Personal vs Technology

Kalo belum beli buku terbarunya dan minat dispoilerin, bisa baca-baca dulu ringkasan Deathly Hallows di Wikipedia-nya Satu hal yang pasti dibanding sebuah spoileran adalah RON GAK MATI! Padahal artikel spoileran ini ampe masuk Techcrunch lho.

Kalo saya perhatiin pas hari perdana peluncurannya di Jakarta, sepertinya animo masyarakat ga serame yang dulu-dulu lho. Padahal ada promo macem2, misalnya diskon 10% untuk preorder dan diskon khusus 20% untuk pengguna kartu kredit HSBC [ini pas promo di Plaza Indonesia EX]. Oh ya, harga bukunya sendiri IDR 325,000.

Di sisi lain, di US sendiri buku ini meraih rekor penjualan. Menurut artikel Wiki tadi:

Retailers such as Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and Borders reported that more orders had been placed for this book than for any other in history, and American publisher Scholastic announced an unprecedented initial print run of 12 million copies.

Scholastic reported that 8.3 million copies were sold in the U.S. on the book’s first day of sales, breaking the record of 6.9 million held by the sixth book. Borders reported that its 1,200 stores worldwide sold 1.2 million copies on the book’s first day of sales, the highest single-day sales of any title in Borders history. In comparison, Borders sold 850,000 copies of the sixth book on its first day.

Wondering, ada apakah gerangan? Overstock? Padahal harusnya buku terakhir ini highly anticipated. Taun kemaren buku ke-6nya ampe keabisan dan kebetulan buku ke-7 ini diluncurkan barengan masa tayang seri ke-5 di bioskop. Saya sih nunggu dia aja nyelesein baca bukunya