Winter's Desire


Jul
17
2007
Celebrity Death Match: Potter Publisher v. Britain’s Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart owns a chain of super market stores in Britain known as Asda. According to Bloomsbury, the publisher of Harry Potter books, Asda owes them money and until the bill is paid in full, no books for them. Bloomsbury, aka the Soup Nazi, is canceling the shipment to Asda as of now. Asda claims it is because it criticized Bloomsbury for the high retail price ($37) of the last Potter installment. We’ll see who blinks first.

Update They’ve kissed and made up.

Via USA Today.

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JaneJane is a long time romance reader whose passion is, you guessed it, reading. She's currently loving contemporary authors like Sarah Mayberry and Kristan Higgins but her first love will always be the historical. Some of her old time favorites are Amanda Quick and Johanna Lindsey and some of the new favorites are Sherry Thomas, Joanna Bourne and Claudia Dain. Email this author | All posts by Jane
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2 comments to “Celebrity Death Match: Potter Publisher v. Britain’s Wal-Mart”

  1. 1 by Karen Scott July 17th, 2007 at 3:36 pm

    Bloomsbury were just cutting off their nose to spite their face. Harry Potter books at Asda Stores would have practically flown off the shelves.

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  2. 2 by DS July 17th, 2007 at 6:06 pm

    Ah, Potterdamerung draws nigh.

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