i think all books should have a personal body guard, lol. 1st!

wow, that sounds crazy! 2nd

LOL @ steel chains.

haahaa! thats great! thats would be soo funny to be a body guard who was told "hey your going to be guarding DH" would they like take a chain saw if soneone tired 2 get the chains off? lol :D

oh my! thats kinda scary. i understand though.

That much for a book? Understandable in some ways, but it seems a bit extreme, doesn't it?

"steal chains"? lawl.

Cool, that is totally understandable1 Top ten?

Well I can see that some people would probably try to steal a book, but I personally wouldn't even if I could - it just wouldn't be the same, would it?

thats HILARIOUS. but if you think it's extreme, think about the fact that if there wasn't so much security there would be a million spoilers. and it would be *spoiled*.

VACANCY???? I WANNA BE DA GUARD!!!!

Wow! It just shows how much J.K's books have affected us. Wow, imagine that as a job: Harry Potter DH guard... lol. Cant' wait for the book!!

that sounds so cool! and it's not too extreme - it was supposedly secure last time but information still got out. I read the chapter titles on the internet 3 days before.

thats kind of crazy, but i guess its a good thing - i def dont wanna be spoiled before reading the book!

i'm more worried that someone will tell me spoilers and ruin it for me than i am about what will happen in the book!!

dang steel chains and gaurds? dang imgine what jk rowling go through to even publish the book!!

"steal chains"? Lol, is that some kind of pun? ^_^ Anyway, I think steel chains just won't be enough. They ought to use steel boxes lined by diamond (which is the hardest substance on earth so no one will be able to open it!) and then use diamond and steel chains to bind it. Wait, how will we get our books then...? :p

geezus steel chains?! now thats crazy for books, funny though especially since the books have guards also lol

At all costs I think it should be taken in the most serious matters possible. If you think about it there is someone who wants to ruin for everyone. So therefore I am not picking up the book myself I don't want to hear anything if someone would happen to leak out information. I am not listening to any television that week. I'm keeping myself off the internet.. I'm reading the book on my time. I'm avoiding them the best I can.

haha, wow that's crazy, funny, sorta expected but coming as a shock, and understandable at the same time. if that makes sense...

"steel chain" That`s a bit too much if you ask me.

Wait what happened to the snippers?

they call the order of the phoenix to guard the books lol

lol... Owl Lupin! He'll know what to do!!! Well I'm in Kuwait and (lol- That would be in United Arab Emerites) and i DOUBT they'll seal the boxes with ANYTHING! for All we know, They'll have the books out the day they get them hah.. (Kuwait just doesnt Care. There arn't too many Harry Potter fanatics in UAE as it's an Islamic Country and it's bad) But I don't care... I'll be the first in line to get it!!!!!!!

Steal? Is that made from iren? Children read this site. Learn to spell.

Good!! I hope this will help prevent spoilers. Antinous, the irony is killing me. They used the right 'steal' and it's *iron*, not iren. LMAO.

OMG MY BAD!!! I didn't read the whole news post because I had already read it on Leaky, so I thought it was to stop people from *stealing*. LOL. I feel like such an idiot. Hem. I'm hungry and so I'm not thinking straight... Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. :-/

*fills out application for security guard job right now*

hey cool..that way NO-ONE can read it early and ruin the book for us......this will definately prevent spoilers, but still if someone still managed to spoil it but i dont think they will be able to with the security i will personally attend to them....

I love how steel chains is spelled "steal chains" in the article. ;)

i wanna be the guard so i can read the book at night when no one but mes there!!! thatd be awesome!!!!!!!!!!

darn, chains? That's security alright. O_O

All that for the last book!!!! wow!!

haha. the "steal" think is pretty funny.

Actually, I'm 100% with Josh06. Right after OOTP, I probably won't leave the house. I'll say inside and wait 'til DH is knocking at my door waiting for me to open it. And if I do go out, I'll probably listen to my iPod wherever I go, turned up all the way. This is the one book of the series that just shouldn't be spoiled. I think it's completely appropriate for the security measures they are going to!

Its official. Harry Potter is more important than the president.

Um...it's "steel" chains, not "steal" chains...

hahhahahah YES harry potter is the biggest thing ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 i cant wait until the midnight opening for the book already got one reserved now i just have to sit here and wait for it and go crazaaaay AHHHH!

it's been said, but i'll repeat it. "steel", not "steal"

wow, talk about protection....86 DAYS!!!XD

lol steel chains and sealed crates.

STEEL CHAINS. HA. but i still wont go on any harry potter website like all of july because what if they do get out!?! i would be so dissappointed,

No offence or anything, but don't you think a body guard AND chains is a little bit overkill? And besides, the books might feel like they are in prison. = )

Good. Steel chains. lol Dormanthegr8, I agree that each book needs it's own security guard!!! If somehow a spoiler got out (and they always somehow do) and it came on Mugglenet, I would be crazy mad.

lol steel chains. but incase a rumor does get out, I'm not coming on mnet at all that week!

haha woah thats insane. on the one hand, im so happy because that crazy reduces the risk of spoilers, but on the other... *pats Bloomsbury on the back* calm down hunny

If the books are delevired only a day prior to release this could create some viable problems, such as travel time and such is this a problem?

I'm as much a Harry Potter fan as the next guy but that does seem a little extreme. It's just a book (admittadly a great book). But chained up crates and guards at the printing plants? Is it a book or a top secret government experement?

Good, I'm glad. Unfortunately you know some store is going to make a "mistake" and someone is going to read the book early. And it's not fair if librarians get to read it early too.

it is kind of extreme but understandable