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catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk
Fri May 10 11:13:17 UTC 2002
--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "davewitley" <dfrankiswork at n...> wrote:
> Martin Hooper wrote:
> > http://msn.thisislondon.co.uk/dynamic/news/top_story.html?
> in_review_id=579852
> >
> > Article on the new book...
>
> It sounds as if Bloomsbury have made another pronouncement, then.
> Their website has also changed slightly, to wording similar to that
> of their spokesman in the article:
>
> "When will the fifth book be published?
> JK Rowling is happily writing Harry Potter and the Order of the
> Phoenix and we anticipate that we will be publishing later this
year."
>
> (from their FAQ, General Queries:
> http://www.bloomsburymagazine.com/harrypotter/muggles/faq/faq.asp?
> pageNo=15
>
> or go to
> http://www.bloomsburymagazine.com/harrypotter/muggles_index.html
>
> and click on F.A.Q. then General Queries)
>
> Until recently it something like: "In an ideal world we would
> announce a date in early autumn 2002, but we have to wait and see"
>
> This feels like a further delay, but just possibly slightly
increased
> confidence that it really will be out this year.
>
> David
I'm still unsure why some of the major bookstores in the UK are
advertising the new book if they haven't been given official
information on a release date, or at least month. In response to my
last post on the subject, Kathryn said that a sales assistant in her
local Waterstones said that having the pre-order forms out
was "daft." This is the response I got last week, but it seems that
in the meantime (ie, a couple of days ago) this story has changed,
and they are being advised by Head Office to say July.
I honestly think that they're all playing with us. I'm hoping that
they know exactly when it is going to be out, but have decided to
have a short a time as possible between announcement and actual
release date. Why, I don't know, but the information currently
flying around just doesn't make sense.
Catherine, who is living in hope
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