Tales of Beedle the Bard, VERY limeted edition - Page 5

Ponine · 12-14-2007, 12:28 PM

Reviews of the stories, and photos
Amazon.com to J.K. Rowling: Thank You

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We're incredibly excited to announce that Amazon has purchased J.K. Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard at an auction held by Sotheby’s in London. The book of five wizarding fairy tales, referenced in the last book of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, is one of only seven handmade copies in existence. The purchase price was £1,950,000, and Ms. Rowling is donating the proceeds to The Children's Voice campaign, a charity she co-founded to help improve the lives of institutionalized children across Europe.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard is extensively illustrated and handwritten by the bard herself--all 157 pages of it. It's bound in brown Moroccan leather and embellished with five hand-chased hallmarked sterling silver ornaments and mounted moonstones.

Enjoy these first images of the book. We'll be adding reviews of each of the fairy tales and more photos of this beautiful object as we can get them up in the coming hours (if you want to be sure of a link that will permanently work, use www.amazon.com/beedlebard). For the curious of mind, Amazon editors are now taking questions about the tales from all comers on our discussion boards (located further down this page).

Ponine · 12-14-2007, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by katiesue

Amazon.com bought it Link

Any bets on how long it is until copies are made avaliable to the public?

I beleive that one of the conditions of sale was that the buyer was not allowed to publish or copy it.
But maybe the stories could appear in another form?

katiesue · 12-14-2007, 01:31 PM

I was thinking more along the lines of some kind of announcement from Rowling that the book would come out in some sort of mass market media with the proceeds possibly going to charity. She did something similiar with the two (or was it three) books for Comic Relief.

With Amazon putting out "summaries" of the chapeters I'd guess it would put more pressure on her to put them out for everyone.

BarTopDancer · 07-31-2008, 10:20 AM

And now we can all have our own copies.

innerSpaceman · 07-31-2008, 10:38 AM

Whew, I'm glad I stopped myself from bidding 1.68 million pounds.

Close one.

lashbear · 07-31-2008, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by katiesue

I can't believe that this will never actually be widely distributed. Come on with the massive fanbase? I'd bet it comes out in less than a year.

Ding Ding Ding. Give the little lady a cigar !!

Katiesue called it first !

Gemini Cricket · 12-06-2008, 12:01 AM

So "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" came out yesterday. Anyone buy it? Anyone read it?

katiesue · 12-06-2008, 10:01 AM

I picked it up at Target last night but I haven't had time to look through it yet.

Melonballer · 12-07-2008, 03:15 AM

I bought it at Toys R Us today. There was a deal where you got a $5 gift card with purchase. One of the cool things about the book is that there is a commentary after each story by Dumbledore. The stories were very nice, but I really enjoyed the commentary.

Strangler Lewis · 12-07-2008, 08:03 AM

We got it. My wife says it's great.

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Melonballer Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Bremerton, WA Posts: 222	I bought it at Toys R Us today. There was a deal where you got a $5 gift card with purchase. One of the cool things about the book is that there is a commentary after each story by Dumbledore. The stories were very nice, but I really enjoyed the commentary.
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