I want to be a billionare!!!!! It’s not fair!! I wish it was a public release!!!

Maybe along with the sale of the book, Jo will have a public reading from it? That would raise money. Just wishful thinking.

i think that thats so scabbish of jk – shes making other people pay for a £30,000plus book when she her self is one of the richest women in britain!!!!!!! normal people like us will never see it – she could at least give it to a museum or something. i know its for a deserving cause but still 30 grand is a lot of money for us but its like 30pounds for her

Maybe the person/corporation that buys it will find some legal way to publish it. I’m sure she has thought about this, so why not just publish it herself for the masses and then give proceeds to charity. As for the six she is honoring privately, isn’t it honor enough just to have a hand-written book by this amazing author.

So, a book we’ll never see, a lawsuit for Steve Vander Ark, and no more Wizard of the Month.

What a time to be a fan. rolls eyes

OMG!!!!!!!

I wish it was being published!! I wanna read it!!!!!!!

CRIES

I understand it’s for charity, but why couldn’t she have done what she did with Fantastic beasts and quidditch through the ages? At least then then fans wouldn’t be so disappointed. I’m so excited that she wrote this book but ridiculously disappointed that I won’t get to read it.

Lets get Leaky to start a drive so that we can bid for it.

Im upset but then again Im happy for Charity and I think its great shes doing it. But then again Im hoping the stories are published in the excyclopedia!!!!

Whoop-de-doo. Another thing auctioned off into priveleged, private hands, never to see the light of day (well, not for AGES, anyway) when she could have raised more by publishing it, even if the publishers and printers were paid.

Someone said 30k..? I think thats an under-estimation by a LOT..I think its a great idea but as there are so many, esp. kids, who would love to read it she needs to come up with a plan to allow all of us to read it or maybe hear it it read some how…

A word of advice to Beadle to Bard: Watch it! In a heartbeat, Jo’s lawyers will be on to you with a lawsuit for writing a story first mentioned in her books.

How wonderful! I want to hope that one day I, too, will get the chance to read this collection. Jo’s writing is just so elegant.

danielle wrote: Does this mean we’ll NEVER be able to read these stories? that’s a bit cruel :(

actually, some of the published pics on the BBC articles show text. you can just make out the beginning of the Hopping pot story

Yeh, i’m dissapointed about the WOTM too

I want to read about Babbity Rabbity!!