Harry Potter Update
Jun. 29th, 2005 09:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
semiotic_pirateI just got the following email from Barnes and Noble:
THE BOOKS ARE HERE!
A Caravan of 124 Tractor-Trailers Weighing More Than Four Million Pounds Are Delivering Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to the Barnes & Noble Warehouse
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- June 27, 2005 -- Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, announced that the first U.S. shipment of the new J. K. Rowling book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, lands today at its distribution center in Jamesburg, New Jersey. Between today, June 27, and the day of the book's release on July 16, Barnes & Noble expects to receive a caravan of 124 tractor-trailers weighing more than four million pounds and carrying Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Barnes & Noble will begin packing customer pre-orders as well as shipping books to its stores nationwide in time for the July 16th on sale date.
Barnes & Noble announced last week that it has received more than 750,000 pre-orders and expects that number to reach more than one million by the time the book goes on sale.
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be the bestselling pre-order book in publishing history," said Steve Riggio, chief executive officer of Barnes & Noble, Inc. "We expect more than three million customers will visit over 700 Barnes & Noble stores in the first 24 hours, and that the book will shatter all records. Our unparalleled distribution system will put this book in the hands of our customers all across the country and the world the minute it goes on sale."
Barnes & Noble is offering the title for the discounted price of $17.99, 40 percent off the list price ($16.19 for Barnes & Noble Members). The compact disc and audiocassettes for the unabridged book will also be available. Customers can place pre-orders at any Barnes & Noble store or online at Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com).
I'm going to have to check the price I'm getting from amazon.com and see if it is worth getting release day delivery (when I've been having ISSUES with their preferred delivery service - UPS)...
Just finished watching Restoration - great period piece. With many a famous actor taking bit parts and supporting roles. Set in London right before and during the plague years, with the great fire of 1666 ocurring near the end of the film. It follows the life of a physician played by Robert Downy Jr. He played his role very well. Starting as a debauchery loving flitter bug, he ends up a sober and inspired man, saving a great deal of people from the plague and, well, watch it, you'll like it.
THE BOOKS ARE HERE!
A Caravan of 124 Tractor-Trailers Weighing More Than Four Million Pounds Are Delivering Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to the Barnes & Noble Warehouse
NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- June 27, 2005 -- Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world's largest bookseller, announced that the first U.S. shipment of the new J. K. Rowling book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, lands today at its distribution center in Jamesburg, New Jersey. Between today, June 27, and the day of the book's release on July 16, Barnes & Noble expects to receive a caravan of 124 tractor-trailers weighing more than four million pounds and carrying Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Barnes & Noble will begin packing customer pre-orders as well as shipping books to its stores nationwide in time for the July 16th on sale date.
Barnes & Noble announced last week that it has received more than 750,000 pre-orders and expects that number to reach more than one million by the time the book goes on sale.
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be the bestselling pre-order book in publishing history," said Steve Riggio, chief executive officer of Barnes & Noble, Inc. "We expect more than three million customers will visit over 700 Barnes & Noble stores in the first 24 hours, and that the book will shatter all records. Our unparalleled distribution system will put this book in the hands of our customers all across the country and the world the minute it goes on sale."
Barnes & Noble is offering the title for the discounted price of $17.99, 40 percent off the list price ($16.19 for Barnes & Noble Members). The compact disc and audiocassettes for the unabridged book will also be available. Customers can place pre-orders at any Barnes & Noble store or online at Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com).
I'm going to have to check the price I'm getting from amazon.com and see if it is worth getting release day delivery (when I've been having ISSUES with their preferred delivery service - UPS)...
Just finished watching Restoration - great period piece. With many a famous actor taking bit parts and supporting roles. Set in London right before and during the plague years, with the great fire of 1666 ocurring near the end of the film. It follows the life of a physician played by Robert Downy Jr. He played his role very well. Starting as a debauchery loving flitter bug, he ends up a sober and inspired man, saving a great deal of people from the plague and, well, watch it, you'll like it.
