[thechat] Harry Potter

[Martin Burns]

On Sunday, June 22, 2003, at 08:39  pm, Madhu Menon wrote:

> At 01:06 AM 23-06-03, deacon b. wrote:
>> She's probably getting 15% royalties. If they move 2
>> million copies, that's $9 million in royalties. Is that
>> *all* her income? Obviously not. But $9 is significant
>> to ANYONE.
>
> And then there's the shitloads of money through merchandise sales - 
> Harry Potter posters, t-shirts, mugs, bags, action figures, [insert 
> every item known to mankind here]

Yep. That was my point. The book revenues are pretty insignificant 
compared to merchandise and movies.

> The woman's close to being richer than the Queen of England.

Richer already.

Cheers
martin