Infected by HP?

[pne]

All this talk by people getting the Harry Potter book, reading it, etc. is starting to make me want to read it. Kind of silly, in a way.

I wonder whether the torrent(s?) floating around is really the book? Has anyone read both?

Comments

[eva]

The so-called "Carpet Book" (the photographed one) is genuine, yes, but quite annoying to read. I didn't even try.

I also heard of a .pdf, which seems to be genuine too.

[afuna]

Friend of mine who read the "Carpet Book" and bought the real one when it came out says there's no difference (so far). I found it much easier to read the former by reversing my screen colors so that things were white on black instead of black on white.

[ibneko.livejournal.com]

The "carpet book" was transcribed over to a pdf. I've posted a link here: http://ibneko.livejournal.com/680686.html

[pne.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[rozallin.livejournal.com]

I've noticed some differences between the Carpet Book and the UK Edition. There are some inconsistencies and spelling mistakes in the Carpet Book that have been corrected in the real book but the story is otherwise the same.