Scholastic tracks down Deathly Hallows leak
The US book publisher has issued a statement this morning which reveals where a leak of Deathly Hallows occurred:We are taking immediate legal action against DeepDiscount.com and Levy Home Entertainment. The number of copies shipped is around one one-hundredth of one percent of the total U.S. copies to go on sale at 12:01 am on July 21st.
Read the full press release at the link below!
PRESS RELEASE:
Scholastic has recently learned that some individuals have received copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows through the mail , beginning on Tuesday, July 17th, as a result of a breach of the on-sale agreement by the distributor, Levy Home Entertainment, and shipments made by DeepDiscount.com, a customer of that distributor. We are taking immediate legal action against DeepDiscount.com and Levy Home Entertainment. The number of copies shipped is around one one-hundredth of one percent of the total U.S. copies to go on sale at 12:01 am on July 21st.
We are also making a direct appeal to the Harry Potter fans who bought their books from DeepDiscount.com and may receive copies early requesting that they keep the packages hidden until midnight on July 21st.
Scholastic is especially grateful to the other retailers and distributors for their careful attention to keeping the books secure until the release time and for planning thousands of spectacular midnight parties where fans will celebrate together. And we ask everyone, especially the media, to preserve the fun and excitement for fans everywhere.
The fans themselves have made it abundantly clear that they are looking forward to going to the midnight parties, receiving their very own copy of the book and finally getting to read the book they have so anxiously awaited.
Scholastic has recently learned that some individuals have received copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows through the mail , beginning on Tuesday, July 17th, as a result of a breach of the on-sale agreement by the distributor, Levy Home Entertainment, and shipments made by DeepDiscount.com, a customer of that distributor. We are taking immediate legal action against DeepDiscount.com and Levy Home Entertainment. The number of copies shipped is around one one-hundredth of one percent of the total U.S. copies to go on sale at 12:01 am on July 21st.
We are also making a direct appeal to the Harry Potter fans who bought their books from DeepDiscount.com and may receive copies early requesting that they keep the packages hidden until midnight on July 21st.
Scholastic is especially grateful to the other retailers and distributors for their careful attention to keeping the books secure until the release time and for planning thousands of spectacular midnight parties where fans will celebrate together. And we ask everyone, especially the media, to preserve the fun and excitement for fans everywhere.
The fans themselves have made it abundantly clear that they are looking forward to going to the midnight parties, receiving their very own copy of the book and finally getting to read the book they have so anxiously awaited.
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My friend just called me to say he got an early copy from deepdiscount.com. He told me that the company called and said if he waited to read it until Saturday they would give him $50 and a t-shirt. Thankfully my friend is taking the deal and not reading the book until July 21!...................... Not really sure how they could prove if they really read it or not and thats not fair, they get the book early and 50 bucks. Whatever.
medwards: just putting it out there for the whiney brats who are human and need to treat their curiousity.
HEY GUYS, JUST PRETEND EVERYTHING YOU'VE READ IS FAN FICTION AND LET IT GO. AMAZING THEORIES: Let's face it, some of the guesses, theories we have heard may turn out to be true anyway. So, I can't be amazed, because I've heard it before--right? I just enjoyed the theorizing while it happened. I'll enjoy the book when I read it.
I applaude medwards for your last 3 posts. potzyfayce: just because YOU want to be spoiled doesn't mean everyone else does.
Shame on DeepDiscount.com and Levy Home Entertainment!
DanielRadcliffeIsSEXY: i don't want to join your club because you sent out spoilers earlier and now I want nothing to do with you because you are just like jerkyhole,
sirius_lee, I would consider spazzing at a person something like sending a message all in caps lock (the button is right by your pinky in case you were unaware) and using an inordinate amount of exclamation points. Secondly, as I and almost 10 other people have stated, what Jerky has posted IS NOT TRUE. The only thing that has been actually POSTED as a spoiler are the chapter names and the epilogue. The rest of their spoilers contradict the epilogue. If you're so upset over this, stop coming online and go do what little boys do and use the page where Harry and Ginny kiss to clean up after yourself.
theres no way the epilogue is true either.
dont join DanielradcliffeisSEXY's fanclub. she spoiled. we all thought she was cool but she isnt. she should be banned from cheesecake.(btw, can i join the cheesecakians,sirius_lee)
CheeseLover: again. i enjoy flaming people who complain about the spoilers, then go to the website and complain on how they could post such things when its their own fault for clicking anyways.
Yikes! Skalors has issues.
Tonks1975: I'm not really sure how deepdiscount.com intends to find out if they've read it or not. I think they just don't want people leaking it out, and obviously then they'll find out. It is not the most well thought out plan, but I'm pretty sure it's all they could come up with under such a short time to cover themselves.
Here's a way to get some confirmation about whether the "leaked" version is in fact true. A reviewer from the Baltimore Sun (a legitimate newspaper in Baltimore, Maryland, United States) got a real copy in advance and wrote a review (you can read it at www.baltimoresun.com ). While the review only speaks to general themes of the book, it states the following: "[The theme of motherly love] is repeated over and over in Deathly Hallows. It's examined not only in Harry's relationship with his mother, but in Luna Lovegood's bond with her father, and even the nasty Draco Malfoy's connection with his malevolent mother, Narcissa. So strong is that bond that it can redeem even the most seemingly evil characters." Can someone who has read the "leaked" version (I have not) compare it with the review in the Baltimore Sun (which is seemingly based on a real copy) to provide evidence as to whether the "leak" is in fact real?
This is soooooooooooooo exciting. Cant wait.....I think that the people reading the book early wont have the same experiences than us though. They are spoiling it for themselves!!!!!!!
I hate to say it ,and I would NEVER post a spoiler,but if you don't want to hear them it is way safer to not go to theh comment section.
Skalors: JUST GO AWAY AND LEAVE THE REAL HARRY POTTER FANS ALONE YOU PATHETIC LOSER!................Che eseLover: thnks xD....................... ............MundungusF: I agree. She's a hypocrite because she had said that she doesn't like spoilers. Ooh, I want to join the cheesecakeians too!
rock on, medward.
can some1 pleaze tell me if the spoilers at Zendurl.com/hallows/ r really cause they r the only 1s that i read and i need to no if they r real or not !!!!!!!
Plim: I HAVE READ THE LEAKED "CARPET VERSION" AND AM 100% SURE IT IS TRUE. THE THEEMS YOU MENTION OCURE THROUGH THE WHOLE BOOK, BUT I AM NOT GOING TO REVELA ANYMORE. ALSO I HAVE READ MANY SPOILERS, AND WHILE THERE IS SOME TRUTH IN MOST OF THEM, I HAVE YET READ ONE THAT IS 100% TRUE. ENJOY
Tonks1975: are you absolutely sure that the epilogue, and thus, the leak is fake?
I'm not going to get to read the book in peace. I have a blood test at 11 AM on Sat, and then at 5-9 I have to read it in the car sitting in the middle of the backseat, because my family is going on vacation. It really is annoying. Someone can tell me I'm a jerk, or that I'm right to be a little upset. BUt I just had to tell a fellow HP fan. As for these spoilers, I don't really believe any of them....and if some of them are true it might be by coincidence. All that matters is right now choosing not to believe them.
Thank you medward! In your face Skalors!
I just called deepdiscount.com's customer service line to complain. I suggest other people do to so that they understand how big of a deal this is. The number is 1-800-264-5076. I hope they loose everything in the lawsuit.
Since my name involves cheese, can I be a cheesecakian? MundungusF: I agree that she spoiled us and that is wrong, but don't you think that since she only did one spoiler post that she can redeem herself? Okay, 'nother song for all you kiddies out there. This time I was just being bored and found a Harry Potter version of "Your Horoscope for Today" by Weird Al.
Plim: They said that the book wasn't being released to critics yet, so that is just another discrepancy that they are dealing with-I wouldn't be surprised if scholastic was just putting out all kinds of crazy hype-it sure seems that way..(Not that it's needed whatsoever). Then again, from what they have confirmed, the photographed copies from the book-were not legit. {Not saying they were not based on validity-but they have said it was not the complete manuscript of DH} There was also no idiomatic vernacular in what I read of it, which is really prevalent in ALL the other books (British and USA versions...both adapted themselves to local diction,etc.) this one was really cut and dry and choppy from what I read....Hagrid also spoke w/out his own patois way of speech as well...{again i only read some of it} Grammatically, there were some common usage problems b/t American standard form and the UK standard--the "book" was all in bad American for the most part from what i've read/learned..etc. Anyone who is college educated {old enough to be so} read the leaked text?? What do you think about this if so?
Potter Pals are amazing! "I like the part where he stops moving!"
Hey, My dad once told me something like: "If you're not sure if its a double turning lane, its always best to assume its not" He was talking about driving of course, but it sort of works here: "If you're not sure if its the real Harry Potter, its always best to assume its not (or hell, you could just avoid it altogether!)" I definetely support Jo! I swear, those of us who are true fans, and stay away from all of the spoilers should refer to ourselves as Dumbledore's Army. Or better yet, JKR'S ARMY! :D just my opinion:P I unfortunately, woke up this morning to about 20 people commenting on my facebook wall, and it was FULL OF SPOILERS, so, I deleted them all but I unluckily, saw one... HELP!!! THIS IS OUT OF CONTROL!!
Guys, I've started a new club, similar to the ChEeSeCaKeIaNs. It's called: Dan's Followers! Now, we all love Dan. And we all think Harry will live, Voldy dies, etc. Now, if you want to join, you must HUM HEDWIG'S THEME! Let's hum Hedwig's Theme! *starts humming Hedwig's Theme* I COMMAND YOU GUYS TO HUM! IMPERIO! *commands all Dan's Followers/Mugglenetters to hum Hedwig's Theme* MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! !!!!! HUM YOU FOOLS, HUM! HUM!!!!!!!!!! H-U-M!!!! Guys, I've started a new club, similar to the ChEeSeCaKeIaNs. It's called: Dan's Followers! Now, we all love Dan. And we all think Harry will live, Voldy dies, etc. Now, if you want to join, you must HUM HEDWIG'S THEME! Let's hum Hedwig's Theme! *starts humming Hedwig's Theme* I COMMAND YOU GUYS TO HUM! IMPERIO! *commands all Dan's Followers/Mugglenetters to hum Hedwig's Theme* MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! !!!!! HUM YOU FOOLS, HUM! HUM!!!!!!!!!! H-U-M!!!!
*hums* *hums some more* *hum Hum hum* *in an act of rebellion, begins to hum double trouble instead
CheeseLover: she sent out spoilers and lied to us all! shes a hypocrite and a liar and those are two of the things I hate most in a person! I'm not trying to start a fight with you but I don't think anyone should join her stupid Dan club...rupert and cheesecakes are better anyway...its like she's trying to bring down the cheesecakeians or something! >:[
its so sad that firstly, any company would sell it early to make a couple bucks and secondly that there is any person on this earth who is so greedy that they cant wait until it comes out. isnt it part of the joy of the whole super-human, huge phenomenon of the book to know that every single harry potter fan, young or old, is (if they have to) taking the day off of work and cancelling all other plans s othat they can sit at home and read the final chapter of this series? i think its pretty awesome that everyone i know will be doing that. i seriously feel like crying just for the fact that this has happened. i was on another website reading about harry potter fonts and as i was reading through it, i read one persons comment about some occurances in the book. i am absolutely devastated that i read that. the suspence is waht makes it so cool. i even came here to ensure the release date was the same for all english-speaking countries... and i was so happy and realized it was all fake and the element of surprise hadnt been ruined... and then i read this. to anyone who bought the book, i really think you are the most selfish people ever. and the fact that you would write about it on the internet to ruin it for TRUE harry potter fans is despicable. i hate you all.
i just dropped a glass in my room. it broke. when i picked it up a grla shard got my leg. now it is bleeding like mad evn tho it oly got a tiny bit of my skin. my real life story of the day....
Yes they are fake. JO said on here site this morning to ignore the MISINFORMATION on the net. and the epilogue came out before the leaks. So ya Pretty sure.
I AM SO ABSURDLY DISGUSTED!!! THE VERY THOUGHT OF SOMEONE LEAKING THE BOOK LIKE THAT, ESP. TO THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER...it is truly sad. I'm just speechless, and all those people who are trying to ruining it for others are just as LOATHESOME! I am going to be soooo mad if someone comes to the midnight party and ruins the book for everyone else. Honestly, just STOP!!!
Ha Ha! "It seems young Harry and Ron r taking an afternoon nap."
Ok.....I am unsure as to how I was just insulted seeing as it sounded like the same thing medward and sirius_lee say to everyone else. However, you guys are lucky that I do care about how you feel towards this book or I promise you that I would have TRULY spoiled this book for you. I don't blame Jerkyhole for doing what he did. You folks are truly obsessed in an UNHEALTHY way. Ketchup, are you just reacting because Sirius_lee unloaded on yours?
Draco_fan: most of the spoilers out there aren't true-so what you read could have been based on at least THREE fake manuscripts/epilogues out there...so there is a good chance what you read has no validity whatsoever! Cheer up!! By now, everyone in the book has died....ha... :P {well everyone except trevor...} :P
This whole thing has become funny funny. It's like someone wrote: "Crookshanks eats Wormtail!", everyone else believes it and half of the people want to kill themselves because they read something no one forced them to read. Strangely enough, the last 3 books have always endured some kind of problem prior to the offical release, as if someone has the time and will to steal/hack/copy the book just to tell us the ending in an otherwise unknown website. If I were the one getting the book, I would make a video of it and put it in Youtube for example. I just think this is only propaganda for the book, nothing more. The publishers surely are happily watching how the expectation for the "spoiled Potter book" grows by the second, making them richer by the minute. As for the veracity of the spoilers, who cares! It's like going to the movies and watching the trailer for, say, Transformers, and then complaining that they ruined my experience of the movie, because I just saw Optimus Prime. I'll just enjoy my book now, and wait for the spoilers to show up, if they don't great, if they do well, it'll be the same Potter book right?
YAY 4 Pranka! Forgot the link on my last post, so here it is! It's a Harry Potter version of "Your Horoscope for Today" by Weird Al. http://www.youtube.com/wa tch?v=0Q-2ewGhL4I
Does everyone realize how EPIC this is? The Harry Potter series is coming to an end in our life time...this is HUGE! I think I'm going to cry, like right now...
That's horrible that they sent those out. I mean, it's going to be ruined early for these fans. It'd be neat if they shut the whole place down because they were in debt or something for that. I'm so happy Scholastic is sueing them. It suits them right as they made the biggest mistake in the history of mistakes.
We've only got 2 more days till book 7...OMG I'm gonna cry!!
New parody! *to the tune of American Pie* Bye, bye, Mr. Voldemort guy, you deserve to be murdered and only spoilers know why, and I'm no spoiler, I just am the sort of guy who read it then feels guilty for life.....I feel like I'm guilty for life......
DanielRadcliffeIsSEXY: just stop. you spoiled the book and lied to us. no one wants to join your club. I can't believe I ever thought you were cool..................... .Skalors: Whatever. You're just an idiot that trys to pick on people that you DONT EVEN KNOW because we like a book. Yea, we like it but it's not like we are re-naming ourselves after characters or whatever. it's a healthy obsession and you are just some sicko who has no life so she bothers people online instead. GO AWAY NOW!
Can someone please tell me that Ron isnt going to die????!!!! Is there other fans who are also torn up about this? I do think that if any of the trio dies it will posibly be him (own theory). I really hope not!! The ending will be sooo lonely without him...
danielradcliffeissexy, what r u guilty about? if its the spoilers i MMMIIIIIGHHTTTTTT 4 give u.
In other happy news-getting away from the worries...We adopted two new pups from Petfinder.com! An English bulldog named....DUDLEY and my new pug...POTTER! :P Check out their pics.. :P {NO SPOILERS I PROMISE!} http://s17.p hotobucket.com/albums/b66 /delicatepunkin/?action=v iew¤t=hehehehehduds .jpg http://s17.photob ucket.com/albums/b66/deli catepunkin/?action=view&c urrent=potter1.jpg tee hee, he's a little pudgy but that's ok! :P Dudley and Potter :) Aren't the cute! :P We have a pom named Tonksy Mae {Ok so we are from GA! ha}... :P http://s17.photobuc ket.com/albums/b66/delica tepunkin/?action=view&cur rent=hahahafancy.jpg yeah, she's adorable too...No worries y'all only 2 days!
some people are pure evil! Jerkyhole, please shut up about Jesus and try to respect other's religion!!!
I would consider forgiving DanielRadcliffeIsSEXY if they actually apologized for spoiling it and then saying that they didn't. All I want is an apology and an end to spoiling
its so annoying that people want to spoil the book. BOOOOOOO
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