Why now?

[slithy_toves19]

No: HPFGUIDX 111062

Snow said:
> It is most certainly up to JKR's "publishers" to actually release the golden 
> egg. Look at it from a publisher's point of view; in the time between 
> her books, book sales go up immensely. If the publishers are in control of 
> the sale of the book they would wait until sales start to slack off before 
> hitting the public again with what is an enormous and immediate profit for 
> them. 
> 
> Why would a woman whose utmost priority are her children, and then her book,
> involve herself in a web site that contains enough information to fill a 
> book itself
 unless she is attempting graciously to compromise for the lack
> of book 6's release because her publishers have not given permission for 
> releasing it.


Slithy_toves19 replies:

I've had some contact with the publishing world, and I have to say 
that I just don't see this happening.  It's very true that agents 
and publishers will time the release of books.  But for the most 
part, it is simply to stop flooding the market.  Many popular 
authors release one book a year.  More literary authors often will 
wait two years between releases.  Most of this has to do with the 
writing/editing process than publishing timing.  Timing will just 
dictate what week/month a book will be released ("summer reading" 
books come out in the spring release, a lot of big names and 
literary authors release in the big fall release, some come out 
right before Christmas, etc).  

If anything, I bet the three year wait made the publishers a bit 
nervous - people are fickle, and three years is a long time to 
wait.  The wait between GoF and OotP was a long one, publishing 
wise.  HP mania really peaked around the release of OotP, because of 
the movie release and surrounding hype.  I'm sure the publishers 
would rather get this next book out sooner rather than later to take 
advantage of that before it slows down.  

Sharon