Audio: Voice of 'Harry Potter' greets e-mailed customers

  July 12, 2005 at 8:31 PM ET
  Cheeser     HPANA (via Borders)
  harry potter and the half-blood prince, harry potter audiobook, jim dale, borders

Customers of Borders Books & Music who reserved an in-store copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince were greeted today by Jim Dale when they checked their e-mail.

Check out the audio message here (1.4MB WAV file, 32 seconds)

"Your book will be available at the stroke of midnight as Friday turns into Saturday, July 16," quips Dale. "All reserved copies must be claimed before the close of business on Sunday, July the 17th."

In semi-related news, Borders Group's CEO will be delivering copies of the book to patients at the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital in New York, who are unable to attend a bookstore event due to illness.