Book 6 coming soon?

[Mandy]

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>CMC wrote:
> I remember a previous rumor to that effect when we were awaiting 
>OOP, and it turned out to be the publication of the paperbacke 
>edition of GoF - perhaps Sept. 8 is when OOP will be released in 
>soft cover?


Mandy Here:
Sorry for the previous empty post.
OotP will not be out in paperback right before the publication of 
Book 6.  That is common practice with publishers in the US.  Remember 
GoF was in hardcover for 3 years, until just before OotP came out 
last June.  

In the UK it is normal for a book to come out in paperback one year 
after the hardcover.  So OotP will be out in paperback in the UK this 
summer.

As the printing run of JKR books are so huge, it is normal that 
publishers and printers will get plenty of advance notice before the 
book is even ready.  The publishing schedules of all other books have 
to be rearranges around the publication of the Potter books because 
they are so huge. (The publications run I mean, not the actual size 
of the book.) I believe printers had to put all their other jobs on 
hold just to print enough copies of OotP.    JKR is still breaking 
records.   September does seem soon, but it is not outside the bound 
of realism for a book that could be available to us in the summer of 
2005.  Fingers crossed.

But this is sooooo off topic.

Mandy