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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Thanks so much for the tip,tlester464! :)
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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! !!!!!
wow, thanks jerkyhole. thanks for being considerate of us fans who said a million times that we DONT want to be spoiled.
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!
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.
Whoever showed me to those spoilers (I won't pust the url) ...are they true?
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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. :(
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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?
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 >.
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.
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!!!!
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.
Jerkyhole, go kill yourself. it would make the world a much better place without effers like you.
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.
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.
You just joined? N00blet.
***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!***
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..
Bellatrix kills jerkyhole, Neville kills jerkyhole again, Voldy kills jerkyhole once more, jerkyhole dies two more times, HARRY KILLS JERKYHOLE! Haha take that.
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
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..
I'm pretty sure Tonks kills jerkyhole too.
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
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!!!!
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.
im glad they're taking legal action, its about time yay!
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!!!!!!!!!
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.
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..
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.
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
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!
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.
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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!!
oh crap :T
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 :@
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
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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!
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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. :)
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
Amen, DumbledoresArmy707. STFU JERKYHOLE!!!!
i'm really happy the only thing I read was the chapter titles, especially if some of what's out there is real
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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