Since it was revealed Galbraith is JK Rowling, first editions sell for £1,000

Bookseller who bought 250 signed copies of JK Rowling's crime novel before she was unmasked as author refuses to profit... even though they are selling for £1,000 EACH

• Goldsboro Books bought 250 signed copies of The Cuckoo's Calling
• After revelation, owner still sold all signed books for £16.99 cover price
• Some copies, signed by Rowling's pseudonym, re-sold for over £1,750
• The Cuckoo's Calling are topping bestseller lists across the globe
• Since it was revealed Galbraith is JK Rowling, first editions sell for £1,000

By Sara Malm
PUBLISHED:  22 July 2013 - The Mail

The owner of a London bookshop has become the hero of hundreds of JK Rowling fans after he snapped up signed copies of her first detective novel.

The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith is topping best-seller lists across the globe since it was revealed that Galbraith is a pseudonym for the Harry Potter author, and first editions sell for more than £1,000 each.
Shopkeeper David Headley bought 250 signed copies of the book before the reveal – but instead of making a fortune, he has sold them all at face value: £16.99.

Mystery unveiled: JK Rowling signed 250 first edition copies of The Cuckoo's Calling as 'Robert Galbraith'

 

The owner of Goldsboro Books, which specialises in signed first editions, ordered the copies signed by the author, before knowing anything about ‘his’ true identity.
Mr Headley had been tipped off about The Cuckoo’s Calling by a publishing friend and, upon being sent a manuscript copy, asked for signed copies of the book.

 

Although he was told the author’s name was a pseudonym, he had no clue that it was Rowling.
‘I did ask if the author really was a first timer as it seemed, well, too good,’ he told The Sunday Times.
‘He assured me the writer was a first time detective writer. This of course is factually correct.’

Out of stock: Since the revelation that JK Rowling is the author of Teh Cuckoo's Calling, Goldsboro Books has sold all the remaining copies - at the £16.99 cover price

Upsell: One of the signed copies from Goldsboro was sold on eBay for over £1,750 and unsigned copies go for around £1,000

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