N.Y. Store Accidentally Sells New Harry Potter Book Before Saturday Release

AP ^ | Jul 13, 2005 | AP

[Constitution Day]

Fourteen books were accidentally sold Thursday at a grocery store in Canada, but a judge ordered the customers not to talk about the book, copy it, sell it or even read it before its official release.

Were they even allowed to look at it on the shelf?

GOOD GRIEF, people.
It's a book. Let's get some perspective.

[hflynn]

Some people will do anything to get their name on the AP wire.

[goldstategop]

Oops... considerate boy and his mother. There'll be a hoopla over the new volume... considering a seventh remains left to be written.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[G Larry]

Imagine:
You buy the book.
Judge "orders" you not to read it or discuss it until Saturday.

Your reaction:
Judge, your order is not lawful or enforcable, get over it.
It is NOT illegal for me to READ this book NOW!!!!!!!!
Your saying otherwise does NOT make it so!!!!!!!!!

[AppyPappy]

This is an actual case of censorship but the Potter geeks all support it.

[keysguy]

Let me check my worry list this week,
1. terrorism
2. rat/spin
3. making a living





1,987. A harry potter book being sold early.

[excalibur1701]

>> Judge "orders" you not to read it or discuss it until
>> Saturday.

It's nice to see our legal system taking care of such "VITAL" issues.

[Constitution Day]

It's apparently Canada's legal system, since the books were sold there.

[toddlintown]

Oh-my-God! Obviously the end of the world as we know it.

Look...I have a hard time finishing a book in 3 months that runs 400 pages and I'm suppossed to believe that kids are REALLY reading 600-700 page Harry Potter books?

Suburban mother cult alert.

[Big Giant Head]

Fourteen books were accidentally sold Thursday at a grocery store in Canada, but a judge ordered the customers not to talk about the book, copy it, sell it or even read it before its official release

Canada's legal system. It'll work, too. They're sheep up there.

[TomGuy]

A similar pre-release sale happened 'accidentally' to a previous HP release.

This seems suspiciously habitual, and it does make for free PR news.

[hflynn]

1,987. A harry potter book being sold early.

I guess I have more to worry about. It came out 89,432 on my list. :)

[OESY]

Accidentally, on purpose.


Create the controversy and watch the dollars flow in.

[DefiantZERO]

Why do we bother? Why do we bother? Dear God, why do we bother?

[Constitution Day]

"Suburban mother cult alert"...LOL!

I know what you mean, but I have a young cousin who is totally obsessed with these books.
She does read them, and I think anything that gets kids reading is probably a good thing.

I don't understand the attraction of Harry Potter, but oh well.

[AbeKrieger]

When I am king of the world, I will declare that if you don't want "pre-release" accidents to happen, DON'T SHIP THE F'NG BOOKS.

[szweig]

Who gives a f&@*??!?

[Smittie]

Oh brother, judges have nothing better to do than worry about whether some third rate pulp kiddie book gets sold early?

The thing that surprises me is how many adults actually read the thing and actually dress up like the characters to go to parties & such.

They should be glad the children got an early start reading the thing after all anything to get a kid to read is good, right?

[alice_in_bubbaland]

"or even read it before its official release"

LOL! They need to get a grip!