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[pippin_999]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "joanne0012" <Joanne0012 at a...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Katze <jdumas at k...> wrote:
> >  Are the considering the option to publish next
> > year, since the movie will continue to generate sales of the 
old books?
> > I'm at a crossroads here. I *do* think there is a responsibility 
to the
> > fans regardless of what Rowling and the Publishers think. 
> 
> I feel the same way.  Alternating between feeling cranky (on my 
own behalf) and 
> worried that something's gone wrong with JKR.  
>

Don't know what the rules are in the UK, but in the US a publicly 
traded corporation which unrealistically inflates stockholder 
expectations in its  reports can get into trouble with the Securities 
and Exchange Commission. So companies tend not to make 
product announcements in their annual reports 
unless they are reasonably sure that the product is going to be 
ready as predicted. It sounds to me like they're *not* sitting on 
the manuscript.

I don't really understand the "obligation to the fans" thing. The 
only thing I've paid for is the merchandise I've already received. I 
don't feel like any one owes me anything in exchange for 
whatever contributions I've made to the hype and the hoopla. As 
long as I continue to enjoy the books I have, I'll continue to read 
and discuss them, and if they fall apart, as my GoF shows signs 
of doing, I'll happily buy  some more.

Pippin
"No singer chooses silence." --Ursula LeGuin, The Farthest 
Shore