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SoFlo: AFTER POTTER (4#) -

It isn't often that Book News appears on the Front Page of our newspapers, but such is the charm of Harry Potter that this article occupied more than half the width above the fold on the SF Sun-Sentinel for Sunday:

"Life after Harry Potter?
Fans and publishers are
wondering what to do next"

Chauncey Mabe seemed to be telling us that this new Harry Potter book represents a financial windfall for bookstores; however, much of the information which has floated past me recently seemed to indicate exactly the opposite: booksellers were grumbling that due to deep discounts forced on them by competition, they were not making a profit and in some cases they were actually suffering a loss from it. So, which is it-- profit or loss? Alas, we have no way of ascertaining which version is true vs which version is just PR puffery.

Also, it seems odd for residents of South Florida to be asking "what else is there after Harry Potter?" when Channel 2, the local PBS station, has been running Doctor Who: Episodes from The Ninth Doctor series lately. Surely, some of the youngsters who have enjoyed Harry Potter would also enjoy Dr Who...

Only a couple of problems with this: there is no link from the Channel 2 website to the official Doctor Who website on the BBC which produces it, and the program is currently scheduled too late at night in Florida for many youngsters here to watch it.

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