Scholastic tracks down Deathly Hallows leak
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.
Posted by Andrew on Jul 18th | 916 Comments
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Posted by rooon Jul 18th 2007

Thanks so much for the tip,tlester464! :)


Posted by jerkyhole Jul 18th 2007

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Posted by DanielRadcliffeIsSEXY Jul 18th 2007

Hello, people. To take your mind off of spoilers, let's hum Hedwig's Theme! *starts humming Hedwig's Theme* I COMMAND YOU GUYS TO HUM! IMPERIUS! *commands all Mugglenetters to hum Hedwig's Theme* MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! !!!!!


Posted by younoob Jul 18th 2007

wow, thanks jerkyhole. thanks for being considerate of us fans who said a million times that we DONT want to be spoiled.


Posted by RyAn2006 Jul 18th 2007

So does this mean the internet copy is real?! that sucks! Has anyone worked out what number of books were delivered as i dont know figures of sales for america! I hope scholastic sues the life out of these idiots!


Posted by Jaeliyah Jul 18th 2007

Scholastic is just trying to show off. The leak that I saw was a library book. You could tell because it had plastic taped over the cover.


Posted by Mrs_Spartz Jul 18th 2007

Whoever showed me to those spoilers (I won't pust the url) ...are they true?


Posted by thephoenix29 Jul 18th 2007

DanielRadcliffeIsSEXY, the spell is Imperio


Posted by velvetsun Jul 18th 2007

Well, i have to say while i'm not completely surprised by the leak(s)...i am incredibly disappointed. I have been mostly staying offline to avoid spoilers. But i have been venturing on to a few HP sites to basically try and connect with other fans waiting for the release. I have heard about the scanned copies, the 'hacked' copy & the now infamous Last Chaptor, but had managed to avoid actually SEEING anything from them. until a few minutes ago. I managed to scroll past the comment after reading the first sentence, thankfully. I just have one thing to say about this..... If someone WANTS to be spoiled...by all means, go to the links that have been provided. But WHY would someone feel the need to post these spoilers here, out of pure spite and malice towards the fans? I understand the arguement 'well, if you want to be completely sure you'll be spoiler free...stay off the internet.'. But I guess i was hoping my luck would hold out for another couple of days. I guess i know have to bunker down and turn the computer off until after this weekend. :(


Posted by jerkyhole Jul 18th 2007

BELLATRIX KILLS RON, NEVILLE KILLS BELLATRIX, VOLDY KILLS SNAPE, PERCY AND LUPIN DIE, HARRY KILLS VOLDEMORT! MUAHAHAHAHB AHAHAHHUHSSHAHSAHSAHSAUZH SUHHAHAHAHA!


Posted by harrypotteristheshizzle Jul 18th 2007

Hey guys :) Ive just joined! Can I just say that the people posting the spoilers should stop! I'm on this page to see opinions on the book not the freekingplotline! So far Ive managhed to avoidn all spoilers but 2!! But I've seen others on youtube which im not sure are true...its a list of all the people that are supposed to die...are they true?


Posted by StarryEyedGirl Jul 18th 2007

yes, my sister's friend from work read the harry potter book last night b/c one of the people who got ahold of a book took pictures of every single page. he ripped it off through bit torrent....i know the last two sentences b/c my friend told me (what an IDIOT) and i got so mad. but anyway...the book really is out there and ... yeah....i'm just gonna wait >.


Posted by inomoreabouthpthnu Jul 18th 2007

hey, jerkyhole? why dont you go suck on your mother's dic.k...better yet? why dont you go fling yourself off the roof of your house.


Posted by DanielRadcliffeIsSEXY Jul 18th 2007

Hello, people. To take your mind off of spoilers, let's hum Hedwig's Theme! *starts humming Hedwig's Theme* I COMMAND YOU GUYS TO HUM! IMPERIO! *commands all Mugglenetters to hum Hedwig's Theme* MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! !!!!! HUM YOU FOOLS, HUM! HUM!!!!!!!!!! H-U-M!!!!


Posted by suze Jul 18th 2007

I did read some of the comments on the internet but it still won't take the real pleasure away of reading the true book. Unfortunately, there are people out there who live to ruin other people's happiness. I will read the book, love it and put it carefully away, only to go back and read it again. I am rereading all of the books.


Posted by medwards Jul 18th 2007

Jerkyhole, go kill yourself. it would make the world a much better place without effers like you.


Posted by Tonks1975 Jul 18th 2007

Harry Potter takes jerkyhole and and throws him off a cliff. I know this for a fact. And last I heard tonks was waiting for him down at the bottom to finish him off. wait that wasn't a story, that is what all of us here on mugglenet hope happens to him. my bad.


Posted by cal526 Jul 18th 2007

Kudos to Scholastic for taking action! For now, I am sticking to JK's word, because she said there would only be about 2 characters who die...At least I think that's what she said, I don't quite remember. So, right now, if it doesn't come from either JK Rowling or Scholastic, I'm not believing one word of it.


Posted by Ayoub Jul 18th 2007

You just joined? N00blet.


Posted by DumbledoresArmy707 Jul 18th 2007

***ALL CHEESECAKIANS! WE ARE GOING TO FIND JERKYHOLE AND SHOVE ALL THE HARRY POTTER BOOKS UP HIS NOSE AND WATCH HIM SUFFER SO HE WILL SHUT UP!***


Posted by rob15 Jul 18th 2007

SUZE: you do that, you find that pleasure...and you grab it....and you use it...yes, yes, reread the books weary one, and when that pleasure comes, use it to the almightyness it has..


Posted by CheeseLover Jul 18th 2007

Bellatrix kills jerkyhole, Neville kills jerkyhole again, Voldy kills jerkyhole once more, jerkyhole dies two more times, HARRY KILLS JERKYHOLE! Haha take that.


Posted by harrypotteristheshizzle Jul 18th 2007

Oki, well if it came from Jk herself then I'm just goin to try and throw what I saw out of my mind! I can't beleive though that people are posting unwarningly on places like YouTube and MySpace...there wasn't even a spoiler heading I can't beleive this! And yeah :) I just joined. I've read each book like a million times but :) hehe. Lets change the subject away form potential spoilers! What's everyones fave book:) Mines is Order of the Pheonix


Posted by thephoenix29 Jul 18th 2007

it's hard for me to take the "spoilers" here in in the comments seriously, because I know what i believe is going to happen and the ONLY person who can convince me otherwise Jo, and since she isn't about to tell me, i'll just keep believing my theories until friday night..


Posted by Tonks1975 Jul 18th 2007

I'm pretty sure Tonks kills jerkyhole too.


Posted by potter_plays_hockey Jul 18th 2007

this is soooo wrong!! why can't some people just wait like the rest of us??? aol news had a posting about the possible leak... they actually put it up so you could view it!! why is everyone giving the wrong people the tools to ruin the story for us all!?! i might as well lock myself in my bedroom and not come out until the book is released, otherwise i'm sure to run across a spoiler... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr


Posted by DanielRadcliffeIsSEXY Jul 18th 2007

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!!!!


Posted by inomoreabouthpthnu Jul 18th 2007

hey, no n00blet calling around here..the only person we are allowed to be mean to, darn, is JERKYHOLE..but then again..hes getting attention..and thats just what he wants, isnt it??...so how about we just ignore him,,maybe he'll st.fu sooner than later.


Posted by MissMalfoy Jul 18th 2007

im glad they're taking legal action, its about time yay!


Posted by sirius_lee Jul 18th 2007

JERKYHOLE DROWNS IN CHEESECAKE AND THEN HE TRIES TO EAT IT BUT BELLATRIX KILS HIM AND THEN THE CHEESECAKIANS KILL HIM EVEN BETTER AND THEN THE CHEESEKANINS CELEBRATE WITH... CHEESECAKE!!!!!!!!!


Posted by polkadots56 Jul 18th 2007

I HATE SPOILERS!! PLEASE PEOPLE, I AM BEGGING YOU!! I JUST READ SOMETHING THAT I HOPE IS NOT TRUE. ahhhh I was just scrolling down and the caps caught my eye... omg omg. I am like crying right now... I have tried to protect myself and peole are soooooo STUPID! ahhh. oh my gosh oh my gosh i really... ahhhrhhg.


Posted by snapeswench Jul 18th 2007

Guys, they started receiving them yesterday---those pics of the "book" were posted online for days before they received the book-- everything is ok!! HBP had the same thing happen 2 years ago, but it was actually the pre-orders that just got there early....( I can't remember which company..) Those pics that were posted of the "book" were posted before last weekend... I doubt whether the book got there that early-Scholastic already announced that there were "fake books" going around on the internet. I'm sure that we are ok..


Posted by Therinian Jul 18th 2007

I was able to see one photo that was posted with an article from a reputable magazine, and the book does look real enough. Without giving too much away (if you haven't read the article), the pic is of two pages--and one page contains the list of HP books available. The other, well, I won't say. Still, it looks authentic--and I can't wait to compare it to the real thing when I get it.


Posted by rob15 Jul 18th 2007

Jerkyfag-hole is running, yes running, but very slowly, he hasn't taken his nap yet. Harry takes off his glasses and his lenses turn out to be razorsharp cheesecake and he takes a bite, it is so good, he takes another bite, he can't resist, but jerkyfag-hole is closing in, though slowly, so he chunks the cheeserazors at him and he dies, and harry laughs, and laughs


Posted by DumbledoresArmy707 Jul 18th 2007

when dumbledore says that death is not the worst thing can somebody tell me what the worst possible thing in the world is? Because whatever it is I AM GOING TO DO IT ON JERKYHOLE FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE!!!!!!!!!!! oh and go Cheesecake!


Posted by wishfuiiy Jul 18th 2007

Okay. I realize some people's fun of waiting it out was ruined by a few that decided to spoil. But a lot of the people went LOOKING for the spoilers. I know I did kind've want to know what happened. However, I still want to say that I'll know for sure on Friday/Saturday if what I saw was true. If not, it was brilliantly done.


Posted by inomoreabouthpthnu Jul 18th 2007

BWAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA..jerk yasshole just dieded...i hope you burn in the flames of hell, asshole


Posted by CheeseLover Jul 18th 2007

Okay DanielRadcliffeIsSEXY, I'm humming. I think someone should take legal action against jerkyhole.


Posted by harrypotteristheshizzle Jul 18th 2007

Oki, can I just ask...is what the jerkyness of jerkyhole is saying true? And is anyone else looking forward to Bill and Fleur's wedding :) I haven't read anything on that not happening anymore, and actually if sum1 knows it doesnt, can u not say :) And when I read those spoliers eariler on I was in shock and near tears that it was ruined :O I'm still sticking by there not true...anyone could make them up!!


Posted by eyeheartlupin Jul 18th 2007

oh crap :T


Posted by Winky_911 Jul 18th 2007

I hate how people are ruining these last days for us, I mean we've waited so long and then people think that we want the ending wreked :@


Posted by rob15 Jul 18th 2007

the worst thing...alas, is wedgies...oh the pain, though i have not felt it before, but the look of it just destroys your cheesecakeyness...oh the pain


Posted by jerkyhole Jul 18th 2007

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Posted by luckyz21 Jul 18th 2007

SPOILER ALERT???? I just hope there is nothing on wikipedia....or maybe there was....earlier...oh crap! Someone had posted that molly Weasly kills belatrix!


Posted by rooon Jul 18th 2007

EFF YOU JERRKYHOLE!fukkkkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1


Posted by ImSophieM Jul 18th 2007

Okay I am about to stay off all HP related sites until Saturday, but here are my two cents. I stumbled across a couple of supposed leaks before 17th July, meaning that even though the real book is almost definitely online, there are also a LOT OF FAKES. If you do not want anything you have read confirmed I suggest you wait a couple more days until HP is in your hands. :)


Posted by inomoreabouthpthnu Jul 18th 2007

youf.ucking girl...i hope you get yuor **** ripped out by a toothbrush, i hope you have your eyeballs plucked out by a bird, i hope your d.ick gets grated by a cheese grater, i hope your intestines and other organs are sucked out through your ass..obviously you have no heart or brains so we dont have to worry about those


Posted by CheeseLover Jul 18th 2007

Amen, DumbledoresArmy707. STFU JERKYHOLE!!!!


Posted by hahaha Jul 18th 2007

i'm really happy the only thing I read was the chapter titles, especially if some of what's out there is real


Posted by Tonks1975 Jul 18th 2007

snapeswench Thank you. Even if they were real it is good to hear the words of reason. I think we are all just so geared up right now and on the edge of our seats and on edge that we get carried away. They probably are not! And even if they are there is no way to know until we read the books so for now just look at them as someones Delusional theory's. And inomoreabouthpthnu your right we are giving to much attention to jerkyhole which is just what he wants. but Oh if words were swords and could get thought the internet =) hee hee (smiles at the thought) after all they are just his DELUSIONAL theory's. So lets just ignore him and I'm sure he will go away. It will be time for his nap soon anyways.






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