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07-11-2005, 06:03 PM
| | 1 million HBP pre-orders Barnes and Noble have announced that they've received over 1 million pre-orders for ' Half-Blood Prince'. This makes it the 'bestselling pre-order book of all time'.
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07-11-2005, 06:09 PM
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| Veela
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Left Coast (-8 GMT)
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Maximus O. Vindictus III First Year | No Touchy! ♥ demented_teacher
That does not surpise me. I finally pre-ordered mine down at my local Barnes & Noble store two weeks ago. The sales clerk informed me that his store was only receiving an initial shipment of 3,000 books - my order was #2,992! He said that if you didn't pre-order the book, then there was no guarantee that you would get a book at midnight on Friday.
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07-11-2005, 06:15 PM
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| Fe Fi Fo Fiona Streeler
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Christian Liam Carrington Second | Woah! Dang, you people must live in big cities. My town only has 2 bookstores, and I don't think either of them are open at midnight. Of course, every other store you can think of (even our Harris Teeter) will have tons of the books. I pre-ordered mine from Waldenbooks.
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07-11-2005, 06:25 PM
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| *dreamy face* Jarvey
Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: istanbul, turkey
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Oh that's a lot! unfortunately i couldn't preorder mine because the bookstores didn't even know when it would be out, nor did they know if they would receive it on the day of release! Well, understandably i'm desperate.. |
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07-11-2005, 06:31 PM
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| String Queen Puffskein
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Busy w/ homework & ba
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Rollo Michael Chou (M, current), Ceci & Diana Wei Second |
Ahh! This makes me wanna go to Borders on time, so I can get my preorder before it runs out. And yes, I hope I won't need to stand lifelessy in a very, very, very, VERY long line.
However, a million preorders is alot.
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07-11-2005, 06:34 PM
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| Red Cap
Join Date: Jul 2005
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that's actually pretty cool!!! j.k. rowling is going to be really rich!!......it'll probably be sold out even after a month.
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07-11-2005, 06:46 PM
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| Official -()- Seeker*glompsz and runsz*Padfoot & Lissy's Candy Ramora
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Omg I'm probably one of those people!!! That is soo cool!
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07-11-2005, 07:41 PM
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| Blast-Ended Skrewt
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Cool! I'm getting mine through Borders! Also have one order through Amazon, Still haven't decided if I'm gonna skip work and go to the store at midnight or be good and go to work and get the mail at home... Decisions!
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07-11-2005, 07:46 PM
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| Guest |
I wonder how many pre-orders there were around here. I know that last time, there were no books left after 10AM.(we don't have midnight release parties so that whole batch was there around 8AM when the shops open, and it was gone 2 hours later)
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07-11-2005, 07:48 PM
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| Horklump
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: running away from getting slap
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w0w! its a good thing i pre-order mines 2 months ago at the barnes & noble at the citigrooup building in manhattan. But the bad thing is that just recently i discovered that the barnes & noble in union square will be brodcasting a speech by Jk Rowling which i think i won't be able to attend because i can't pick up my book there! ON FRIDAY NIGHT I WILL GET MINE@!#%#$@$#@^$*&((*)^%
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07-11-2005, 08:26 PM
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| Jarvey
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Marietta, Georgia!
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| And I'm one of them!! Heehee. Go HPB |
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07-11-2005, 09:15 PM
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| SS Featured Writer Ramora
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Jeremy Bradford Fifth Year | "It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you are not." Wow, that is a lot of pre-orders, lol. What else is there to say? I am not one of them, but I am definitely buying the book the day that it comes out. Without a doubt
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07-11-2005, 10:19 PM
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| Jarvey
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In my memory warehouse. I Duddits!!!
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wasn't it reported that hbp orders had only just surpassed 500,000 copies a few weeks ago?
maybe people are ordering twice just to make sure they get a copy.
omg! what if my copy doesn't come? *starts havin a panic attack *
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07-11-2005, 10:25 PM
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| Red Cap
Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: canada and no im not freezing in an igloo...no i dont have a polar bear as a PET!!!!!!
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i cant preorder it and i cant get it until august..:glare:
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07-11-2005, 10:28 PM
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| Band Geek Puffskein
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I've pre ordered mine... i'm sooo excited.
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07-11-2005, 10:51 PM
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| Imp
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Second | Woooooh Go HBP!!!!
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07-11-2005, 10:59 PM
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| Jarvey
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hufflepuff Common Room
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wow thats a lot of books...i preordered mine in December
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07-11-2005, 11:14 PM
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| Admires Ginny's Sanity DA Galleon KeeperSS Featured Author Snidget
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Mione Borthwick Sixth Year | wow...thats ALOT of books...
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07-12-2005, 12:12 AM
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| Firecrab
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia
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eeeeeeee *gets all hyper* 3 and a half days people!!!
All the book stores around me open at 9.01am on Sat, I think so it is a worldwide release, as in it comes out the same time as you guys at midnight on fri
OK I'll be quiet, go hp! *so proud of it*
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07-12-2005, 12:18 AM
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| Pink is the new black Imp
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: burning down the highway skyline...
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| That's great. Wow...1 million. Has Amazon reached that high? Well it just proves that everyone can't wait to read it. I know I can't. 5 days!!!
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07-12-2005, 12:20 AM
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| Guest |
the time turner check your pm's
i put the book 6 on hold at border's i like them better
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07-12-2005, 12:54 AM
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| Gnome
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: In The Chamber of Secrets
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I order my book from Barnes And Noble. I wish I didn't now. I don't know if I will get it on Saturday.
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07-12-2005, 01:38 AM
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| Ron's Krum Envy Snidget
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07-12-2005, 04:20 AM
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| Jarvey
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Oh,that's me....Actually,I think we got two of them....But I live in Arkansas,so the city I'm going to only has 65,000 peeps in it,and less than half of them like HP and there are four bookstores....I should be ok.
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07-12-2005, 05:16 AM
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| Snidget
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Isn't amazing: In a few days, at one moment past midnight, you and millions of others will be reading the exact same book?
Go HBP!
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