BANNED from the bestseller list!

takingxoverxme · July 2007

Harry Potter has been banned from The New York Times Bestseller List. Even though the book will probably break both the single day and one week sales record, it will not be on the list.
The reason is that the decision has been made to count Harry Potter as a children's book.

Sign the petition to get Harry Potter on the Bestseller list.

http://www.petitiononline.com/potter7/petition.html

julien · July 2007

wow. seriously, that's sad. after all this, after HP basically transforms the landscape of books forever, they do some underhanded stuff like this. terrible.

abinesh · July 2007

man... thats sad....

whitemomo · July 2007

Harry Potter a children book? Perhaps it was a children book when JK Rowling first wrote Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone, but seeing how the story has evolved until now, it's not a children reading anymore although that does not deny the fact that many children like it still.

julien · July 2007

it looks like it's appearing normally on Amazon. in fact, it's sold so much that it's brought every other HP book (1-6) back into the bestseller list! :)

elleboobls · July 2007

thats rubish, most the people i know who read the book are adultts! and if you look at book shops its never EVER see the book in the 'childerens' section!

whitemomo · July 2007

Yeah with all the snogging frenzy happening in the last two books, we can expect that children are still the target market :P

Granger danger · July 2007

Well that is really bummer...But I think that the book as it readers grow up....And the book follows an generation. The movies are also getting less for children and more for adults

abinesh · July 2007

very true.. especially the last 2 parts filled with plentiful snogging.. did ppl still include those in chidren's section.? lol

Harrys_Biggest_Fan · September 2008

Abinesh-Yeah, but its sad it isnt on the bestsellers.

mariaclara · September 2008

I can't believe this...ugh

horcrux98 · November 2008

i think that the first three or four are kids books but the fifth sixth and seventh are more adult books

hp4gw · February 2009

no! harry potter is not a kiddies book
harry potter is the best book ever!
with the exception of pride and prejudice - even though it is annoying - of course

horcrux98 · February 2009

also in the 7th book aberthorth says bastard and so does ron,hermione says arse and molly calls bella a bitch just before she kills her

total grifindor girl · March 2009

Person who did it is FOOL!!!!
HP IS THE BEST 4EVER!

FenrirLokeson · October 2012

Harry Potter is too awesome to be on a bestseller list... XD

MattCat · October 2012

What is with all the thread necromancy?

aaron · October 2012

It's NEW SPAWN!

darthorcrux · October 2012

Harry Potter has its own list. The best books ever list.

K3chocolate · October 2012

I tried signing the petition on my phone browser and it just has the loading circle in the middle of the screen and it doesn't go anywhere

I'll try again on my computer I guess

XWingardium_LeviosaX · October 2012

That's probably because the link is about 5 years old.

K3chocolate · October 2012

Haha I didn't even look at the date of the first post! Oops! This thread was on the first page of the Recent Discussions, so I clicked it. Did they ever take the ban off?

XWingardium_LeviosaX · October 2012

That's a very good question, but I don't think they did

K3chocolate · October 2012

that really sucks if they didn't @xwingardium_leviosax because it's one of the best series EVER. So unfair.

RustyBones · October 2012

Thinking of making a new thread called Banned Book Reviews. It's going to be like a PG-13 version of Reading Rainbow. Thoughts?

K3chocolate · October 2012

Yes! Do it! I want to know what other books out there are banned and for what reasons @rustybones

PocusPower · June 2014

That's pretty asinine...

It doesn't detract from the success of the series though.

SoulxxBond · June 2014

Dude, this thread a year and a half ago. Please don't start reviving dead threads from waaay back on this site.

BANNED from the bestseller list!

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