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given a copy of The Casual Vacancy, which Rowling signed. I
already had a copy, which I’d read, but the staff wouldn’t
let me give Rowling my old, beat-up, dog-eared copy to sign
— apparently the new copies we were given had shiny anti-
piracy stickers on them, which I don’t fully understand, but
I guess they ensure that Rowling’s signature is genuine,
which is of course a good thing. (On balance I would have
preferred a copy of The Little White Horse, but none were on
offer.)
Rowling is a pro—she signed, I would guess, about one book
very five seconds, but she gave good eye contact, and she
managed to communicate a lot of warmth in that very brief
interaction. “It’s like communion,” Patchett ad-libbed,
and she was right. It was one of those debates where both
sides won. If Rowling/Patchett were running in 2012, and I
wish they were, they would have my vote.
Where did you catch the debate Tuesday night? Broadcast
television? Cable news channel? Public broadcast system?
Streaming online?
How about Xbox LIVE?
If you don’t have an Xbox 360 or didn’t watch the first
debate streaming on Xbox LIVE, where Microsoft and YouGov
have been hosting both the presidential and vice-presidential
debates, you may be surprised to learn that on Tuesday night,
over 100,000 Xbox LIVE members tuned in via their video game
consoles to watch President Obama and Governor Romney square
off.
(MORE: What Happened at the Second Presidential Debate)
And that’s not all these viewers did: Microsoft’s been up
to something unusual and arguably groundbreaking as each
debate airs — allowing viewers to interact through real-time
polling.
