Awsomeness... It would be even more awesome if she'd do a tour of Australia too...

I hate when people type in 1st? so I'm not going to do it because I have tooooo much class (sticks tongue out)!

Lol, but Deafly you did type 1st? So does that mean you hate yourself for doing it, or that since you did type it, you dont have class or what?? =P

WOAH! This is kool :)

sweet!!!! awww i wish i could go!!

i feel both happy and frustrated. HP fans exist all over the world. But JKR seems definitely to get a preference for US fans. I know i must sound jealous and stupid. Well maybe i am. But most of all i'm sad. JKR should realise that the book sells too in spain, italy, china, japan, france, australia, etc. Well... i suppose there's nothing we can do against USA supremacy. But it is frustrating and so not HP. I mean, in the books we can feel she does not make difference between people coming from different countries. I suppose people are different between what they write and what they do. And again: i'm not angry, i'm really, really sad.

hmm. no good if you dont live in the us...

Posted by fathermackenzie 2 minutes ago i feel both happy and frustrated. HP fans exist all over the world. But JKR seems definitely to get a preference for US fans. I know i must sound jealous and stupid. Well maybe i am. But most of all i'm sad. JKR should realise that the book sells too in spain, italy, china, japan, france, australia, etc. Well... i suppose there's nothing we can do against USA supremacy. But it is frustrating and so not HP. I mean, in the books we can feel she does not make difference between people coming from different countries. I suppose people are different between what they write and what they do. And again: i'm not angry, i'm really, really sad. I agree, also, Im bored www.myspace.com/roads2run ways and we can chat about HP! all the time!!!

What about Canada? It's not that far from New York! All she has to do is take a plane to Toronto one day and do a reading there!

Awww ... well done american. Why doesnt she tour UK? LOL well I live in Edinburgh so I see her quite alot.

Yay i live in America; i can't wait (Top 10)

I will be so jealous of this if I don't win tickets to the UK reading.

oops not top ten sorry 11, i know i cant count. Others have made a fair point, why the US, why not Canada or the UK. Anyway the closest t me is New York City, which is i don't know over 500 miles away.

Oh my god, that is sooo cool!! the fact that she can finaly awnser EVERY question... she never has to say "I can't awnser that" again! Yeah! :-D

I WANNA GO!!!!! "Schoolchildren" ? Is that from a specific school, or open to any school-aged child, or what. (And, why doesn't she come to Philadelphia- my parents will never take me to NYC.....)

too bad I don't live in the US. sounds amazing though. good luck to the americans here with the sweeptakes

OK i've gotta admit if i lived in toronto or sumwer like that i would feel pretty peeved that jkr was going to NY but not taking a day out to go to canada but then other canadians would want her to go to their own home town. What i'm tryin to say is where would she stop? Should she go to spain? france? japan? greece? et cetera et cetera. She's only one woman and can't be everywhere. And as for ppl sayin that she should do a book tour in the UK well she does plenty of television interviews around england so why not go to them and see her? i mean we here in the uk have the best deal because she is from here so if you live in edinburgh then you can even just see her at the local supermarket, who else gets to do that? Also i think america deserve to see her again being as its been 7 years since the last tour and many ppl who like HP now didnt realy know too much about her bak then, i mean i was only 11 then so i just cared about the book, not the author! I do apologise for such a long message.

COME TO CANADA JO, PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!

YAY!!! I am so going to the one in New Orleans, if I can. You know how hard it would be to get in?!

You guys are so lucky. I swear you get everything in the US. JK, come to Australia, we love you too!!

Wouldn't it be better if you could buy tickets not just have the odd chance that you might be able to go... there are other fans that arent schoolchildren either lol. She should come to New Zealand... gooood that would be coool

Australia ? We wish.

nooooooooooooooooooooo! :( She's gonna be here in LA and I won't even be able to see her. that sucks sooo much! :(

!!!OMG!!! I go to school in New Orleans! I guess they probably aren't selecting college students though, but maybe I'll run into her on Burbon Street!

I have to say that all this sucks a bit. It feels like Us and Uk are the only two countries that count. What about the rest of the world?! Why not have any competitions and fun things in the rest of Europe?

Why does NOTHING ever happen in Ohio ?

Why only New York for all fans? She should come to Florida to do a dual appearance with Mary Grandpre and also to promote the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios not to mention its much nicer here than N.Y.

I would give everything to go. Oh I hope I'll be able to!!!

This is great news for US HP fans, but Jo, can you come to Australia?! Pleeeeease... :) *makes Unbreakable Vow with JKR (while Mrs Weasley isn't watching)* Haha now you have to come!

YES!!!!!!

Schoolchildren? I'll be in LA late summer and I won't even be able to see her? :(

I wish they could tape this, so all of us could see and hear all the questions and answers.

NOOOOO! Lucky people who live near those places!

YESSSSS! but wait. what does "schoolchildren" mean? oh no! high schoolers better count!!!!!!!!

it sucks totally. wats this? givin preference only 2 te US? i feel terrible JKR... y cant u cum 2 oter contries also? IT PURELY SUCKS

WooooHooooo! I am 30 minutes from New Orleans, which by the way was my old stomping ground in my yesteryear. I yelled when I read New Orleans! We are so well known for our corrupt politicians that we usually get skipped for cool things. Anyway, now I have kids and will be entering them into the contest by what ever means possible. My 8 and 6 year olds are so engrossed in the books that if I do not read a chapter a night they feel I have slighted them in a big way. Sorry, to all those who do not live in the area. I know what a let down it is.

For all of you who are saying, "Why only americans?" You have to understand we're thinking, "Why only New Yorkers?" The United States is pretty large, and if you live in certain areas of the country, events like this tend to miss you. It's frustrating, because everything seems to happen in the Northeastern and Southwestern parts. If you live anywhere else, it'll cost as much as travelling to another country, almost, to get to New York or L.A. or any of those other places where things always happen. Unless you have a lot of money to spend, it's not worth it. It would be so nice if something Harry Potter-ish came to Florida (even MuggleCast/Mugglenet), although I shouldn't complain because we have Mary Grandpre...

LASKDFJSLDKJFSIERU ok I must plan to go see her :]]]]] this is amazing!

Shadowkitten! I understand what you mean, but atleast your "market" get's a chance. We can't even enter a competiton if we wanted to..

Well of course JKR can't be everywhere. But still, you can't deny she (or whoever decides where she goes) is focused on english-speaking countries. and i'm not one of those who say they won't buy book7 or stuff like that. I'm still a hp fan and i still admire sincerely JKR and i still love her characters and the things she created in the books. but it's the same every time there's a new hp book, the foreign editors keep saying "we're in negotiations to make JKR coming" but it never happens. and honestly i feel really sad about that. even if she came in my country, i may won't be able to get at the reading or whatever, but at least that would prove that JKR gives importance to countries that are not english-speaking. I feel forgotten, see?

I agree, shadowkitten. I was soooo excited when I saw JKR was to come to the US- only to find she'd be in LA, NYC, and New Orleans. It seriously isn't worth it to drive anywhere cos of gas prices (I live in Illinois, and we have some of the highest gas prices in the US), and flying gets expensive. Nothing EVER happens in the Midwest, but we have gotten a few stops by Ben and Emerson with the MN book. *shurgs* I think the only thing worse than not having JKR come to your country is to have her in your country (doing four events, mind you!) and not being able to go to ANY of them.

OMFG!!!! But... I'm not going to win the sweepstakes... so... I'll just give up my hope now. ='( Maybe some years from now she'll come back to more than four select cities!

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! I really wannna win but I don't wanna get my hopes up cause i prob wont. wait do u have to win a sweepstakes to go to the l.a one? or can u just go there? cause im only like 6 hours away lol 1 1/2 on the plane so maybe my parents would let me go.

People in other countires, that is horribly sad and all, but really, she'd have to either a) learn to speak about 57 different languages or b) get a translater, who could never say things juussttt the same way JKR does. Plus, she's got three young kids and a husband. She's given her life for 10 or more years to HP and HP fans, so, now that she's done writing, she may want to spend some time with her family. I do realize that still really really stinks for you guys... I'm sure MN will have videos up from all four stops asap, though. Hopefully, since so few people can go!

NNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO!! !!!! come to chicago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

OMG PLEASE LET IT BE A "WHOEVER TRIES THE HARDEST GETS THE TICKETS" CONTEST AND NOT A "LUCK" CONTEST. THAT'LL GIVE US ALL MORE OF A CHANCE TO WIN.... *THINKS* I. .. MUST.... GO!!!!

Well JKR wouldn't have to learn how to speak so many different lanugages or get a translater, where I live in Scandinavia english is a second lanuage to everyone! I know where and why her priorities lie but I just think it's a bit sad that we don't get a chance aleast. They could have a reading or something with five winners from loads of different countries or something?!

That's so great. I could go to the one in NO it's not too far away but...would but that Chance would smile upon me.

The only thing that makes me angry is non "school aged" children have to enter a contest to even have a prayer of a chance of seeing her! Well... I'm in college. Does that make me "school age?" *shrugs* I look young for my age... maybe I can pose? JK HAS FANS OF ALL AGES WHO LOVE HER BOOKS!!!