Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows

[MxAxC-_ATTACK]

Inspired by the Other movie post.

Has anyone else Reserved their copy already? Barnes and Noble has a "midnight party" thing, get your book at midnight on the 21st. anyone going to that or something similar?

I'll be getting mine the morning of the 21st I'm assuming. I've got it reserved..

 

[M.A.C.tastic]

I will be there, crazy night. Going to see hairspray opening night then off to wait for the book at midnight lol. Yah two favs in one night!

 

[SingFrAbsoltion]

oh i wish. my boyfriend would so not want to go with me =[ i went for the 5th book, that was fun

 

[Kimberleigh]

My best friend and I have gone to the last 3 book release parties at Border's and this time will be no different. It's more kid oriented, as it should be, but we always have a good time.

 

[as_cute_as_pie]

oo i cant wait to read this

well i havnt read the 6th one yet i got lost half way through and gave up lol havn't bothered reserving it though.

 

[Raerae]

Apparently the entire book is on-line already... Not sure where to get it, but i'm sure if you looked hard enough you could find it.

 

[Shimmer]

The entire book IS available online.
Please don't post spoilers, anyone who has read it, or is reading it, or might want to read it. Please allow other people the enjoyment of actually reading the book.

 

[TangoMango]

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Originally Posted by Shimmer The entire book IS available online. Please don't post spoilers, anyone who has read it, or is reading it, or might want to read it. Please allow other people the enjoyment of actually reading the book.

I agree. I had HBP ruined for the night before by some girl on a music site. A music site of all places! And it wasn't in another link or under a cut, it was right there at the top of the page. I was livid, but I learned my lesson.

 

[Shimmer]

I've got fanfic that's really well written, but to be honest, I am afraid to read the real book. I'm not sure I'm ready.

 

[prinzessin784]

I didn't bother reserving it. When HPB came out I went to Border's to try and pick up a copy at midnight but they were ONLY selling to people who had preordered. Pissed off, my boyfriend and I went Walmart where there was a mountain of books, free cake, silly HP plastic glasses, and the book was cheaper. Screw you Borders - guess where I'm going this year??

 

[Raerae]

//admin edit: absolutely no spoilers are to be posted here.

 

[Shawna]

I'm not smart enough to find it online

I spent two hours looking today because even though I am going to get the book midnight on Friday, I won't have a chance to read it all for at least 5 days after I get it and I am worried somebody might ruin it for me. I wanted to start reading it now to get a jump on it

 

[ductapemyheartt]

i have had my copy reserved at borders since february...

 

[starangel2383]

i hate hackers who try and spoil things for everyone else. i went to borders for book 6 but this year im going to barnes and nobles, my sister agreed to go with me as long as i pay for her coffee. i think that is a fair trade.

 

[Shimmer]

We're getting our copies Friday night as well. Two hardcopies and an audiobook.

 

[Kimberleigh]

I hate people. I don't understand why people need to shit on the things that others like. I understand expressing your opinion (i.e. "I don't like HP because______") but to leak the book, be it the real thing or not, just seems like a shitty and malicious thing to do to those who DO enjoy the books and DO enjoy surprise endings.

 

[Shimmer]

Well, it's a whole other thread, but we're in a culture that glorifies being 'mean' and bullying other people like that, to an extent.

 

[Raerae]

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Originally Posted by Raerae //admin edit: absolutely no spoilers are to be posted here.

Just to be clear, since the above is a misrepresentation of the content of my deleted post. I didn't post a spoiler. I thought it was pretty clear when I made a joke about Hermonie getting pregnant that no one would take it seriously. At least thats what I thought. Obviously I was wrong.

For anyone that actually believed that Hermonie gets pregnant in this book, I apoligise for misleading you.

 

[Raerae]

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Originally Posted by starangel2383 i hate hackers who try and spoil things for everyone else. i went to borders for book 6 but this year im going to barnes and nobles, my sister agreed to go with me as long as i pay for her coffee. i think that is a fair trade.

According to the news/gossip sites, the possible legit version floating around isn't a hacked copy of the manuscript. It's like a bazillion digital photo's of what looks to be an authentic printed copy of the latest book. So like someone who worked at a distribution center took pictures of every page in the book. Chances are, stores have had the Harry Potter novel for weeks now in the storage section. I know when I worked at Best Buy, we'd have CD's that were not due out for release in the back well b4 the release date, so we'd have them in stock, and ready to go on that day.

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Originally Posted by Kimberleigh I hate people. I don't understand why people need to shit on the things that others like. I understand expressing your opinion (i.e. "I don't like HP because______") but to leak the book, be it the real thing or not, just seems like a shitty and malicious thing to do to those who DO enjoy the books and DO enjoy surprise endings.

I'm not sure if this was directed at me or not. But assuming it was, I didn't leak the book ;p

Assuming it's about the general public, how does writing fan fiction ruin the novel for people who like suprise endings? It's a pretty common occurance that around the time of a highly anticipated novel in a serie's release, that fan fiction pops up all over the net claiming to be the legitimate copy of the book thats comming out. This isn't the first Harry Potter release that has had "copies" of the book claiming to be legitimate availible on the net prior to release day.

But even if the real version is released on the net, in order for it to ruin the book for you, you would have to personally seek out the novel and read it. And at that point, if you are reading the real novel, how is the story spoiled for you, if you read it pre-release, or post? It's still the first time your reading it. And if it's not the real version, it can't be spoiled for you, because it's going to be different, and at that point, the fan fiction you read b4 release day, is just that, fan fiction...

 

[evie42]

I'm so paranoid about the book getting spoiled that I'm not going to the midnight parties, I just preordered it from amazon. I've known people that's gone to those parties with stupid shirts with spoilers printed on them. I think for the next few days I'm staying off of forums/internet all together!