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Matthew 6 Giving to the Needy 1”Be careful not to do your ‘acts of righteousness’ before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

2"So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 3But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. 3But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Oh dear. How churlish, not to mention childish, so many of you are. “It’s not fair, I want it and I can’t have it”.

This is Jo’s way of giving something very special to a very small hand-picked group of supporters plus a charity. No one could possibly want to read this more than I do, but all I can think is “Good for her”. These books are all hand written and are entirely unique. There is nothing to stop her from publishing a printed version at some point in the future, perhaps for comic relief again, though quite frankly having read some of the messages on here who could blame her for thinking ‘stuff the lot of them’.

It really is very sad how utterly selfish some people are. Did you understand nothing when reading the Harry Potter books?

Sounds a bit like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the 5 Golden Tickets eh?

I wonder if she would get more for the charity if, after auctioning off the single, leather-bound book and giving out the other five, she had a paperback version to sell to the general public???

And to those expressing disappointment: Would you begrudge those closest to Jo the opportunity to have something beautiful and unique? Would you begrudge this charity its money? Truly, I don’t understand. If you were somehow, miraculously, in her place, wouldn’t you want to give your family and friends something no one else has? Wouldn’t you want to raise money for the charity you founded?

(Joining Mountain Violet, with standing ovation toward Glenn)

Concise and to the point. Says it all! I am very proud to be a JKR/HP Fan.

@karen, do your really think people need JKR´s HP to know love and mercy? Then you are wrong! Wake up,try reality. By the way: did you ever heard about marketing and publicity compaigns?

omg! NOT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC – EVER? is leaky going to put together another drive a la the original get a clue, please?!

Thank you Glenn. Jo has already given all of us so much, I dont think its fair for people to come on here and bash her for a sentimental, personal gift she wants to give to her loved ones… she didnt have to write a 7th, but she did- and shes putting it towards a good cause. Look at her dedication in Deathly Hallows. Its only right that there should be a seventh for her fans. Eventually we will be able to read it, I have no doubts about that.

There will probably be some sort of “anti-collector’s edition” version of this at some point, maybe on a website. After all, the same thing happened with the original Homestar Runner book.

Thank you Glenn. Jo has already given all of us so much, I dont think its fair for people to come on here and bash her for a sentimental, personal gift she wants to give to her loved ones… she didnt have to write a 7th, but she did- and shes putting it towards a good cause. Look at her dedication in Deathly Hallows. Its only right that there should be a seventh for her fans. Eventually we will be able to read it, I have no doubts about that.

and yes, for the people who are complaining about jo so much lately – seriously, get the hell out.

I think its great that she wants to raise money for charity, but why don’t us loyal fans get thought of. I think it is so unfair. I’d never in a millon years be able to afford it. Why can’t it be published & the proceeds go to charity?

All you “true” JR fans: How brown are your noses already?

I hoping that whoever gets it will be lovely enough to let us know what the stories are about, or something like that. Who knows? Maybe Jo will put one of them in the Encyclopaedia.

I think all the publicity is to raise the profile of the Childrens’ Voice charity, not JKR’s or the HP books. I think that, in due course, she will publish Beedle in a facsimile edition for all the fans and again that profits will go to her charity.

BUT BUT BUT>> this way, her gratitude is felt by those closest to her, her Charity gets LOTS of publicity ( and the cause they fight for is PUBLICISED and perhaps PUBLIC pressure put on those people in high places in the relevant countries treating children so cruelly). Then there can be another bite of the apple in a year or two when she publishes the tales for the rest of us, yet more PUBLICITY for Childrens’ Voice, (which she is probably trying to make a household name, not an also-ran to her public persona ) .

Perhaps JKR wishes for her legacy to not just be her published work, but the good use to which she has turned her money, public profile and influence.

Hmmn?

Ahh, I hope they publish it eventually.. :(

To care about poor children is of course a good thing to do, no doubt. But. She could auction the books without the publicity hype. She doubtlessly knows enough people who have got a lot of money and are willing to buy the books.

What’s wrong with all of you? Jo’s doing such a nice thing – she’s rich enough but instead of going out and buying things for those who stayed by her helping her with all the books, she’s handwriting a book for each of them. And like someone said, she didn’t have to write a seventh but she’s doing it for charity. Jo’s writing an encyclopedia for us fans and you’re grumbling that only her friends can get to read these Tales.

Oh man!! i wish i had that!!! but its starting at 30000 pounds!! ahhh!! 60000 bucks! come on! well i hope that a true potter fan is able to get it, and share it with the rest of the fandom. thats what i would do if i had that kind of money.