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11-02-2008, 10:56 AM
| | | J.K. Rowling talks spoilers Harry, A History author Melissa Anelli has released more excerpts from her interview with J.K. Rowling in which the Harry Potter writer discusses the problem of spoilers during the releasing of her novels. In particular she talks about the madness that ensued prior to the release of Half-Blood Prince when The Sun newspaper tried to obtained a leaked copy and ended up getting involved in a shooting. Quote:
"I remember there was a journalist, a TV journalist, who said at the time, very flippantly, 'Ha, ha, it's all publicity, isn't it?" It just felt so out of control at that point, just felt so out of control that the manuscript had suspiciously turned up in a field, that this guy who had supposedly found it just thought, 'Oh, well, the best thing I can do here is phone some newspaper. ... And then of course we hit book six and we think we've seen the most out-there attempt to get a Harry Potter manuscript early, and of course we haven't come close because then we get the guy with the gun. That was pretty serious, that really was not funny. Fiddy told me and I thought it was a joke. I thought she was making a joke.
Just the mere fact that you've produced something that people want to steal, want to put on the Internet, is, for me, very uncomfortable. And when a gun gets involved, the joke's gone out the window. Completely out of the window. I was appalled. The guy who had the gun pulled on him wrote that he'd been in places like Kosovo and it went through his head, "I'm going die for Harry Potter." God forbid.
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11-02-2008, 11:02 AM
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| | Plimpy
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OMG. That's just crazy. Her heart must have been in her mouth. Don't get me wrong, I love HP and all, but to get a gun involved and all, taking it a bit too far. Scary stuff!
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11-02-2008, 11:44 AM
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| | Nogtail
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sure we would've all loved an advance copy of HBP or DH but didn't think any fan would go this far - ouch!
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11-02-2008, 11:48 AM
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| | Plimpy
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Yeah, the gun thing was pretty crazy.
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11-02-2008, 12:18 PM
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| | Poltergeist
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Originally Posted by expectopatronum 99 sure we would've all loved an advance copy of HBP or DH but didn't think any fan would go this far - ouch! That's the point, it wasn't about a fan wanting an advance copy, it was about making money.
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11-02-2008, 12:38 PM
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| Eager Russian Learner Jobberknoll
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Crazy... but interesting.
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11-02-2008, 01:16 PM
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| | Nogtail
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Originally Posted by EmmaRiddle That's the point, it wasn't about a fan wanting an advance copy, it was about making money. < back after reading full quote > - OMG how crazy and dreadful for JKR particularly - and all over a quick $ or someone's 15 min of fame (even if it was a SUN reporter threatened - ha!). No wonder security was so tight around the release of DH!!
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11-02-2008, 01:33 PM
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| | Abraxan
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Making money on someone else's hard word, kind of like VanderArk, but no gun.
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11-02-2008, 01:48 PM
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| | Thestral
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That's crazy!
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11-02-2008, 01:56 PM
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| George's Ear Mooncalf
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I'm sorry but what happend with the gun incedent? :S
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11-02-2008, 02:24 PM
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| | Fwooper
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11-02-2008, 02:35 PM
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That's... O.o
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11-02-2008, 02:38 PM
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wow. insanity.
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11-02-2008, 02:45 PM
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| | Erumpent
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That truly is horrible.
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11-02-2008, 03:32 PM
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| | Jobberknoll
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A gun now thats just sad!!!
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11-02-2008, 04:03 PM
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| Scandinavian Mod Diricawl
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can anyone please redirect us folks who werent avare of the gun incident?
What happened? This seems a bit much for something to have anything to do
with HP
anyways, it does sound as scary as...anything
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11-02-2008, 04:07 PM
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That's messed up! I'm sorry, but a gun?
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11-02-2008, 04:19 PM
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| | Kneazle
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11-02-2008, 04:50 PM
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Insanity! O.O
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11-02-2008, 05:13 PM
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| | Thestral
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creepy. I recommend a shrink? xD
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11-02-2008, 05:25 PM
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| George's Ear Mooncalf
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Narisa Carter First Year | Quote:
Originally Posted by Luna Laufghudd can anyone please redirect us folks who werent avare of the gun incident?
What happened? This seems a bit much for something to have anything to do
with HP
anyways, it does sound as scary as...anything Yeah I want to know about that too.
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11-02-2008, 06:28 PM
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That's strange...!
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11-02-2008, 06:33 PM
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| | Plimpy
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That is crazy! Doing all that for a book? But then again it is Harry Potter......
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11-02-2008, 06:36 PM
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| | Hippocampus
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wow!
people theses days!
its just sad
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11-02-2008, 07:01 PM
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| | Bicorn
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that is sooooooo crazy!
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