller list. Sorceror's Stone first appeared on the list on December 27th 1998 at the bottom of the hardcover fiction section. Within a year, Harry Potter held the top 3 spots. That was when a separate list, for children's books, was created. Furthermore, Harry Potter was later relegated to a series chart, which tracked novels not as individuals, but as compilations. | |
05-02-2008, 11:24 AM
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| | Ramora
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What???? Thats Rubbish!!!
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05-02-2008, 11:30 AM
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| | Ramora
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That's really sad!! I can't believe it!!
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05-02-2008, 11:30 AM
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| | Dugbog
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No way! Thats ridiculous! | |
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05-02-2008, 11:36 AM
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|  Chinese Language ModDugbog
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Pff... If the HP books warranted the first spots because they were the best-selling books, why did the NYT have to create not one, but two new lists to which to delegate the books to, even if they did "clog up" the main list. I thought this was the point of the list, showing which books were selling the most..?
And I just noticed, that article links to the brilliant review by Christopher Hitchens. You can say about him what you want, but that man has a way with words!  | |
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05-02-2008, 11:37 AM
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|  Tennant Tennant TennantInspirationalPogrebin
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It's because other authors got narky. | |
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05-02-2008, 11:43 AM
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| | Doxy
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Should we believe this!??!O come on!!! | |
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05-02-2008, 12:18 PM
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| | Ramora
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I can't believe it!! | 
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05-02-2008, 12:23 PM
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| | Ramora
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Best sellers list is just that - what is selling best at the time. Well, i am not surprised it fell off the list, everyone who would remotely be interested in reading Deathly Hallows has purchased it. it is not like there is a mad rush to go buy it anymore! many new books come out that people rush to buy and they subsequently make it on the list. I am just glad it was on the list for as long as it was!!!! | |
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05-02-2008, 12:59 PM
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|  Official -()- SeekerFwooper
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We can't expect the book to always be on the best selling list, which doesn't mean it's not a best seller - it's proven beyond any doubt that it sells very well. Naturally ups and downs will happen. | |
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05-02-2008, 01:17 PM
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| | Glumbumble
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I kinda understand, most fans already have all the books!!! It has to hold a record though for as long as it was on the list!! | |
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05-02-2008, 02:21 PM
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| | Chizpurfle
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Rubbish. | |
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05-02-2008, 02:25 PM
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| | Nogtail
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Exactly!!! It's number one on my list, and to me, that's all that matters!!!!! | |
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05-02-2008, 03:08 PM
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yeah the books cant stay on the best SELLING lists forever,
the best selling books list means it is selling now, and everyone who is anyone has already bought the books. now it may get back on the list once we get closer to the movie release date
and who cares about this list anyways, this website and the fact that JK is worth more now than the queen of England shows how well read her books are and how much the world loved her book. | |
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05-02-2008, 03:55 PM
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| | Imp
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That's ashame, but oh well. It's still number 1 on my list! | |
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05-02-2008, 04:01 PM
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It was expected. There was way too much controversy regarding those darn Best-seller lists anyway. I stopped referring to the lists a while back, actually. xD To prove my point.... Quote: |
Originally Posted by Comment on The Article Poorly written, overrated, derivative. Good riddance. This series is to fiction what McDonald’s is to food. It’s unfortunate that many fine books were pushed off the list and off shelves to make room for this shallow work. Kids read it- but they read it because of the hype more than anything else. And the idea that it revived reading is silly. If they didn’t read Potter they went back to video games. | This made me giggle. People can be so absurd. [/end totally slanderous comment] | |
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05-02-2008, 05:28 PM
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| | Ramora
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who really cares at this point anyways? The book has outsold so many others and will always be considered a classic. By the way, i have read more than a handful of "NY Times Best Sellers" list book and they have been slick, over-hyped drivel and then some have been quite brilliant. It is only a list of what is selling hot that week. | |
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05-02-2008, 07:11 PM
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|  Trevor FinderJobberknoll
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I think there needs to be a recount | |
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05-02-2008, 07:14 PM
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| | Imp
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booooo!!!!!!
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nope. Not trying to hear it.
by the way, I hate the NEW way that the New York Times is doing it's list.
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05-02-2008, 07:17 PM
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| SotS StaffUltimate PotteriteOriginal original Griffin
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That's sad but not completely shocking. If most people already have a copy of all of the books, they're not going to continue buying more. | |
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05-02-2008, 09:24 PM
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| "The Todd" Kneazle
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even though we can't expect it to stay on this list forever, it's still really sad. but you know, harry potter owned that list for so long that I really don't care what anyone says: it was THE best & best selling series EVER. | |
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05-02-2008, 09:27 PM
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I expect they're tired of listing HP  So they're looking for loopholes. Personally, I don't care much for lists and stuff. We all know that HP is an international phenomenon, and I'm quite content to stay here in my little Potterish bubble with or without bestseller lists | |
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05-03-2008, 12:31 AM
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| | Jobberknoll
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It's #1 on my list! If we want to prove a point about the list, then we can buy the paperback DH when it comes out in June or July............I am anyway! | |
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05-03-2008, 12:32 AM
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| | Gnome
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im shocked...this cant be true...:'( ...this makes me sad...now we have the movies and theme park to look forward to... | |
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05-03-2008, 12:55 AM
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| | Skrewt
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wow that sucks | |
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