[HPforGrownups] Preordered copy of book 6

[Chancie]

No: HPFGUIDX 130786


>
> Hey, someone I work with, said that the place where he preordered his
book  
> from, says he'll get it 2 weeks early because that store will get their
books 2 
>  weeks before the 16th. I of course don't believe him because he wouldn't 
> tell me  what store it was. Has anyone else heard of anything like this.
I always 
> thought  the stores didn't even get the potter books until at least 2
days 
> before they go  on sale. Just wanted to see if anyone else has heard.
>  Hey, isn't it cool that the books have had more than half a million  
> preordered.
>  
>

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Chancie:

Well, I hate to be rude, but your co-worker is a big fat liar!  NO ONE
is allowed to release the book prior to July 16 at 12:01am.  Even if
the stores get the book early, they would be at risk of not being allowed
to carry the books at all anymore, and NO store is going to pass that up.
Besides, JKR was granted an injunction because of the 2 people who
stole a copy, an tried to sell it to a news paper. It basically says that:

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<sniped from TLC's website, link to follow> anyone who obtains a 
copy of HBP before July 16 begins is obligated to turn it over to JKR 
or Bloomsbury, and is also barred from disclosing any contents of the 
book, including the story, plot, characters or dedication. In other words, 
one cannot summarize the plot and try to get around the order in that 
way; technically, someone who's read the book cannot even say whether 
Harry Potter has a line of dialogue in the book. 

http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/

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So you might want to tell this person that when his copy is delivered, 
"early", that he might not want to accept it, since I hear those
international
shipping fees can be some what expensive.  TLC also has a copy of the 
injunction that you can view and even take a copy to work with you and
then see what he has to say. 

Chancie~who wishes it actually was possible to get HBP early, because
she' rather impatient!