text:  J.K. Rowling had a terrible time finding anybody to publish Harry Potter. And one reason was that people thought they wouldn't be able to identify with those kids because, you know, who goes to wizard school? And then when books were coming out in the U.S., people thought, oh, and even she thought maybe it wouldn't sell that well in the U.S. because it's very influenced by British boarding school idea. But long haul, people like to read about things that are