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Jo Rowling to sign 500 autographs tommorow -
at the Edinburgh Book Festival Summary:
500 lucky ticket holders, won through a ballot, will tomorrow get their books signed by J.K.Rowling.
Article: Jo Rowling to sign 500 autographs tommorow
Following her reading from Order of the Phoenix tommorow, J.K.Rowling will be signing one Harry Potter book per winner at the Edinburgh book festival. 500 people won tickets in a random ballot to hear the author read segments of her new book, take questions from fans and get a copy of one of their books signed by her. The
Scotsman has reported that a spokeperson for the event has said the signing will take just an hour - limiting fans to 7.2 seconds to get their book signed.
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But, after taking questions from 500 fans chosen in a lottery out of the 21,000 people from around the world who applied, she will then spend an hour signing copies of books they have brought along.
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However, if everyone attending the book festival event brings a first edition, Ms Rowling could make them collectively richer by upwards of £100,000.
Not that I'd be interested in the money - I'd never part with a book she'd signed for me, but I do happen to have a first edition Order of the Phoenix hardback.
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"They are allowed, basically because of time constraints, one book per person. It’s up to them which book they bring," she said.
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The spokeswoman said they were expected to take about an hour, which would mean a rate of one person every 7.2 seconds.
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Harry Potter fans from as far away as Canada and central Europe are expected to attend tomorrow’s event, which book festival staff stressed was fully booked.
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Publishers Bloomsbury were taken aback by the level of interest this year, describing it as "staggering", but reasoned it was because Ms Rowling "rarely does book signings".
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In February last year, Fife schoolboy Matthew Lawson sold his signed first edition of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second in the sequence, for £3,200 to help fund his university education.
The book had cost £10.99 when his aunt bought it for him in 1998.
Source:
The Scotsman via
Veritaserum.
I wish I could go, even though I live in Australia. If I did win a ticket I would have just begged my parents to loan me the money and then work it off for a few years.
|Harry and Hermione forever, yo!!!
