Book 6 coming soon?

[antoshachekhonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 97764

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "scoutmom21113" <navarro198 at h...> wrote:
> SiriusBlack4Eternity wrote:
> > Ok...now a friend pointed me to the following site.  You can read 
> > the article and if you want to see more, you can find 
> > it at the following site:
> > 
> > http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?
> 
> Bookworm:
> The above link didn't work when I tried it, but I found the article 
> through this link:
> http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?
> aff_id=0&this_cat=Books&action=page&type_id=&cat_id=270442&obj_id=414
> 63
> 
> > SCOOP: Inside word on the next HARRY POTTER book? 
> > Could Harry's next book be out by the end of September? 
> > Dateline: Wednesday, May 5, 2004 
> > By: PATRICK SAURIOL 
> 
> <snip> According to the scooper, a notice was sent to all book 
> publishers that print J.K. Rowling's HARRY POTTER novels stating 
> that "they needed to be prepared to print copies of the next HP book 
> by no later than September 8, 2004." 
> 
> Bookworm:
> Ah, the fun of conflicting rumors. I also saw this article 
> (http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_942773.html?
> menu=news.celebrities) that reports:
> 
> "JK Rowling says she's too busy to write an episode of Dr Who for 
> the BBC. <snip> But she told them she was too busy writing the sixth 
> Harry Potter novel, which is scheduled for publication next summer."
> 
> Neither the Scholastic nor Bloomsbury sites have any announcement 
> posted. Maybe next summer's solstice?
> 
> Ravenclaw Bookworm

Antosha:
Very interesting.

Knowing a little about the business of books, I can tell you that, if we don't start hearing a 
lot of concrete rumors soon, the book won't come out this fall. It'll take a massive 
coordination of resources to get the millions of copies of book six printed on two 
continents, not to mention distributed, not to mention marketed (though I wouldn't think 
they'd have to do a whole lot of advertising). There'll be book six games and action figures 
to design and get on the shelves by no later than October 1, if they're to be sold by 
December 25....

I'm still crossing my fingers for a Fall 2004 publication, but the odds seem better for 
Spring 2005, in time for the summer reading season. That's leave the next fall clear for the 
GoF film.

At least, here's hoping. ;-)