"Beedle the Bard" came to the Big Apple Wednesday (December 3) -- J.K. Rowling's U.S. editor Arthur A. Levine put his personal, original, handwritten and illustrated-by-the-author copy on display at the New York Public Library, a day before the mass-production version hits stores. The unveiling, Levine told MTV News, was "dramatic" and not without plenty of security measures.

"That's my personal copy," he said. "There's a protective case and a guard standing next to it. But the library has many extremely valuable books and pieces of art, so they're experienced at these things. But I have to trust in the loyalty of the fans and the security of the New York Public Library [that it doesn't get stolen or defaced]." Read more...