Publishing Dates for HP

[Elbereth]

No: HPFGUIDX 25243

Cindy wrote:

>Since someone raised this . . . 
>
>What the heck could be taking so long?  My CoS says it was published 
>in 1999; PoA says 1999; GoF was summer 2000.  I figured there would 
>be a minor delay in OoF so that they don't flood the market with the 
>movie and OoF in November -- but July 2002?  Why is OoF, which is 
>supposed to be shorter than GoF, taking twice as long?

Hmmm ... well, originally they were *planning* to release the movie & book5
at the same time!  And according to my hardcovers (RainCoast, quoting
original UK publishing dates), the sequence runs more like this:

Philosopher's Stone - 1997
Chamber of Secrets - 1998
Prisoner of Azkaban - 1999
Goblet of Fire - 2000

We've got the movie fro 2001.

JKR has been distracted with Many Things this year -- the movie, the books
for charity, her other charitable work, the interviews and book signing
tours, all the admittedly good stuff which nevertheless Isn't Writing.  And
she has said she won't rush Order of the Phoenix (or whatever it ends up
being called!) for the sake of an artificially set deadline.

So really, for my couple of knuts, I'm willing to let the lady have as long
as she needs to produce a book that keeps the story going properly.  She's
at the helm, and I trust her storytelling instincts.  ;-]

BlueEyedTigress