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Subject: Re: J.K. Rowling Challenges Airport Security Posted on: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:41:21 -0400

zorba wrote:
> I agree. Most writers these days use digital media. Why on earth
> she'd lug a big manuscript around when she could have made multiple
> copies is beyond me.


It is quite possible that the story is written on a computer, but that
she prints a copy to bring to her editor for reading/approval. And until
she gets paid, she probably doesn't want to hand out the electronic copy
that can easily be distributed without her knowledge.