OOP date - Bloomsbury view

[davewitley]

>From Bloomsbury's FAQs:

http://www.bloomsburymagazine.com/harrypotter/

"When will the fifth book be published?
We are not going to set a publication date for the fifth book until 
the book has been finished. In a perfect world the date would be July 
2002, but we will wait until the book is written before making a 
decision. We will let you know more information as soon as we can."

That sounds like July at the earliest, without totally ruling out an 
earlier date.  Note no mention of *when* in July.

The reason I bother to mention it is that, in the past, the 
Bloomsbury site has been conspicuously silent about the date of book 
5.  Putting it in their FAQs sounds like a slight increase in 
confidence about the date - can you imagine any *more* frequently 
asked question?.  As it is, most of us would have understood 'perfect 
world' (in the sense they mean) to equate to 8 July 2001.

David

OK, OK, there's Hermione's age, too.