July 31 2007

[festuco]

No: HPFGUIDX 146488

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "antoshachekhonte"
<antoshachekhonte at y...> wrote:

> Antosha:

> Not to get all pragmatic or anything, but I promise you, the book will
> either come out around US Memorial Day or US Labor Day, since those
> are the kick-offs for the two largest book-buying seasons, not just in
> the US, but in the UK and most of the rest of the northern hemisphere.

And when would those dates be?

> Publishers don't tend to launch books mid-summer, because people will
> already have done their summer-reading purchasing, and aren't yet
> buying for school and the holidays. HBP was an unusually LATE launch.

And illustrates that JKR does not have to worry about petty things
like people already having purchased ther summer reading. Do you
honestly think anybody will keep from buying the last book because
they already have bought a few books?

Gerry