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Harry Potter and the Publishers’ Holy Grail IV
I have been trying in the three previous Harry Potter posts to look at what went right with J. K. Rowling’s book series. In the first half of this final wildly ambitious post I’m attempting to get somewhere near a theory … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, End of the book, Harry Potter, Reading, Shakespeare, Theory of publishing
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Harry Potter and the Publishers’ Holy Grail III
Does it matter what an author or publisher intends? What about how their work or product is received? Perhaps the most interesting question is the combination of the two, the problem some authors and all commercial companies (including mine) try … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Children, End of the book, Harry Potter, Parents, Psychoanalysis, Theory of publishing
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