J.K. Rowling, author of the phenomenally successful Harry Potter series, has finally gotten around to releasing a mass-produced, commercially available version of her Tales of Beedle the Bard, the book of Wizarding fairy tales referred to in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Beedle the Bard will hit shelves tomorrow, December 4.
For those who, despite the crippling recession going on in the United States and some foreign countries as well, still have more money than sense, an absolutely gorgeous collector’s edition is available exclusively from Amazon.com. The internet retail giant expects its limited run of 100,000 copies to sell out, according to the Huffington Post.
Released just in time for the holiday season, Tales of Beedle the Bard should make a great gift for the Harry Potter freak in your life. Of course, by now all the Harry Potter freaks in your life have moved on to being obsessed with Stephenie Meyer’s sparkly vampires, but they’re certain to appreciate the new insight into the Wizarding world nonetheless.
I, myself, will be saving up for the collector’s edition. And, in case you’re wondering, yes. That was an admission of my horrifying lack of frugality.
December 4th, 2008 at 12:18 am
And now you’ve reminded me about it, so after deciding not to buy it, I just made the pre-order for the collector’s edition.
It’s my Christmas present! From myself!
December 4th, 2008 at 6:32 am
The recession is going on nearly world wide. Dont wanna seem like some yank hater but its this kind of were better and and more important than everyone else attitude that has the world giving a little hate accross the atlantic. The average american would do well to know more about the rest of the world and stop being so insular(especially since it can be argued that this GLOBAL recession is american in origin)
December 4th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
I’ve already preordered it – just the normal version though. I’m not as crazy as you!