# For fifty bucks someone will throw your book at J.K. Rowling **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 15, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824 "2011-08-15T20:38:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824/21 "2011-08-17T13:33:09Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Exactly. > > Here’s the **[Atlanta Nights](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Nights)** story, which is an entertaining read. > > Here’s [Atlanta Nights](http://web.cs.du.edu/~aburt/StingManuscript.pdf) itself (pdf). Remember PublishAmerica was willing to publish it. > > Signed > Travis Tea Don’t forget the YouTube link to the reading. I can’t do it because I’m at work. But it’s magnificent. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824/22 "2011-08-17T13:44:03Z")
So I guess my dreams of JK Rowling endorsing my _Larry Botter and the Geomancer’s Rock_ are in the trash. Wonder if I can get a refund. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824/23 "2011-08-17T13:54:26Z")
Moved MPSIMS --\> Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824/24 "2011-08-17T19:35:13Z")
Page removed from PublishAmerica site, [denial issued by JK Rowling’s people](http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/jk-rowling-spokesman-publishers-claim-of-getting-an-audience-with-her-false/2011/08/16/gIQAXsQEJJ_story.html). If anyone was taken in by this, they kinda deserve to lose $50. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824/25 "2011-08-17T19:39:12Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Don’t forget the YouTube link to the reading. I can’t do it because I’m at work. But it’s magnificent. [You mean this?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftJ5DowqdjE&feature=BFa&list=PLBAFF14D77F09FFD1&index=29) ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824/26 "2011-08-17T19:56:02Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Here’s [Atlanta Nights](http://web.cs.du.edu/~aburt/StingManuscript.pdf) itself (pdf). Remember PublishAmerica was willing to publish it. Chapter 34 (the computer assembled chapter) kind of rocks: > [@Atlanta Nights](#): > > He fitted into Bruce’s jacket and tie, his hand up hit, he discovered his name was > too small for Friday, said it’s not open for such a call from a commie round he told > himself. She surely loved those huge mosquitoes . . . Oh, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824/27 "2011-08-17T19:59:28Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I beg your pardon! My book is _not_ a vanity novel! > > Bur it’s not all that heavy, which is why I ask “How Hard?” You’ve obviously never dropped it on your toe. You’d quickly reach a different conclusion. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824/28 "2011-08-17T20:26:54Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Exactly. > > Here’s the **[Atlanta Nights](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Nights)** story, which is an entertaining read. > > Here’s [Atlanta Nights](http://web.cs.du.edu/~aburt/StingManuscript.pdf) itself (pdf). Remember PublishAmerica was willing to publish it. > > Signed > Travis Tea I’ve only read half of the first chapter, but this is great stuff! Why can’t I find it in the bookstore? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824/29 "2011-08-17T20:54:10Z")
No bookstore would carry it. It’s available from [Lulu.com](http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/atlanta-nights/117402?productTrackingContext=search_results/search_shelf/center/1). Proceeds go to the SFWA Emergency Medical Fund, which provides financial help to authors hit with medical emergencies. ---
**Author:** ![DaveEn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@DaveEn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveEn)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824/30 "2011-08-18T09:41:27Z")
check out [http://www.pornsmacker.com](http://www.pornsmacker.com), it has a worthy selection of free porn videos… ---
**Author:** ![DaveEn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@DaveEn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveEn)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824/31 "2011-08-18T09:45:13Z")
take a look at [http://www.pornsmacker.com](http://www.pornsmacker.com), it has a decent library of free porn videos… ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824/32 "2011-08-18T12:25:52Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > [You mean this?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftJ5DowqdjE&feature=BFa&list=PLBAFF14D77F09FFD1&index=29) Yes, and again I am at work ☹ so I can’t spend all day listening to that fine, fine voice reading that bad, bad book. Dopers, do yourself a favor. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824/33 "2011-08-18T17:58:17Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Chapter 34 (the computer assembled chapter) kind of rocks: What were you in your pants that was still pining over and went to the businessman? My favorite line from the book. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824/34 "2011-08-18T19:13:49Z")
Today’s installment in the saga: [PublishAmerica’s reply to Rowling](http://www.publishamerica.com/response/) This type of letter is a standard tactic of theirs – they trying to intimidate anyone who raises a fuss. It works well with first-time aspiring authors, but is a pretty risky strategy going up against someone who can hire lawyers out of her pocket change. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824/35 "2011-08-18T19:55:01Z")
My book is a cinderblock with a dust jacket on it. Help me, PublishAmerica! ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824/36 "2011-08-18T20:19:03Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Today’s installment in the saga: > > [PublishAmerica’s reply to Rowling](http://www.publishamerica.com/response/) > > This type of letter is a standard tactic of theirs – they trying to intimidate anyone who raises a fuss. I was intimidated when attorney Victor Cretella ended a sentence with three exclamation points!!! ---
**Author:** ![Estilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Estilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Estilicon)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824/37 "2011-08-18T20:42:26Z")
We should open a new thread about Atlanta Nights. It’s epic. One chapter is a verbatim copy of another. One random paragraph: “Steven was tired the next day, because he and Margaret had made love more than one time. First in the living room, then in the bedroom, then in the bathroom in the shower. Then he took her home, and they had held hands like little kids and kissed outside her door. He couldn’t remember any woman or boy as hot as she was. None ofthose teen-agers had ever been like this. He defiantly wanted to see her again”. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824/38 "2011-08-18T20:44:42Z")
Hahahahah. He wanted to see her again and he DIDN’T CARE WHAT ANYONE ELSE THOUGHT. Brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![Busy\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824/39 "2011-08-18T20:53:52Z")
I could brain JK Rowling with Harry Potter, coll. vol., from my kitchen window, where I an olympic hammer thrower. Lives round the corner from me in Edinburgh. Or at least she did - not heard of a sighting in a while. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824/40 "2011-08-18T21:24:54Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Exactly. > > Here’s the **[Atlanta Nights](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Nights)** story, which is an entertaining read. > > Here’s [Atlanta Nights](http://web.cs.du.edu/~aburt/StingManuscript.pdf) itself (pdf). Remember PublishAmerica was willing to publish it. > > Signed > Travis Tea I’m pissing myself laughing at this. Much obliged! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-fifty-bucks-someone-will-throw-your-book-at-j-k-rowling/592824.md?page=3)