J K Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Potter series, last year produced a number of hand-written copies of "Tales of Beedle the Bard" - a book of fairytales given to Hermione Granger by Albus Dumbledore in the final book, The Deathly Hallows. The only handwritten copy of this book to go on sale fetched almost £2 million, and was sold to Amazon - all proceeds went to charity.
On December 4th this year the book is going on general sale, albeit in a more basic, printed manor by Bloomburg and Scholastic. There will be a Standard Edition in hardback for £6.99 RRP (though Amazon have it currently at £3.99), and a special Collectors Edition replica of the original for £50.00. The collectors edition is limited to 100,000 copies and will only be available from Amazon.
The Collector's Edition looks far more like the one's produced originally with the metal bits over the leather bound book, and comes inside a special velvet bag inside a large book-style box.
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