Prince Harry's Memoir: A World Publishing Phenomenon

[MrsMaxDeWinter]

There will likely be several bashing threads on Harry's memoir before it is published, but I am interested in discussing with anyone who is interested in the very interesting marketing choices of the publishers and their approach.

English language editions of SPARE will be published on 10 January 2023 in EIGHT territories: the US, the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India, South Africa and Canada.

The book will also be published in translation in 15 additional languages:

SPANISH Plaza & Janés/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
GERMAN Penguin Verlag/Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe GmbH, PORTUGUESE BRAZIL Objetiva/Grupo Companhia das Letras
PORTUGUESE PORTUGAL Objectiva/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, SIMPLIFIED CHINESE Penguin Random House China
DANISH Politikens Forlag
DUTCH Hollands Diep, an imprint of Overamstel
FINNISH Otava Publishing Company Ltd
FRENCH Éditions Fayard
GREEK Pedio Books
HUNGARIAN Corvina Kiadó
ITALIAN Mondadori,
POLISH Wydawnictwo Marginesy,
ROMANIAN Nemira Publishing House,
SWEDISH Albert Bonniers Förlag.

This is absolutely sensational as it means it will be simultaneously published in 23 territories on the same day.

There are not many books where simultaneous release occurs in different markets. From this, I would say that the book will more than earn its advance, just from the foreign sales alone.

They also chose a banger of a title as it puts focus on the troubling notion of the Spare in a system based on primogeniture, and one that imbues both intrinsic and extrinsic value based on a person's birth order.

Imagine growing up knowing that no matter how loved you may be, your constitutional role is ultimately to be the spare to the heir.

Can't wait to read it!

We should stick to the facts. Harry was not able to go to university presumably because his A level grades were not very high. I believe he did not do as well as his brother. That does not mean he is not responsible for his own actions however. 50% of the UK does not obtain reasonable GCSE grades even but that does not mean they are controlled by a spouse. Okay looked it up (and it probably proves that the myth that Eton equals high grades is untrue - they can only work with what they have even with some of the best teaching in the UK) "Prince Harry left Eton College with two A level passes - a B in Art and a D in Geography".

I don't even mind about proof but what even makes you think he is ND or has learning disabilities @Croque? I'm baffled.

Being not very bright does not equate to being ND necessarily. Honestly, I am just staggered. The world has gone mad.

Exactly

The biggest threat to these two is not dislike or criticism - it’s apathy and boredom. And I’m almost there - sick of hearing about the pod casts and better up. Bored of their award shows. So yes - they need the crown, need their reality show, need the book where haz can spill about being royal. Because they have nothing else of substance

He comes across as stupid because he talks about things he knows little about and he has little experience of the real world - probably more so now than he had . He’s not very bright but probably average intelligence. his mother suggested he was dim sadly and it’s stuck

@milti Poor you. Almost sick of hearing about them. And yet here you are 28 pages later still engaging and slagging off H at every opportunity in the most offensive ways possible. Don’t you get tired and bored saying the same thing over and over? Don’t you realise you’re just screaming into a void?

No not really but thanks for asking

@milti

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Milti, I think you need to be crowned the queen of one liners. 😀 So many brilliant ripostes 👏👏

@themessygarden Yeah, you go ahead and cheerlead for the poster that had to be reported for posting pictures mocking H and insinuating he had a learning disability. If someone had done that on social media or a forum about your child or family member, you’d be screaming bloody murder. You may not like him but there are lines you just don’t cross. If that’s the company you like to keep, says more about you.

I haven’t said anything about a LD

Attagirl 💀😆

I said he is probably of average intelligence

Yeah, you go ahead and cheerlead for the poster that had to be reported for posting pictures mocking H and insinuating he had a learning disability.

If you are talking about this thread, that was croque not milti, so you may now untwist your knickers.

I've been critical of some of Harry's actions but not being particularly academic does not mean you are ND or have a learning disability or are actually "thick" at all. That was a throwaway word Diana (who I don't think was thick or dim either) used about herself and Harry, not an in depth psychological assessment.

I have occasionally wondered if Gordonstoun would have been a better fit for Harry's undoubted strengths. He might also have been able to develop more easily away from comparisons with William which I think inevitably happens with siblings at the same school (even if that school is Bash Street Comp)

@hoooops Nope it was definitely milti at the start of this thread. I could give you exact exact dates and times but I can’t be arsed on account of my knickers being twisted.

@milti it wasn’t what you said. It was the shitty picture you posted insinuating he had a learning disability.

The one that said Henry - stories from the village idiot ? What does that have to do with LD?

That’s your own twisted interpretation mrs chocowatty

This is why I gave up with any threads involving Harry and Meghan. It comes down to 2 entrenched camps throwing accusations and insults at each other and any real discussion is impossible.

And yet here you are

Just popping in to say you won’t be saying anything - weird logic - do you pop in the library to say you won’t be borrowing any books ? 😂

Or rock up at the vets perhaps and tell them you have no pets 😂

or the docs to tell them you’re super healthy and don’t need to see them 😃

un be leeee vable

Their award shows 😅😅😅 so true - they are so self congratulatory 🤴 good way of putting it. I guess I'd you keep receiving "awards" someone will start believing it