It must be a quiet news day. I really can’t see how the announcement of the publication date of a children’s book can be considered news.
I suppose it can be considered advance warning that the news in July will be full of children explaining why it’s vitally important that they queue all night outside a bookshop so they can buy the book the second it goes on sale. Oh and the tube will be full of people showing how they’re in touch with their inner child as they can read a children’s book in public without embarassment. And don’t get me started on the people who will be discussing it like it’s some kind of great literature.
I just hope Rowling has got a better editor this time. If the books get any bigger children won’t be able to carry them.
Oh look. I seem to have come over all grumpy.
Maybe they should all just read Harry Potter and the Call of Cthulhu instead.
Update: It seems the book has already gone to number one in the Amazon bestsellers chart on the strength of the pre-sales. Why pre-order a book that you won’t get for over seven months?