Reddit reviews Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone

From here

>How long did it take to write the first book?
>JKR: Five years, although during that time I was also planning and writing parts of the six sequels.

From that I take it she had a basic outline of the story.

Although in a separate interview quoted on the same page she does say she didn't change the story due to the popularity of the books. That can be read as the story did not change much, it is as it was originally planned or the tone changed but the general plot remained the same. If it is as it was originally planned then there were a lot of oversights. It it did change to cater to the larger audience then it sort of got out of hand. I think I'll give JKR the benefit of the doubt.

Also the books have officially targeted the 10 year age group. So officially she never targeted adults or even teenagers (so it seems I can actually say I grew up and lost interest in the books, but then again I was already a teen when I started reading the HP series). So the change in the tone of the books not only addressed the characters growing up, I'd like to believe it was also to include a wider audience. And love/good winning over evil is a nice plot for little kids, when you want to teach them values.

A little older and you crave a little action. I think even early teens like to see the good guy defeating the bad guy with a few punches and not simply by claiming his weapon. I know I did, despite being well past my teens.

Yes, and of course a Harry Potter Book!. You can get a hardcover version new/used for $10 or under.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0590353403/ref=sr_1_2_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1412831059&sr=8-2&keywords=harry+potter+hardcover&condition=used

Insanely cheap on Amazon if you don't mind buying used!

You can see many more here:

https://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-Sorcerers-Stone-Rowling/product-reviews/0590353403/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_show_all_top?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews

I'm really confused by this question
http://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-Sorcerers-Stone-Book/dp/0590353403/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348459994&sr=8-1&keywords=sorcerer%27s+stone+hardcover

Easy way: watch the Harry Potter movie

"Hard" way: Read the book

Hi u/ting4ling,

Kara here, OP's wife, (As I said to another redditor, I'm basically the PR person for our biz as my husband tbh isn't the best typist or as patient with giving thoughtful replies).

First off, glad you think they're cool and glad you love books. The awesome thing is that we never ever ever ever would cut a limited edition or rare irreplaceable edition, (couldn't afford one anyway).

As you know, e-books abound! We buy real, paper books which makes the publisher print a new book to replace it to sell to a reader. It would be a tragedy if print went out. It's sad to see bookstores closing. I've provided here a handy-dandy list of ways to get access to J.K. Rowling's awesome work, and it would be mostly the same access for most of the books we cut for our business:

• Kindle $0 with KindleUnlimited or $8.99 to buy
  
• Hardcover Starting at under $4.00 used or under $12.00 new
  
• Paperback Starting at $0.01 used or under $7.00 new
  
• Audible Free with Audible trial
  
• Mass Market Paperback Starting at $0.01 used and under $5.00 new
  
• Audio CD kinda pricey at over $20.00
  
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  The above listings are just on Amazon, of course there's:
  
  
• Countless listings both used and new on eBay
  
• New copies on Barnes & Noble online and in stores
  
• Indie booksellers online and in stores,
  
• Public libraries lending in real books and e-books
  
• 2nd-hand bookstores (altho extremely rare to get a Harry Potter at a used bookstore as they're in high demand, believe me, I've looked)
  
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  Let's all go forth and buy real books for whatever reason, seriously, we need to support print.
  
  edit: formatting