New Harry Potter DVD for $10 in price war
The pre-ordered book price war that drove down the online cost of hit titles below $10 has been extended to DVDs, including “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” which will be released Dec. 8. Walmart, Amazon and Target have slashed prices on that new movie and others, the Wall St. Journal notes.
The mega-retailers have been battling for an early share of holiday spending, in a war that makes indie bookstores shudder. For one local bookseller’s take on the issue, check out this blog post by Lauretta at Constellation Books in Reisterstown. An excerpt: "My personal opinion as a bookseller is that this price war is not sustainable and will eventually shrink the pool of available publishers and authors. Publishers pay attention to what sells - and if all that is selling are the 5-10 different $8.99-priced titles, they won't accept or print the new authors. They can't afford to. So we get a reduction in titles, a reduction in authors, and eventually a reduction in publishers."








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Hi,
I like this article but..
last night i went to the midnight premiere of harry potter and the half blood prince! I was honestly so disappointed! was it just me or did it seem very choppy and for some reason didn't feel like it was a harry potter movie. Don't get me wrong some of the parts in it were either really funny or somewhat scary but i really was not satisfied. I don't know, what did you think?? Am i wrong? Give me your opinions..
Posted by: r4i | November 19, 2009 5:49 AM