yay 1st. anyway, i cant wait to read the book. it looks so fairytale like. somewhat like the classic stories you use to read when i was younger. eeep!

Second! I only wish I was fortunate enough to have heard about the Border's parties earlier...I so would have been there. Instead, my book will arrive on my front porch tomorrow (or at least, it'd better). I can't wait to get my hands on it and devour each and every page. LONG LIVE HARRY POTTER!!!!

It's a few more hours @ where i live - not Dec. 4th yet. Altho`, i think i might get it afterschool tmrr` . >___

4th! I LOVED IT! It was absolutely great! I cant wait to see what JKR will come up with next!

I wish that she never stops writing about Harry Potter. She should compile a book about the first-ever rebellion against You-Know-Who. She did give us a taste with the prequel, but I want more! Beedle the Bard will be amazing. I can feel it, smell it, taste it...lol

Have only just got through the first couple of stories and already I have a favourite... lol better get back to it. JK Rowling rocks this world!

Its not dec 4 where i live. its 10 oclock. i orderd collectors addition from amazon but when i check the amozon website it says i never ordered anything in the past 6 month. wtf is going on. if i dont receive this and still pay my 100 dollars im am nto going to be happy...

I CAN'T WAIT to get my copy & yes, I agree she should write more HP stories!!!

What do they mean all across the world? it's only in the UK and LA!!! grrr... borders isn't even until tomorrow night... and how can it be released it's only 10:00... so technically anywhere west of the midwestern US still would have to wait... im sorry but it just makes me kinda upset and I totally wish I was at a midnight party right now

I'm from alaska so we're just about the last people on earth to be able to get it at midnight,except hawii. It sorta sucks a lot even though I'm gonna get it after school tomorrow! It's pre-ordered.ya!

: ) i thought it was already out. : )

I loved it! It was about thirty times better than I thought it would be! Fountain of Fair Fortune was my favourite story, but the stand out parts for me were definitely Jo's (or Dumbledore's, I guess) witty comments. I loved the mention that Aberforth's favourite childhood story was about goats! Brilliant! I loved the illustrations; Jo has a very nice style to her people she draws.

Fantastic! Finally, all the Muggle Families will be able to share in these wonderful stories. I do want to offer this advice, if you haven't read all the Harry Potter Books, you may find some spoilers in Dumbledore's notes! Also, you'll want to have your copy of Magical Beasts near you when you read! Thanks JKR! The Messrs.

For the ppl who ordered the standard copy instead of the collector's edition, is it that much different? Does the standard also have the footnotes and stuff?

I want this book NOW!! I really want to get the special edition version and I'm sure the standard version has all the extra stuff in it too...just minus the fancy covering. I can't get it until Friday though...it seems so far away!!!!

Oh NOOOOOOO! I forgot it was coming out today! As soon as I get paid, and take care of some other highly important bills, I'll go to Borders and get my copy!

Got mine today after watching Jamie on BBC News, thanks for reminding me Jamie lol

Don't forget AUSTRALIA mugglenet. It came out here today too, and we all got it before anyone of you others cause of the time difference. We do actually exist, thankyouverymuch. The world doesn't revolve around the UK and US.

AHHH!!! I'm super jealous right now cuz I don't have the book, but I guess I can't complain cuz my mom's getting me the Collector's Edition for Christmas! Shh, I'm not supposed to know, and I wasn't looking, but I went on the site and it said she had ordered it, and before she said that she got me something for 100 dollars soo...

I've bought the french version and I find it interesting. no bookstore was selling the english version in my town so I ordered it online on amazon. It's a good book, however quite short.

It was amazing. I loved it and the commentary by Dumbledore was great and sarcastic and lovely. I'm happy to have another great book in my collection, though I would love JKR to write Hogwarts, A History. I got my book at midnight and though I had to finish some drawings, I got to read it before class this morning. :)

I am waiting for the postman to come. I saw him enter the street beside mine when I was coming home. Fingers-crossed hes coming to my street next. I am so anxious. I want my book. The door bell rang a while ago and i ran to the door...only to find some random person doing a survey...arghhh. Gonna have to wait a while the streets is very long :-( I wish the book was thicker with more stories.

YAY im super excited. I logged on to MN @ 10 pm last night so i couldn't go to Borders cause i got the memo too late. I forgot it was being released at midnight last night and i thought it was today.I might leave early this morning before school to go to Borders but it's most likely im gonna get it straight after school. I cant wait!!

AAAAA I saw you guys in london last night - literally one of the best nights of my life. I've read over half of it and I have to say they're not particularly peculiar, though I do love the book. I do really like Dumbledore's notes, which bring out his character really well. ........ (I got it signed by Jamie!!!!!) Oh and Jamie is the loveliest person on the planet. x izzy

Very funny, It is possible Tom Riddle was the knight in the school play? the back story on tom riddle/nearlyheadless nick and the malfoys was good. altough i thought that that dombledores coments would be in the margins. good show last night. sarah

when i picked it up i didnt stop till it was done. and yes dumbledores notes were a fantastic idea!!!!!!!!!

i am leaving to go buy the book in about 30 minutes, can't wait to see what it's like. it sounds amazing! something to break the monotony since we didn't get our movie on time...LOL

Yesterday morning, one of the original Beedle copies - hand-written and illustrated by Rowling - was unveiled at the New York Public Library. That copy belongs to Scholastic's editor Arthur A Levine, who worked with Rowling on the HP series in America. He was at the unveiling yesterday, and he compared Rowling

i just got my copy. finished the first story and it is too cute. i can't wait to read the rest. i have to agree with everyone, Dumbledore's footnotes are definetly worth the read.

I loved the Dumbledore comments, and see a spinoff on one of them...

Your podcast was awsome last night. I finished readng it on my 4 hour car journey back to Wales. I fell asleep whilst reading it, and at points all the words merged together, but in the end I finished reading it before I got home:) I'm going to read it again though tonight to make sure I dind't miss bits out when my eyes went blurry. Hi to the people I met you were great:)

I decided to get both the special and normal editions of the book, and I'm glad that I did. There's no way I'd want the special edition as the one that I read all the time, it's just too....... well special.

I received my copy just a couple of hours ago, and it was a really great read! I particularly liked the Fountain of Fair Fortune tale, it was an inspiring story. I'm now waiting on my collector's edition, I just couldn't resist. :)

OK, you know what sucks? My mom bought the book for me, but she won't give it to me until Christmas.

i hope it becomes available in other countries... i was really looking forward to this :3

Yay!! Im so excited! Although Im pretty sure my meanie boyfriend wont give it over until Christmas...it can only make Christmas that much better!

I just got home from work and waiting for me was my wonderful collectors edition from Amazon. It is sooooo beautiful! I can't wait to start reading it... yipee!

Before I give my own review of this book I just want to say that I am a huge harry potter fan, to the extent that I actually have a deathly hallows tattoo on my bottom. I've been really excited about this book coming out, as I too wanted another fix of harry potter. I was delighted when my book came with that familiar harry potter scent to the pages. I was quite disappointed at how quickly I got through the book though. I do have some criticisms that I'm sure will be torn apart by fellow fans but I have to get them out. I'm in my final year on a Children's Illustration course and am writing a dissertation about fairy tales, which I think may have damaged my reading of this book. Firstly I need to point out that these are more fables than fairy tales, as fairytales allow you to find your own conclusions, where as a fable instructs you what the correct moral meaning is. When reading these tales it was very clear that JKR was giving a strong moral message, but without the subtlety to allow the reader to find it themselves. The tales lacked the sofistication that our own fairy tales hold, and to me, I do not believe they could stand the test of time, like 'Cinderella' and 'Sleeping Beauty'. I wish Dumbledore's commentry on the tales had been a little meatier. I could have read far more pages of his analysis. While JKR did say that no one new why Dumbledore wrote down his commentaries, I feel that a man as intelligent as Dumbledore would have had more to say. Humourous as they were, I needed more. Finally, my most trivial point is about the illustrations. As I said I'm in my final year on a course specifically focused on the illustrations of children's books. While this is JKR's set of stories, and it is for charity, it does make me sad when writers believe the transition from story to image is a simple on. While these are nice simple line drawings, they lack any emotion and memorability. To sum up, loved the book, but I needed more.

Isn't it going to be releasde in other countries? For example, in Mexico?

the picture at the end of the tale of the 3 brothers... what does it say? ignotus Peeverell.... deathly hallows mark... ?????? of ane?

i just want to say that the collectors edition is the most beautiful thing i have ever ever seen. best money i have ever spent EVER!

my local borders doesn't have its release party until tonight at 6. Idk if the books are on the shelves yet, or if they are waiting 'till then, but I'm hoping to go buy it soon!

I am so mad! I gave up a lot to go to the store this morning to get the book and then no one knew where it was or anything!!! It's so not fair!

Wow, wow, wow - just finished reading the tales, and the entire book is incredible. What's more, I got to enjoy this literary feast while contributing to charity also! As has been already stated, the tales each come with such a sense of deep and diverse history that they easily rival the greatness of the Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Anderson. Although it is really only the hardcore fans such as myself that will get the very most out of the book, particularly Albus Dumbledore's annotations and JKR's insertions, this book is an absolute must for all Harry Potter fans - it really ties in with the seventh book and the series as a whole. I am ecstatic to say the least, and received quite a few stares at the local bookshop - unfortunately Harry is not so huge a phenomenon in my city to have a midnight release party for a companion book, though we did have one for every Harry Potter novel since book five.

@ 'Zetera': As good as Hans Christian Anderson or the Brothers Grimm (not the Grimm Brothers)? Really? Are you talking Disney or have you actually read the original tales? I guess it is only the 'hard core fans such as yourself' that can trully appreciate these tales. When you consider that Cinderella was first documented in the 9th Century, and has survived until the present day it is easy to see why the Tales of Beedle the Bard can 'easily rival' it.

OMGGGGG I LOVEE THIS BOOK SO MUCH! IVE ALREADY READ IT LIKE 5 TIMESSSSS :D :D :D

OMG!!! My parents made me not go to any parties because of a little thing called school, but I just finished it! OMG!

OMG. the book was fantastic. lol. I loved the notes on the three brothers. lol, Grumble the Grubby Goat ☻

OMG. the book was fantastic. lol. I loved the notes on the three brothers. lol, Grumble the Grubby Goat ☻

the barnes and noble where i'm from didn't even know about the book until i called and ASKED them if they were having a midnight r elease party! i mean, how pathetic is that?! GRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!1