[SciFiWire] Potter VII Rules Are Strict

[Cassie Hughes]

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/news_thumbnails/harrypotterandthedeathlyhallows_cover_tn.jpg The U.S. publisher of the new Harry Potter novel has strict rules for libraries handling the book this summer, including limiting the number of employees who handle the book before its July 21 release date, the Associated Press reported.

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[N4H]

The contract says failure to keep Deathly Hallows under wraps until July 21 could get libraries scratched from future embargoed titles.

The publisher has an inflated view of his own importance. This is the last book in the series. After this one, who really cares what they do?

[prydain]

I know this book is like...popular and all, and I like Harry Potter a lot, but geez they're treating it like it's something more than a piece of fiction. Completely ridiculous.