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04-21-2007, 02:42 PM
| | |  Scholastic CEO talks life after Deathly Hallows and more
The New York Times has a new interview with Scholastic CEO Richard Robinson. In the interview, Robinson discusses the fate of Scholastic after the Harry Potter books are finished, working with JK Rowling, and Deathly Hallows. Quote: Q. So where is Scholastic bound after the last Harry Potter book? Can we believe it’s the last book?
A. We can believe this is the last book on Harry Potter. We look at Harry Potter as a wonderful icing on top of the cake, but we are essentially a children’s book and media company, with our own distribution network and book clubs. There’s no question that Harry Potter gave us a big boost. It brought us name recognition, but Harry Potter never exceeded 8 percent of our total revenue.
Quote: Q. Yes, speaking of how it ends, we’ve heard that two people get killed. Can you say who they are? And people also want to know if Harry and Hermione finally, er, get together in the end?
A. (Laughs) I don’t even know. Really. There’s a small number who read the book. I don’t. I’m sure she thinks of the ending of Charles Dickens’s Little Nell, when people were waiting at the boat docks for the last sequel — to see if Little Nell was going to die. You know, one of the great things is getting people to imagine what’s going to happen: my 10-year-old has an absolutely brilliant interpretation. We’re starting a campaign for teachers to use in classrooms: seven questions, including who lives and who dies. Many people, including world-famous authors, are trying to figure out how it will end.
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04-22-2007, 05:02 AM
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Oh my goodness...this interviewer is probably the worst I've seen yet. Yes, the CEO was DEFIANTLY going to tell you who died...and Harry/Hermione? My goodness, he/she isn't even a fan...
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04-22-2007, 05:34 AM
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|  Keeper of Dan’s GrinLuvs SiriusK.O. Harry's love for DDPuffskein
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awesome interview!
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04-22-2007, 06:47 AM
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great interveiw!!!!!!!
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04-22-2007, 08:59 AM
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| | Pygmy Puff
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Great interview. But 8% is still quite alot. | |
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04-22-2007, 12:32 PM
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Great interview but it's Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hermione! | |
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04-22-2007, 03:53 PM
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| | Gnome
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what they on about " are Harry and Hermoine finally going to get together" I am not a shipper of any kind i dont mind if harry and hermione gte together, but having read the books i know that is not going to happen!
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04-22-2007, 09:43 PM
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Great interview. Sales ARE going to drop after HP is done!
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04-22-2007, 10:52 PM
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Good job on the inverview.
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04-23-2007, 12:34 AM
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Yea, the Harry and Hermione question was annoyingly stupid
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04-23-2007, 12:56 AM
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| | Puffskein
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I think sales are going to plummet because eight percent is a lot when you add it up.
As for the Harry/Hermione thing I don't really mind about that becuse I don't really ship anything hardcore, I ship just for fun.  | |
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04-23-2007, 08:47 PM
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Great Interview. I can't wait to read the book.
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04-23-2007, 10:12 PM
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awsome interview
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04-24-2007, 11:40 AM
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yah! like most said its so book 1 to see harry and hermione, and we are like in book 7 already..time to read the book mister!
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04-25-2007, 02:40 PM
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| | Jobberknoll
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What kind of a stupid question is this about Harry and Hermione? Its obvious that it will be Ron and Hermione that will end up together if they survive. And asking questions about who'll survive as if someone is going to tell them.
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04-25-2007, 05:24 PM
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| | Bundimun
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how cool is this... it's like no one can stop talking about harry potter... i even catch my family (who don't even watch or read the series) ask each other if they think harry will die or not... it's hilarious!
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04-25-2007, 09:12 PM
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| | Murtlap
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Its obvius its going to be Ron & Hermione, but how awsome would it be if it WAS Harry, i think that would suprise everyone!
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05-01-2007, 07:33 AM
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| | Ashwinder
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Life after the last book? What life? I see none. This is going to be sad yet wonderful... | |
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05-13-2007, 01:11 AM
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Awesome interview!!!! | |
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