Harry Potter primed for product placement

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J.K. Rowling says the next Harry Potter book, due out in July, will be the last in the blockbuster series. The books have already racked up something like $500 trillion in worldwide sales, not all of which can be attributed to the author’s friends and relatives. One imagines J.K. going out by cashing in as much as possible with a product placement version of Deathly Hallows. An excerpt from which might read something like this:

Chapter 2: Harry Meets His Roommates in Ft.

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