[HPforGrownups] Re: Book 5 title (was Today Show)

[Neil Ward]

No: HPFGUIDX 4372

Amanda wrote:

>Susan McGee wrote:
>
>>>> THANK YOU for posting this.
>>>>
>>>> JKR does NOT say that the next title will be HP and the Order of the
>>>> Phoenix...She says that she's choosing between two titles and that is
>>>> ONE of them!
>
>Yeah, I heard her mention this on Rosie. I do think she's going with the
>"definitely" pose now for a reason. She's tossed us our bone to chew; now
>while we growl amongst ourselves and worry it, she can proceed without
>having to be asked at least one recurring question. She can change it later
>if she wants.

Those who were in this group before the release of GoF will remember that we
were sending each other secret messages about the fact that Book 4 would be
called "Harry Potter and the Chalice of Flame".  Someone in the group had
got hold of a proof copy of the book with that title on it.  However, when
the book came out, it was called, tah-DAH!: "...Goblet of Fire" and we all
sat around tutting and looking foolish.  Certainly, in the UK, Bloomsbury
went to extraordinary lengths to keep the title of Book a secret. I've never
seen anything like it.  They milked the publicity angle completely dry, to
the extent that when the book finally hit the stands I was past caring what
it was called.

If the book ends up being called "...Order of the Phoenix", I'll eat my
sorting hat (please don't save this message and hold me to that - it's just
a figure of speech).

Neil

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