Returning Harry?

Skimming through my newsreader I’ve been coming across numerous reports of people mistakenly being sold copies of the latest Harry Potter book. In this story refers to one child returning the copy he was accidentally sold on Monday. Should we feel bad that amazon delivered ours earlier today and that we’ve already been indulging?

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5 comments

  1. Rob VG-R
    July 15, 2005 at 6:55 pm

    Yes, but only because I with I were you.

  2. Laurence
    July 16, 2005 at 1:56 pm

    I’ve heard there were kids who got thier books early accidentally, and a coart order was taken out to stop them reading it early. This might just be a scare story – but still, there’s so much HYPE around!

  3. Karl
    July 16, 2005 at 11:19 pm

    Don’t feel bad, James. Enjoy! We just got our copy from amazon today. Can’t wait to dig in–after I finish Gilead.

    Laurence, looks like the story you heard is true. According to globeandmail.com, “Over the weekend, a B.C. Supreme Court judge granted [Canadian-edition publisher] Raincoast a temporary injunction to prevent ‘anyone who has directly or indirectly received a copy’ of the book from “copying or disclosing,” selling or ‘exhibiting in public’ the contents of the novel.”

  4. Trevorh
    July 18, 2005 at 2:01 pm

    I heard that the early release thing is partly marketing!?

    There was one commentator that predicted accidental early releases for publicity.

  5. James
    July 18, 2005 at 2:08 pm

    I’ve been wondering if that might be the case (marketing). It certainly kicked up a fair bit of publicity.

    We’re enjoying it so far 🙂