Wheeee!! Uruguay has now joined the ranks of civilized countries. A local bookstore is bringing in some copies of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, to be sold right on July 16th, together with the rest of the world.

They're bringing in the UK paperback edition, apparently, which is weird, since I don't see it at amazon.co.uk. It costs about $ 150 Uruguayan (that would be about $ 6 US) more than it would cost me to get the hardcover from the US, but I won't have to wait, and I actually prefer pb to hc, so... need I say that I've already reserved my copy?