…it just become one of my favorite short stories. Together with “The Star” from A.C. Clarke… Just read it and feel it… the best used 10 minutes this week.
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This could be the final post on HP from my side as it pretty much clears everything up.
…and it’s D day…
No much activity like in the previous years. In a few hours we’ll find out if the leak was real or was a PR thing only.
…still 90 minutes to go…
The book summary is in the press. One example here (in Romanian). It appears there will be something like a late launch in Sibiu also (tomorrow at Dacia Traiana bookstore, with 2 clowns).
…3 hours until the big moment…
In Sibiu there is no official launching party so there is only one way to participate to the “global” one: the internet. But it’s quiet after the book leaked 2 days ago… For the latest 2 books the activity was much higher but now it’s… quiet. Either the content is already know or the fans are older…
The launch for the latest Harry Potter book is scheduled for midnight, July 21st but… Antena3 (in Romanian), reports there was at least one case where a few books were distributed one week before the official launch date. And the today result is that the book is already on the internet, as photos (taken with a digital camera, hard to read but possible if you are a fan) and some pdf files.
More details can be found on the nytimes.com website (original news for antena3 article, also).
For the previous 2 books there was a small delay between the official launch and the book being available on the Internet (under one day). The latest one seems to be already available so it will be interesting to see what will happen on 21st, if the atmosphere will be the same as previously…