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07-15-2005, 07:27 PM
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The Ottawa Citizen today contains an article on how Raincoast Books nabbed the rights to the books by J.K. Rowling.
The CEO of the company, Allan MacDougall, explains how he went from high-school drop-out to such a successful career and how he came to meet Ms. Rowling. Quote:
One person who is unlikely to be in tears this fall will be Mr. MacDougall, who won't divulge what he sees as the prospects of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, but to put it mildly, with a rumoured initial Canadian print run of 1.2 million copies (10.8 million in the U.S.) of the $41 book, things look good.
The article can be read in its entirety here.
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07-15-2005, 07:36 PM
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|  Under where?Jarvey
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so J.K doesnt have the rights? | 
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07-15-2005, 07:39 PM
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| | Blast-Ended Skrewt
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Originally Posted by Cloryan Broadbeam so J.K doesnt have the rights?
Good question. Is that the implication? Does he just have rights in Canada?
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07-15-2005, 07:43 PM
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| | Doxy
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He has the right to publish the book. Just like Scholastic has the rights to publish in the US.
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07-15-2005, 07:47 PM
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| | Blast-Ended Skrewt
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Originally Posted by AnimagusSnuffles He has the right to publish the book. Just like Scholastic has the rights to publish in the US. You are my question answerer today!!! No wonder you are 'Most likely to know Everythingl'! You do!!! 
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07-15-2005, 08:02 PM
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| | Jarvey
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hmm..sorta interesting but seeing i'm not from Canada i have no care for it
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07-15-2005, 08:07 PM
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1.2 million is alot of copies, do you think people from canada preordered it?
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07-15-2005, 09:08 PM
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| | Granian
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41 dollars seems like a lot of money for a book since its only 12.99 pound here ha ha! depending on what shop
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07-15-2005, 10:30 PM
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|  Dog Star OwnerBillywig
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HOORAY FOR MR. MACDUGALL FOR GETTING THE RIGHTS AND LETTING US CANADIANS READ HP!  hee hee. | |
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07-16-2005, 01:17 AM
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| | Gnome
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OH man! 41 dollars? Thats alotta! Well atleast I pre-ordered my book!  | |
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07-16-2005, 01:28 AM
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He went from rags to riches just like JKR!!!
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07-16-2005, 10:01 AM
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| | Hungarian Horntail
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Yes, but is 41 dollars Canadian the same as 41 dollars American? You have to look at that. It'd be pretty awesome to have rights to publish the books, though. Think about that. That's a lot of money right there. Plus, seeing as you're publishing it, you might possibly get sneaky peaks at it  | |
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07-16-2005, 10:58 AM
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| | Horklump
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wow! i only paid $27AUS
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07-16-2005, 11:05 AM
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| | Hungarian Horntail
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We got it 17.99 US Dollars, but I have no idea how that translates to other money, really. Some places are selling it at like 20.99 US Dollars too. | |
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07-16-2005, 11:42 AM
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| | Horklump
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$27AUD converts to...
$20.2308 USD
$24.7008 CAD
11.5420 GBP $41CAD converts to...
$44.8164 AUD
$33.5804 USD
19.1581 GBP $17.99USD converts to...
$24.0095 AUD
$21.9649 CAD
10.2636 GBP 12.99GBP converts to...
$30.3874 AUD
$22.7689 USD
$27.7997 CAD
these i got from http://www.xe.com/ucc/ which is an excellent currency converter  | |
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07-16-2005, 08:31 PM
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| | Hungarian Horntail
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Save for Canada, sounds like most people are getting them for about the same price, depending on where you buy the book from, too. Certain bookstores where I live sold them cheaper than others.
Still. No matter what. Publishing those books means you are getting a LOT of money o.O | |
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07-17-2005, 06:41 AM
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so J.K doesnt have the rights?
that was what i was wondering
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