first harry potter book theft reported...

[phosfate]

http://www.salon.com/books/wire/2003/06/17/stolen_potter/index.html

Comments

[nitasee.livejournal.com]

Merseyside police issued a statement warning the public that if they "handle the book before Saturday in anything other than a legitimate manner, they could face criminal charges."

For some reason that just cracked me up.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

You've given me a vision of the in-development 'smart paper' and how Book 7 will only be readable when the publishers switch it on.

[cosmicbuttafly.livejournal.com]

lol, that is funny. But criminal charges for just a book...what has the world gotten too these days...