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Newspapers Employ Speed-Readers To Review Potter Book

Reuters   |  Mike Collett-White   |   July 22, 2007 08:22 AM

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Spare a thought for the reviewers of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."

The seventh and final book in the boy-wizard series was released at one minute past midnight, British time, on Saturday, and in the age of instant reaction and online blogs, newspapers wanted an opinion in time for editions the same morning.

The British version is 608 pages long, meaning critics were forced to race through the pages to meet their deadlines, as newspapers received no advance review copies.

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