Book 5 release date/UK end of term?

[davewitley]

quin peel us wrote:

> The rumor was from someone who works in publishing whose company 
was 
> told to "reserve all of April and May."  So, uh, what does that 
mean 
> exactly?

It seems like that refers to the actual printing of the books - 
presumably printing promotional material will be later (it will 
usually include the date, no?).  The books then need distributing 
(IIRC Amazon had GOF sitting in a vault for a while before Jul 8 
2000) - I don't know how long that takes.

I do wonder if 'end of term' is the beginnings of a weasel-word 
strategy for missing 8 July: (Summer) term ends, as Dai said, round 
about the 20th July, so I can see a press release forming along the 
lines of 'In order to avoid causing a distractipon during the busy 
examination period at school, Bloomsbury have responsibly decided to 
defer release until the beginning of the school holidays...'  Most 
major exams are in fact over by July 8, but so what?  And Scholastic 
would just have to come bumping along after if the real reasons are 
logistical delays.

David, wondering if JKR is about to discover a gaping plot hole in 
Chapter 4.