Simultaneous Worldwide Publication?

[Doriane]

No: HPFGUIDX 85413

"hickengruendler" <hickengruendler at y...> wrote:

> Than you were really lucky. Here in Germany, it was printed in 
> the "Bild", a "newspaper", which you can compare to the Sun. They 
> got a few facts wrong (probably they wanted to post the spoilers as 
> soon as possible). For example they said, that Voldemort would die, 
> too, in a duel with Voldemort,

Er... Voldemort would die in a duel with Voldemort ? I'm confused ;-)

> which was obviously not quite true. 
> Nonetheless, I knew a few people who read it and were spoiled after 
> this, without wanting it. And they were angry.

Ah well, I guess here in France we're lucky because the media haven't 
really started to grasp the amplitude of the HP phenomenon, so they 
don't give it much coverage.

It could also be that they're very France-centered, and they don't 
care much about what rocks the English-speaking world, unless it has 
consequences for us in France.

And finally, I'd say that even if a newspaper did publish something 
about a new HP book, it wouldn't be on the front-page. Come ON, this 
is not *serious* news (no pun intended) ! Politics, economics, 
judiciary, all those are serious, but a kids' book ? No way.

I don't know if Olivier and Iris (and others) would agree with me, 
but that's the feeling I get about the media and HP in France : they 
just don't care.

Del