JK Rowling
JK Rowling cannot spell
18/07/07 Filed in: Literature
Did anyone not see the Harry Potter early book release story yesterday? A distributor has been charged with deliberately uploading a scanned version of the upcoming bestseller onto the p2p file sharing networks. Umm, say some, but to me it sounds like that person should be applauded and the pissed off folks at Harry potter HQ should take a lesson in marketing, 2007?
Viral exposure, especially via the pipes and tubes of irreverent Bit torrent outfit The Pirate Bay is the way to increase sales of books, dummy. Unless you are into crawling under bed covers with a laptop or PC tower, the bendy, tactile book is king. There is almost nothing but good coming from the digital revelation of a storybook ahead of real life launch time.
Personally, I don't care if anyone knows the ending before they read the last Harry Potter book (I thought all kids read the last page first anyway!). However, what concerned me most was the spelling ability of JK Rowling.
On the TV last night the cameras were focussed on a scanned page with NINETEEN something or other in the title. And the first line underneath started "Ninteen..." Sorry, as a former grammar nazi and king speller, that aberration jumped off the screen and bit me on the nose. Is the world's richest writer illiterate? That would be sweet, wouldn't it!
And I don't buy any defense that it is some sort of Harry Potter-esque wizard spelling. Just like I can't abide reading books with dialog written in Gaelic or olde Englishe. I am a 21st century reader, so give me 21st century suburban English words, please. Muggles and broomsticks to you too, Ms Rowling.
PS, take no notice of me, I have never read any Harry Potter books, and I am too scared to put any graphics here, just in case I get sued.
We've linked to several web search engines offering random payments & prizes! Click the icon & search the keyphrase The Pirate Bay or web search. It is a win-win, perhaps!
Viral exposure, especially via the pipes and tubes of irreverent Bit torrent outfit The Pirate Bay is the way to increase sales of books, dummy. Unless you are into crawling under bed covers with a laptop or PC tower, the bendy, tactile book is king. There is almost nothing but good coming from the digital revelation of a storybook ahead of real life launch time.
JK Rowling cannot spell.
Personally, I don't care if anyone knows the ending before they read the last Harry Potter book (I thought all kids read the last page first anyway!). However, what concerned me most was the spelling ability of JK Rowling.
On the TV last night the cameras were focussed on a scanned page with NINETEEN something or other in the title. And the first line underneath started "Ninteen..." Sorry, as a former grammar nazi and king speller, that aberration jumped off the screen and bit me on the nose. Is the world's richest writer illiterate? That would be sweet, wouldn't it!
And I don't buy any defense that it is some sort of Harry Potter-esque wizard spelling. Just like I can't abide reading books with dialog written in Gaelic or olde Englishe. I am a 21st century reader, so give me 21st century suburban English words, please. Muggles and broomsticks to you too, Ms Rowling.
PS, take no notice of me, I have never read any Harry Potter books, and I am too scared to put any graphics here, just in case I get sued.
We've linked to several web search engines offering random payments & prizes! Click the icon & search the keyphrase The Pirate Bay or web search. It is a win-win, perhaps!
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