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01-02-2006, 10:58 PM
| | |  Italian HBP Release to Fall on Traditional Holiday
The Italian edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will go on sale on Thursday, January 5th at midnight. This is just in time for a traditional Italian holiday that takes place on January 6th. La Befana or "the giver of gifts" will visit the children of Italy and leave candy for the good and coal for the bad. Quote: |
So when kids wake up on the morning of January 6 and scramble to see what the magical, white-haired 'Befana' has brought them, some will no doubt be hoping to find the book.
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The Italian publisher, Salani, has organised a lavish evening promotion in a major Rome bookstore to usher in the release of the latest volume. Young fans will be entertained with games and magic as they wait the last two hours before the book officially goes on sale at midnight, at which point cash tills will presumably start ringing merrily.
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01-02-2006, 11:03 PM
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| | Chizpurfle
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So when kids wake up on the morning of January 6 and scramble to see what the magical, white-haired 'Befana' has brought them, some will no doubt be hoping to find the book.
| Hehe- I know I would! Candy vs. the new Harry Potter book... Let us see... HARRY POTTER! That was sneaky, planning it on a holiday.... But very cool! Thanks for the news! | 
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01-02-2006, 11:04 PM
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| | Faerie
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lol...thats cool! | |
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01-02-2006, 11:12 PM
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Cool. I'd hate 2 have 2 wait that long.. | |
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01-02-2006, 11:29 PM
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|  Smarty Jones FanGlumbumble
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imagne how long they'll wait for the 7th book.... | |
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01-02-2006, 11:33 PM
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um, Lissy, January 6th is this friday, not Saturday.  | |
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01-03-2006, 12:07 AM
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at least they are finally going to get it. | |
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01-03-2006, 12:09 AM
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*Ottery wakes up to find a giant block of coal by his chiminey* I don't even live in Italy WTF? *Santa's got it out for Ottery* It's war you want fat man!
*Teddy pops in to keep it on topic*
Yay...what's with all the midnight releases anyways? Can't people wait until the store opens regular hours???? Greedy little capitalists... 
*Ottery posts now with Ottery commentary*
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01-03-2006, 12:10 AM
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Originally Posted by cristy7_pr um, Lissy, January 6th is this friday, not Saturday. | Yeah, whoops... scary thing is, I was looking at a calender! 
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01-03-2006, 12:10 AM
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Coolies! | |
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01-03-2006, 12:31 AM
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that's so cool. very clever of them to release it right before a major holiday. | |
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01-03-2006, 03:01 AM
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thats kool i hope they enjoy it | |
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01-03-2006, 03:03 AM
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Sweet!!! | |
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01-03-2006, 03:05 AM
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thats so cool! wish i lived in italy!!!! | |
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01-03-2006, 03:17 AM
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Oh fantastic! i hope they enjoy the book as much as we did but i'd certainly hate to wait that long... then again the wait is well worth it! =] | |
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01-03-2006, 04:57 AM
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MAn Thats a long time to wait!!! I would have died by now! Poor Italians. | |
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01-03-2006, 06:06 AM
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|   Indonesian Language ModVélane De CoeurManticore
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Great !!! Euh... (I dont know if this a spoiler) with the Italian version, any lead on RAB ?? If you what I mean... | |
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01-03-2006, 08:20 AM
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Wow, they had to wait a long time. But now they are going to get it! That's cool! | |
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01-03-2006, 10:13 AM
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That's cool...though they had to wait for it for this long... | |
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01-03-2006, 11:18 AM
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01-03-2006, 11:26 AM
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That sounds great! | |
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01-03-2006, 11:46 AM
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LOL, but not really fair is it, I mean, the kids whose parents couldn't make it to the midnight sale, will think they've been bad kids because they didn't get HP.... | |
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01-03-2006, 01:43 PM
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Cool! | |
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01-03-2006, 01:55 PM
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| Fear My Pixie StixsTeh Book Police
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Awww...I love the Befana. It's an excuse to get even more pressies. 
I'll probably buy it if they'll bring it to our bookshops. Or I could order online...although the names are changed horribly. I mean, Madam Pomfrey becomes Madama Chips... 
*makes mental note to watch the italian news* | |
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01-03-2006, 02:33 PM
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you'd realyy need to speak english to keep up with the times! | |
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