Michiko Likes It
Embargo-busting Michiko Kakutani has written a review of the new Harry Potter today in the New York Times. No one, not even Michiko, is supposed to be able to get their mitts on the book before Saturday at 12:01 AM. The review says that the book was bought yesterday from a book store in New York. She must have one of those The Devil Wears Prada-style assistants. Somehow she read the book in a day and wrote a review. Impressive. In a particularly stunning development, she likes the book.
July 19, 2007 1:33 pm 
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By Herman Glimscher, July 20, 2007 @ 11:59 am
That naughty Michiko! Once they find out where she got it (and they will, they will) that store will get pilloried. The book business is a cruel business.
Back in my bookselling days, I had a guy offer me $50 for a Grisham a couple of days before it was supposed to go on sale. We hadn’t received our shipment yet, so the whole thing was academic, but still.