Who's pre-ordered Book 5?

***IronParrot*** · 05-31-2003, 12:53 AM

I have already. From a bookshop in town, though, not online.

For those of you who haven't, are you lining up to get it at midnight?

Hasty Ent · 05-31-2003, 02:09 AM

I ordered it last week from Amazon UK when I learned they were selling it for half price or something like that. I want the original text as published by Bloomsbury, NOT the "americanized" version by Scholastic which is the only one I can get here in the US.

I also ordered the "adult" cover -- guess I'm that target market

Waiting VERY impatiently....

Coney · 05-31-2003, 07:56 AM

Had to order two copies from Waterstones Booksellers (uk) ......... my friend has twin daughters, Gods help me if they don't have a copy each

But they ain't getting them until I've read it

Linaewen · 05-31-2003, 08:33 AM

I haven't pre-ordered it- it's released very close to my birthday- so I'm assuming one of the many people who love me will wait for hours to get it for me.

I've got to reread the entire series first - to get in the bespectacled wizard mood.

elvenhobbit2 · 05-31-2003, 01:35 PM

i did it will be sent directly to my house

Elf Girl · 05-31-2003, 01:40 PM

I've ordered the real (read: British) edition from Amazon, and reserved a copy of the cruddy (read: American) edition at a local book store.

Radagast The Brown · 05-31-2003, 02:47 PM

I didn't preordered it, and I won't wait all night in the line to get it. I guess it would just be on the shelves when I arrive. No one here reads it in Engish, you see.

Varda Oiolosseo · 05-31-2003, 04:31 PM

I wasn't planning on ordering it and i was just going to like Radagast The Brown said guess it would be on the shelves when i go.
But my mum ordered it the other day for me which is good but i don't really see the point in pre - ordering stuff. It will be there anyway.

soadfan · 06-01-2003, 01:03 AM

havent pre ordered it i will probably just run in and take it from someone else and buy it and with all the commotion who knows i might just walk out

jk jk

gimli7410 · 06-01-2003, 01:07 AM

i never really pre order stuff but i know a guy who could probably steal it for me but my mom will probably end up buying it

Elvengirl · 06-01-2003, 03:26 AM

There's going to be a huge party at our Barnes and Noble at midnight. It will be full of kids dressed like Harry and Co. That's what happened on the 4th book release. My sister will want to go, it's actually kind of fun. It's great to see so many kids thrilled about a book, sometimes it seems like the majority of kids just don't read anymore.

Sorry, back on topic; I just figured every store will be full of books, but maybe we should preorder the book.

sun-star · 06-01-2003, 03:45 AM

I haven't pre-ordered it, but I'm starting to think I ought to. I guess most places will sell out quite quickly. I'm not even going to be at home that day (my parents don't share my obsession with getting the new book!) but luckily the place where I'm going has some of the best bookshops in the world. So fingers crossed

Elf Girl · 06-01-2003, 07:53 AM

There having a party at a local bookstore. Last time there was someone telling fortunes. I want to do that this year. I can read palms, and I have this excellent handmade Gypsy outfit.

(If anyone sends me a scan of there hand, I will read it for them. LOL.)

Sylvee Estel · 06-01-2003, 01:04 PM

I reserved a copy at the bookstore. At the bookstore here, you get like, 30% off if you reserve a copy. I'll probably go get it as soon as I wake up that morning.

***IronParrot*** · 06-01-2003, 05:54 PM

There's going to be a party at the store I'm going to, too... I'm not sure I'll stay for all the activities, though. I just want to get on with reading the book!

Rána Eressëa · 06-01-2003, 06:40 PM

I haven't because I don't think too many people will be lined up to get it here. I'll just run to Sam Goodies and grab my copy the day it comes out.

The Ben · 06-02-2003, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by IronParrot
I have already. From a bookshop in town, though, not online.

For those of you who haven't, are you lining up to get it at midnight?

I have too!! And I bet I did at the same time as you, IP

Silpion · 06-03-2003, 10:26 PM

I have pre-ordered the book online, I also pre-ordered another copy for the family member who got me into Harry Potter.

eowyngirl14 · 06-08-2003, 05:16 PM

we already pre ordered a copy from amazon.com (it was 40% off!) but because me and my sister both want ot read it i am going to buy a copy at midnight too. my twin sis wont come with me though because i am going to wear all my HP clothing. she says that i embarass her

Alassë Elensar · 06-09-2003, 03:08 PM

I've already pre-ordered mine... I did this long ago, in fact. But, here's the nifty bit: the almost-local b&n usually has a Harry Potter Sleepover when the books come out. If they have one, I'm going. And, if not, I'll be lining up the night before and camping out to get mine, as school get out the day before. Hoorah!

05-31-2003, 12:53 AM	#1
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	Who's pre-ordered Book 5? I have already. From a bookshop in town, though, not online. For those of you who haven't, are you lining up to get it at midnight? __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

05-31-2003, 02:09 AM	#2
Hasty Ent Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 516	I ordered it last week from Amazon UK when I learned they were selling it for half price or something like that. I want the original text as published by Bloomsbury, NOT the "americanized" version by Scholastic which is the only one I can get here in the US. I also ordered the "adult" cover -- guess I'm that target market Waiting VERY impatiently.... __________________ Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

05-31-2003, 07:56 AM	#3
Coney The Buddy Rabbit Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Trapped in the headlights.. Posts: 3,372	Had to order two copies from Waterstones Booksellers (uk) ......... my friend has twin daughters, Gods help me if they don't have a copy each But they ain't getting them until I've read it __________________ Blessed are the cracked, they let the light in Beatallica

05-31-2003, 01:40 PM	#6
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	I've ordered the real (read: British) edition from Amazon, and reserved a copy of the cruddy (read: American) edition at a local book store. __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

05-31-2003, 02:47 PM	#7
Radagast The Brown Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Israel Posts: 6,975	I didn't preordered it, and I won't wait all night in the line to get it. I guess it would just be on the shelves when I arrive. No one here reads it in Engish, you see. __________________ Lalala... poof! AboutNewJersey.com - New Jersey Travel and Tourism Guide

05-31-2003, 08:33 AM	#4
Linaewen Fair Dinkum Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,319	I haven't pre-ordered it- it's released very close to my birthday- so I'm assuming one of the many people who love me will wait for hours to get it for me. I've got to reread the entire series first - to get in the bespectacled wizard mood.

05-31-2003, 01:35 PM	#5
elvenhobbit2 Sapling Join Date: May 2003 Location: Usa Posts: 1	i did it will be sent directly to my house

05-31-2003, 04:31 PM	#8
Varda Oiolosseo Tea Bag Queen Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood Posts: 973	I wasn't planning on ordering it and i was just going to like Radagast The Brown said guess it would be on the shelves when i go. But my mum ordered it the other day for me which is good but i don't really see the point in pre - ordering stuff. It will be there anyway.

06-01-2003, 01:03 AM	#9
soadfan Sapling Join Date: May 2003 Location: canada Posts: 12	havent pre ordered it i will probably just run in and take it from someone else and buy it and with all the commotion who knows i might just walk out jk jk

06-01-2003, 01:07 AM	#10
gimli7410 the dumb stoner canuck Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: canada Posts: 2,542	i never really pre order stuff but i know a guy who could probably steal it for me but my mom will probably end up buying it __________________ -"Down with the system"-Serj tankian of system of a down -“Humans have been on the earth for millions of years, yet we don’t believe man began thinking until he started building walls. And what good have these walls ever done us?”-Serj tankian of soad -"stupid people do stupid things"-Serj tankian of soad "Trying is the first step to failure" Homer Simpson "It isn't going to be easy"-jerseydevil "only the good die young" I AM CANADIAN If the people lead, the leaders will follow.

06-01-2003, 03:26 AM	#11
Elvengirl Mirthful Maiden Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Rivendell Posts: 1,252	There's going to be a huge party at our Barnes and Noble at midnight. It will be full of kids dressed like Harry and Co. That's what happened on the 4th book release. My sister will want to go, it's actually kind of fun. It's great to see so many kids thrilled about a book, sometimes it seems like the majority of kids just don't read anymore. Sorry, back on topic; I just figured every store will be full of books, but maybe we should preorder the book. __________________ The Elves represent, as it were, the artistic, aesthetic, and purely scientific aspects of the Humane nature raised to a higher level than is actually seen in Men.~ J.R.R. Tolkien Wanna play? www.thievesguild.com

06-01-2003, 03:45 AM	#12
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	I haven't pre-ordered it, but I'm starting to think I ought to. I guess most places will sell out quite quickly. I'm not even going to be at home that day (my parents don't share my obsession with getting the new book!) but luckily the place where I'm going has some of the best bookshops in the world. So fingers crossed __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool. Last edited by sun-star : 06-01-2003 at 01:37 PM.

06-01-2003, 07:53 AM	#13
Elf Girl Lurker Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Lothlórien Posts: 3,419	There having a party at a local bookstore. Last time there was someone telling fortunes. I want to do that this year. I can read palms, and I have this excellent handmade Gypsy outfit. (If anyone sends me a scan of there hand, I will read it for them. LOL.) __________________ There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium...

06-01-2003, 01:04 PM	#14
Sylvee Estel Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Tennessee Posts: 115	I reserved a copy at the bookstore. At the bookstore here, you get like, 30% off if you reserve a copy. I'll probably go get it as soon as I wake up that morning. __________________ ~Sylvee

06-01-2003, 05:54 PM	#15
*IronParrot* Fowl Administrator Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Calgary or Edmonton, Canada Posts: 53,420	There's going to be a party at the store I'm going to, too... I'm not sure I'll stay for all the activities, though. I just want to get on with reading the book! __________________ All of IronParrot's posts are guaranteed to be 100% intelligent and/or sarcastic, comprising no genetically modified content and tested on no cute furry little animals unless the SPCA is looking elsewhere. If you observe a failure to uphold this warranty, please contact a forum administrator immediately to receive a full refund on your Entmoot registration. Blog: Nick's Café Canadien

06-01-2003, 06:40 PM	#16
Rána Eressëa The Rogue Elf Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,722	I haven't because I don't think too many people will be lined up to get it here. I'll just run to Sam Goodies and grab my copy the day it comes out.

06-03-2003, 10:26 PM	#18
Silpion Elven Warrior Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 103	I have pre-ordered the book online, I also pre-ordered another copy for the family member who got me into Harry Potter.

06-08-2003, 05:16 PM	#19
eowyngirl14 i don't know what i am talking about either, so don't ask Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,353	we already pre ordered a copy from amazon.com (it was 40% off!) but because me and my sister both want ot read it i am going to buy a copy at midnight too. my twin sis wont come with me though because i am going to wear all my HP clothing. she says that i embarass her __________________ 'The coming of dawn is ever the hope to the heart of men' -Aragorn 'Then I will die as one of them' -Aragorn TTT movie “They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little safety deserve neither liberty nor safety” - Benjamin Franklin arms are made for hugging avatar from the avatar shop! made by Eowyn, Lady of Rohan

06-09-2003, 03:08 PM	#20
Alassë Elensar Sapling Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: The Depths of my Eyelash Posts: 6	I've already pre-ordered mine... I did this long ago, in fact. But, here's the nifty bit: the almost-local b&n usually has a Harry Potter Sleepover when the books come out. If they have one, I'm going. And, if not, I'll be lining up the night before and camping out to get mine, as school get out the day before. Hoorah! __________________ I am: WanderLust;PixieDust&ATraveler I write: Wars&Swords&StreetLampSonatas To be seen is to lie yourself bare before the world.

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