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 GlobalGirlK Jul 18th 2007

Okay, I know I'm going to get fussed at for this but... I did read the spoilers and for me it took the edge off the wait. The best part for me are the details and that's something that I didn't find out. Although, I applaud those who are more disciplined that I at waiting. Yay for you!! :) I couldn't wait but it's okay b/c I'm going to have a blast at the book release party and no I'm not going to be a BUTT and ruin it for everyone.


Posted by medwards Jul 18th 2007

I would kill for some cheesecake right now.


Posted by Skalors Jul 18th 2007

Ok everyone who thinks that Jerkyhole has ruined the story for you, he hasn't. For those of you who have not looked at the spoilers (I WILL NOT SPOIL ANYTHING HERE, JUST REASSURE YOU) you have no way of knowing whether what is being said is true. I have looked at everything out there, not to ruin the book for me (I don't really care who lives or dies) but to find out if they were real. This is what I know. The scans of the epilogue and the chapter outlines, I believe, are real. What Jerkyhole has been posting are fake chapter synopsis based on chapter names. This are all over the internet. I know they are fake because if people like Jerkyhole actually used a brain and would read the actual scanned images and not focus on this supposed outline, they would realize that the Epilogue COMPLETELY contradicts MOST of what the outline itself reports to be plot details. It doesn't even mention other factors discussed in the fake plot outline; therefore, I would take none of this to be fact and if you don't read the epilogue itself (I have perused it) I wouldn't pay any attention at all to what is being said. What Jerkyhole said is a created plotline from chapter titles. Some of the stuff may be correct, as likely as all of your theories out there are, but don't take anything he says to be truth. He may be telling you exactly what websites are telling him, but it becomes painfully obvious that the people who created the outline have not read the book at all. In fact, they haven't even read the scanned images of the epilogue they have posted.


Posted by youbeharrypotterandillbehermoine Jul 18th 2007

couldnt of said it better MIRDALA


Posted by sirius_lee Jul 18th 2007

MEDWARDS--- KILL JERKYHOLE THEN I'LL GET U SOME K?


Posted by PirateEmery Jul 18th 2007

TRUST ME! These deaths are lies. I found the deaths on a Harry Potter wiki, and it wasn't just so and so killed so and so. It was scans. Someone had scanned the portions of the pages where the death is confirmed. I read these passages and they all seem legit. Trust me on this one. There is a real list going around of the deaths, however, Jerkyhole's list is not it. Jerkyhole is just repeating a death list that I read several days ago. It's definitely an old debunked spoiler.


Posted by Tonks1975 Jul 18th 2007

Thank you PirateEmery!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!


Posted by MundungusF Jul 18th 2007

when u say ignore jerkyhole, ur paying attention to him, and for sum ppl when u say dont it means do so.... dont say "Ignore him all he wants is attention" this is not true, he just wants to annoy the crap outta all us hp fans, muslims, christians, jews, mexicans, G.W.B haters and anti-rapists. dont say dont ignore him, ignore him without posting telling evry1 2 ignore him, it makes it worse. thankyou.


Posted by menthys Jul 18th 2007

Come on people, don't lie, who wouldn't want to read the book earlier than anyone else? And yes, I downloaded the supposed leaked book, and yes I am around page 400, and NO I am not going to give away any spoilers, because that would be utterly petty and disrespectful and plainly SAVAGE to everyone who has ever loved these books. BUT, for those who keep asking and asking "is the darn thing REAL??", I will only say this: This is probably the biggest Riddle I have ever encountered... The supposedly leaked book is written with a style EXTREMELY similar to JKR's, with identical elements including: sentence strcuture, emotional buildups, word-order-effects, abrupt twists, nail-on-the-head characterization, and, of course, that very well known and beloved thrill that springs out from information revealed with excruciating sbutlety. If this is a fake, it is the work of a master. So, for those of you who have NOT seen the darn thing, i STRONGLY URGE YOU: KEEP YOUR PATIENCE UNTIL THE 21ST! And why is that? Because, when you fall to the temptation to read something that looks so much for the real thing, you fall for the magical temptation that it IS for real, exactly like you feel when you pick the genuine artickle and KNOW each page IS the r al thing, it's JKR, it's WHAT YOU WANT TO READ. The thing is, I don't know how I should be feeling. 90% of me says enjoy it its real. Yet, suppose I finish it, what then? I, and everyone else who has read it, will rush to the bookstore, and there are only two possibilities: ONE, the leaked thing was REAL. Thus, you have read the book you have been waiting for 10 years, before you eve turned page 1. You pick it up, your heart on your mouth and you say 'GOD ITS THE SAME!' and something is stolen from you. TWO: the leaked was a FAKE, so its a huge anticlimax, and perhaps soemthing that you have (albeit subconsciously) accepted as real, must be erased. Ok, that was for the real sensitive folks out there...


Posted by sirius_lee Jul 18th 2007

k lets start a whole new topic to discuss... any ideas?


Posted by medwards Jul 18th 2007

-kills jerkyhole- can I have mycheesecake now?


Posted by tlutz1211 Jul 18th 2007

Ugh, why do these idiots have to ruin our fun? Dumbledore's death was spoiled for me when HBP came out, and I am desperately trying to avoid any spoilers for DH.


Posted by MissMalfoy Jul 18th 2007

lets discuss....snape ? :)


Posted by Tonks1975 Jul 18th 2007

I was at a beach today too and I thought I saw a slug there. must have been jerkyhole.


Posted by PirateEmery Jul 18th 2007

Anyone seen Transformers yet?


Posted by Rainbow_Hearts Jul 18th 2007

I Refuse to look up anything that might give me any clues to spoilers. I'm going to wait until I get the book to find out any information. I can't wait to get the book only 2 Days 6 Hours 53 Minutes & 40 Seconds left until the book comes out and I can't wait.


Posted by wootnow Jul 18th 2007

LOL people are in such denial i personally cant wait till saturday to get the book so if your as impatiant as me just go to http://thepiratebay.org/t or/3745310/Harry_Potter_D eathly_Hallows_PDF there are pictures of every page like four hundred and something pictures each picture with two pages front to back its 100% the book im still buying the book and going to the midnight release but doesnt mean i should be tortured for 2 more days!!! glad somone was nice enought to take pictures : )


Posted by Mrsroonil_wazlib Jul 18th 2007

how about we discuss...cheese CHEESE FIESTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Posted by sirius_lee Jul 18th 2007

medwards-- here u go, u deserved it missmalfoy--- we cant disuss snape, it involves too many spoilers... lets talk about, WWE... or...CHEESECAKE!!!!!! yep, the perfect topic!!!!!!!!


Posted by inspector Jul 18th 2007

You are right. Do not waste your time with the beacher bastard since he will be silenced. Snape's loyalties is a good choice to discuss...


Posted by medwards Jul 18th 2007

wootnow: GO FXCKING DIE! IT'S NOT NICE THAT THEY RELEASED THE BOOK ONLINE! THEY BETRAYED JO AFTER SHE SPENT 10 YEARS OF HER LIFE TO THIS! THEY ARE THEIFS BECAUSE THEY STOLE SOMETHING! AND TWO FREAKING DAYS IS NOT LONG AT ALL SO JUST GO TO FXCKING HELL!


Posted by Pranka Jul 18th 2007

Snape, snape, serverus Snape DUMBLEDORE Snape, serverus snape RON RON RON WEASLEY DUMBLEDORE hermione, Hermione, hryptr hrptr Any1 seen the "Ticking Noise" Puppet Pals? It's funny! It;s stuck in my head, too. Harry Potter Harry Potter


Posted by GlobalGirlK Jul 18th 2007

Yummy! Turtle Cheesecake is the best! I'm going to name mine Food.


Posted by XHpfanforeverX Jul 18th 2007

i love carmel fudge cheesecake!!! (: yummy!! man now im craving chessecake!!!


Posted by PirateEmery Jul 18th 2007

@Pranka: Oh, it's a pipe bomb!


Posted by MissMalfoy Jul 18th 2007

My beloved Snape is good i am determined that he will redeem himself!!! anyway i have too go now! NOOOO just as we were going to discuss my fav character. oh well talk later....:) ciao!


Posted by sirius_lee Jul 18th 2007

Pranka--- i saw it 2!!!! U HUYS WE CANT DISCUSS SNAPE: 2 MANY SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!


Posted by Skalors Jul 18th 2007

medwards, you need mental help. It really is just a book. I doubt JK feels betrayed. Betrayal occurs when something happens you don't expect to. I am fairly positive JK understood that this could happen.


Posted by medwards Jul 18th 2007

Pranka: I LOVE THAT VIDEO! TEEN ANGST IS MY FAVORITE THOUGH! xD


Posted by Tonks1975 Jul 18th 2007

Snape is good. I do not know why I think that. I just don't want to believe he is bad.


Posted by Pranka Jul 18th 2007

Haha yeah. OK so no snape...how about...Dumbledore? He's dead. Or Frodo? He's irrelevant.


Posted by MundungusF Jul 18th 2007

SNAPE IS GOOD!SNAPE IS GOOD!SNAPE IS GOOD!SNAPE IS GOOD!SNAPE IS GOOD!SNAPE IS GOOD!SNAPE IS GOOD!SNAPE IS GOOD!SNAPE IS GOOD!SNAPE IS GOOD!SNAPE IS GOOD!SNAPE IS GOOD!SNAPE IS GOOD!SNAPE IS GOOD!SNAPE IS GOOD!SNAPE IS GOOD!SNAPE IS GOOD!SNAPE IS GOOD!SNAPE IS GOOD!SNAPE IS GOOD!SNAPE IS GOOD!SNAPE IS GOOD!SNAPE IS GOOD!SNAPE IS GOOD! JERKYHOLES BAD!JERKYHOLES BAD!JERKYHOLES BAD!JERKYHOLES BAD!JERKYHOLES BAD!JERKYHOLES BAD!JERKYHOLES BAD!JERKYHOLES BAD!JERKYHOLES BAD!JERKYHOLES BAD!JERKYHOLES BAD!JERKYHOLES BAD! ***SPOILERS***jerky hole killed DD, not snape. he used the polyjuice potion to impersonate him. snape was forced to take draught of the living death all year. what he didnt want to do is do the dare dd wanted him to do: dance the macarena in front of the whole great hall. he killed dd l8r he was so mad about it. jerkyhole then went senile and turned in2 the ****tard he is today. ***END OF SPOILERS***


Posted by PirateEmery Jul 18th 2007

@medwards: I myself am one for the classics. Bothering Snape will always have a beloved place in my heart.


Posted by medwards Jul 18th 2007

Skalors: Whatever. I'm just sick of people thinking what they did was right. because it's not. And honestly, I wasn't even talking to you so you should just go mind your own effing business. Don't respond to this, I don't have the patience for people like you today.


Posted by booboone Jul 18th 2007

Spoiler Link : http://www.flickr.co m/photos/10238200@N06/847 262006/


Posted by asm1210 Jul 18th 2007

everybody needs to chill. its JUST A BOOK. not life or death. lets remember that when we post to bash members who feel that its ok to spoil DH. JUST IGNORE IT.


Posted by sirius_lee Jul 18th 2007

SKALOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!! BAK OFF, WE ALL LIKE THE BOOK AND no ITS NOT JUST A BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!! ITS THE BEST BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!! (I GOT UR BAK MEDWARDS) SO TO GO SPAZZING AT MEDWARDS 4 EXPRESSING HER OPINION?- GO 2 HEL.L!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh and pranka, my fav potter puppet pals is bothering snape!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! BOTHER BOTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 YAY LETS DO THAT AGAIN!!!! HEY THATS WUT WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT!!! POTTER PUPPET PALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Posted by PirateEmery Jul 18th 2007

This is coming from good old reliable Pirate: DON'T FOLLOW BOOBOONE's LINK!


Posted by medwards Jul 18th 2007

sirius_lee: thank you. finally someone understands. xD and Bothering Snape is one of my favorite too! BOTHER BOTHER BOTHER!


Posted by inspector Jul 18th 2007

booboone, do u want to be end up like beacher bastard jerky?


Posted by sirius_lee Jul 18th 2007

medwards- LOL that one is so funny!!! naked time!!! anyways i cant stand bit.dhes that say its just a biik and we should not go over board with it!! thats just messed. i mean c'mon, its HARRY POTTER!!!!!!!!!!!


Posted by jkmonkey28 Jul 18th 2007

I came across the scans looking for fanfiction in torrents, I have found some of my favorite fanfics on there it was labeled as fanfiction but it was the actual scans from the real book, you can tell it is a library copy with the cellophane dust jacket and all. I wish people wouldn't post things as something they are not. I for one am the type of person who even if I know where my xmas presents are I don't want to open till xmas, the anticipation is half the fun. I don't want to read it before the release but I do have a voice nagging me to do it before someone ruins it for me. I know spoilers just give away major plot points and it is still worth reading for the details and style that we have all come to know and love but still to know ahead would make me feel horrible.


Posted by firstsong1 Jul 18th 2007

Some people are selling the books on eBay!


Posted by mandrakepower2 Jul 18th 2007

people have no decency for other people. We all knew that this would happen. It has happened before. Yes it was wrong for someone to scan copies of the book and post them on the internet. But guess what the internet is a free web source that anybody can add and edit. But the thing is.. if you read a supposed spoiler it may or may not be true. I think the spoilers will make it even more exciting to read the book because then you would want to read the entire book to find out what led that person to be killed in the first place.


Posted by cowen49 Jul 18th 2007

JERKY HOLE I JUST WANT U TO BE AWARE OF SOMETHING WHEN U LOG ON TO MUGGLENET THEY SEND A COOKIE TO UR TEMPORARY INTERNET FOLDER, AS WELL AS THIS THEY LOG UR I.P NUMBER UR I.P NUMBER CAN BE TRACED DIRECTLY TO YOURSELF AND UR HOME ADDRESS, SO IMAGINE IF ONE OF MY FRIENDS WHO IS GIFTED WITH COMPUTERS WERE TO HACK IN AND FIND UR I.P ADDRESS FURTHER STILL IMAGINE WHAT I MYSELF WILL DO TO U WHEN THROUGH USING UR I.P ADDESS I FIND UR HOME ADDRESS, U MAY THINK IM JOKING, IM NOT. MY HOTMAILIS WALLOWS87 @ HOTMAIL . COM IF U WANT TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THE PERSON WHO IS VERY VINDICTIVE. IM A 19 YEAR OLD STUDENT AND I WAS LOOKING FOR TO HARRY POTTER IM NOT EMBARESSED TO ADMIT IT, THAT WAS UNTIL I SAW UR STUPID COMMENTS THANX NOW IVE GOT SOMETHING NEW TO LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING U. I CAN IMAGINE WHAT UR LIKE A 15-17 YEAR OLD PROBABLY A LONER ABOVE AVERAGE INTELLIEGENCE YET DOESNT FIT IN AND ALWAYS CRAVES ATTENTION, SOOOOOO IMAGINE IF I CAN PSYCHOANALYSE THIS MUCH ABOUT U JUST FROM UR WRITING IT WILL TAKE ME A MATTER OF DAYS TO FIND U AND TO B HONEST ITS THE TYPE OF THING I WOULD DO, TO THE OTHERS THAT HAVEN';T BEEN SPOILT IVE SADLY SEEN THE PHOTOS THEY DO LOOK PRETTY CONVINCING AND THE TEXT IS PRETTY ROWLINGISH HOWEVER THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE IT COULD B A MARKETING PLOY, THAT MY ONLY HOPE NE WAY IM NOT GOING TO OFFER TO POINT NE ONE IN THEDIRECTION OF THE SPOILERS CUS AS SOON AS U SEE THEM A LITTLE SPARK OF ANTICIPATION FOR THE COMING SATURDAY DISAPPEARS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT BLOOMSBURY MUST B P.I.SSE.D BECAUSE THEY SPENT #10 MILLION ON SERCURITY ONLY FOR SCHOLASTICS TO LET THERE SIDE DOWN, NE WAYS IM BACK TO MY HUNT AND BEING A VIEWER OH AND JERKY HOLE CYA SOON ;)


Posted by MundungusF Jul 18th 2007

medwards: i just watched that vid! BOTHER!BOTHER!BOTHER!BOTH ER!BOTHER!BOTHER!BOTHER!B OTHER!BOTHER!BOTHER!BOTHE R! THUD. uhhh....BOTHER!BOTHER!BOT HER!BOTHER!BOTHER!BOTHER! ......................... ................


Posted by Jenni_deWoolf Jul 18th 2007

All I can say is that I dearly hope the full length "carpet-book" that was leaked was just an elaborate hoax and a total fake. If it wasn't, then I don't think I've ever been so disappointed in a book in my life. What a total piece of garbage! I can't believe THAT is what I've waited so long for.


Posted by DarkL0rd Jul 18th 2007

JERKYHOLE HAS NOT SPOILED ANYTHING FOR YOU!!!! Either he's stupid or he's too gullible to believe what the Zendurl page says. His spoilers are fake and so are most of Zendurl spoilers. I've read the leaked version (dont worry i wont reveal anything here) and the plot is completely different to than that of Zendurls (and Jerkyhole's). Do you know the reason why the Epilogue doesnt appear on Zendurl page? Thats because it contradicts with their own claims just a few paragraphs before. The Epilogue (and chapter names) are the only real Deathly Hallows stuff in zendurl page. And poor Jerkyhole keeps repeating what zendurl says. Gotta feel sorry for the dude.


Posted by PirateEmery Jul 18th 2007

cowen49, you are no better than jerkyhole. Your writing is covered in typos and its all in caps lock. We had all moved on when you posted that. Good job...


Posted by hallows07 Jul 18th 2007

I feel like it's ruined for me as well. I was on perezhilton.com and I opened the comments under the leaked update. Some idiot said who died. I really really hope this person wasn't serious. I feel like it's ruined, and i'm glad they're taking legal action, sue them and take all their money! Potter Haters...






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