Tonight's Christmas, New Year's and Fourth of July all wrapped up together in a shiny bow for the book industry, because the long-awaited final volume in the Harry Potters series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" is released at the witching hour. (Guess, we should throw in Halloween too.) Haven't reserved your copy yet? No problem, here's you handy-dandy last-minute roundup of the local parties and inventory.
Watchung Booksellers, 54 Fairfield St. in Montclair, kicks things off with "The Party that Shall Not Be Named" at 10 pm. Face painting, crafts, a costume contest and magic show are the featured events for customers picking up pre-ordered books. (If you're getting it through Amazon, go their party.)
All Watchung's pre-order inventory has been sold out, but more copies are expected at 10 pm, and you can come by the store for first-come, first-served copies then. So that everybody's not crowding around the cash register at midnight, people will pay for their books earlier and receipt a chip, which will be redeemed for the book at midnight. 973.744.7177
Montclair Book Center, 221 Glenridge Ave., in Montclair isn't throwing a party or staying open til midnight, but they are waking up early tomorrow and selling the book at 8 am. They're taking reservations now, but expect plenty of unreserved copies to be on hand in the morning. 973.783.3630.
Barnes & Noble in Clifton Commons starts celebrating at 8 pm with a costume contest (the four winners get the first four copies at midnight), jellybean counting contests, wand-making and other activities. People who have pre-ordered can pick up gold wristbands, which give them access to the books released right at midnight. People who want the book but haven't pre-ordered can get blue wristbands, which will entitle them to books after the gold wristband crowd is done. Confused? So are we. Call 973.779.5500.
Posted by Debbie Galant on July 20, 2007 2:23 PM
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Shouldn't it be the "Harry Potter" (singular) series?
Also, everyone is traditionally "wild about" Harry. Not "crazy for."
And Hallows as in "All Hallows Eve," I'm guessing. But Rowling uses language so creatively and beautiflly, so I could be wrong.