Crown's usual advance offer of US $ 1500 was immediately shot down, but six months later they sealed the deal for several thousand. The competition was far too slow on the draw-they only began pursuing a contract with Rowling's publisher a year after the ink had dried on Crown's contract.
皇冠最初先依慣例以 1,500 美元出價不成，談判半年後以數千美元成交，也遲至簽約一年之後，才有其他台灣出版社詢價。