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Voldemort is Harry's father!!!

Beast —

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The Potter lockdown

Grocers are not usually candidates for a top-level security operation - except, of course, for the vans carrying the takings to the bank.

Asda, though, is reportedly at the centre of just such a vast, shadowy and high-cost system involving codes, security cameras, satellite tracking systems and specially-trained guards.

Not to protect its food, that is.

Instead, this is the latest twist in the Harry Potter phenomenon: one that requires the next and final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, to arrive at Asda stores shrouded in the utmost secrecy.

Amazon UK, for its part, has preordered some 2 million copies, and has also adopted carefully-crafted plans to make sure its fans do not have access to the 608-page tome before midnight on Friday.

In fact, some estimates put the cost of keeping the seventh tome in the Potter series away from prying eyes ahead of its official release at £10m.

Part of that cost covers the arrangements for dedicated warehousing, involving 24-hour protection and even guard dogs.

But anecdotes in the press have highlighted the lengths to which the publisher, Bloomsbury, has apparently gone to make sure the release date stays sacrosanct.

Apocryphal, perhaps - but reports have said that in Germany the publishers have been ordered to work in the semi-dark, so that no-one can be lured into dipping into the book ahead of time.

And in the UK, printing employees have been warned that they could be jobless if they reveal any details.

But despite the worldwide security operations, some 1,200 readers in the US have been sent the books early - by mistake.

According to UK book industry site thebookseller.com, US publisher Scholastic has confirmed that Levy Home Entertainment and DeepDiscount.com had both sent out the book before they were meant to.

Till now, of course, the publishers have had at their disposal the ultimate weapon: the threat that anyone who broke the embargo might not get the next Potter blockbuster.

Obviously, that sanction no longer applies.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6906394.stm

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30 comments

#1

Ya'qub Fri, 20 Jul 2007 - 17:11

nooooooOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

lol

it already enough like star wars, what with all the terrible writing and annoying characters. all its missing is the good music!!

:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

#3

Beast Fri, 20 Jul 2007 - 17:33

Seraphim:roll:

All that for a book?

Harry & Voldemort die in this...

It's not so much for the book but for what the book represents.

#4

Bliss Fri, 20 Jul 2007 - 22:16

Seraphim:roll:

All that for a book?

Harry & Voldemort die in this...

If its true Thanx for spoiling the book for me. :evil:

#5

Seraphim Fri, 20 Jul 2007 - 22:31

Bliss

Seraphim:roll:

All that for a book?

Harry & Voldemort die in this...

If its true Thanx for spoiling the book for me. :evil:

lol... what makes you think thats true?

Im guessing.... relax. And if that is what happens AND IM NOT SAYING THAT IS... just remember i said so first.

And Beast what does the Book represent??

#7

Beast Fri, 20 Jul 2007 - 23:16

It represents loads and loads of MONEY.

Although, many bookstores (and others) make a loss on the Harry Potter books. All the security, advertising, extra staff increases overheads. But in the long term it pays off because more people come into book shops, they buy more than just Harry Potter, and people get into books more generally.

#10

MuslimSisLilSis Sat, 21 Jul 2007 - 23:07

ive been reading since i was a kid

i love books so much that i aced my english GCSE and A levels

most of my pocket money is spent on books

it takes me a about an hour or two to get thru a novel

i visit the library reg

however i have NEVER been inclined to get into this hairy puttar craze

im proud to admit that i have not read or seen a single lamo book/film

#12

Viper Sun, 22 Jul 2007 - 10:24

MuslimSisLilSis
im proud to admit that i have not read or seen a single lamo book/film

Me neither. I'm saying them adults are sad queueing for days to get a copy at midnight coz it just shows how important the book is to them, haven't they got more important things in their lives? Can't they wait till 9am to buy the book, or are they afraid that someone might spoil the story for them? Heavens above, we wouldn't want that, would we? 😂

#13

Naz Mon, 23 Jul 2007 - 10:13

Asda started selling the book at 12.01 in the moring. Ppl started queuing up for it like 3 hour before in the car park. They sold out in the first day. Ive read the last couple of pages at work coz everybody was like Harry Potter is suppose to die. I wont spoil it for those Harry Potter geeks 😂

#14

You Mon, 23 Jul 2007 - 21:16

Haven't you heard?

Queueing up is the new "in" thing. Considered kind of cool.

Go to youtube and type in queue and watch the number of clips you get.

#15

Dave Tue, 24 Jul 2007 - 14:21

Okay I've read the book and I can tell you right now that Voldemort is NOT Harry's father.

The REAL secret ending is that Harry's father is...

*Spoiler alert*

DARTH VADER.

He really got around in his younger years.

#17

Seraphim Wed, 25 Jul 2007 - 11:59

Ya'qubSo what will JK do now?

maybe she'll go back to singing with Jamiroquai

she said shes gonna continue writing... but just not HP books.

So basicly more books for kids

#18

Naz Wed, 25 Jul 2007 - 14:21

YouHaven't you heard?

Queueing up is the new "in" thing. Considered kind of cool.

Go to youtube and type in queue and watch the number of clips you get.

😂

#19

*DUST* Fri, 27 Jul 2007 - 06:56

Lol LilSis, unfortunately i'm afraid you can't certify a book as being 'lame' until you've actually bothered to read it. 😉

and for those of u who are yet to read the book - don't believe any of the 'spoilers' on here, they're not true... :roll: (except for Dave's Darth Vader one maybe... lol :P)

#21

Beast Fri, 27 Jul 2007 - 12:52

SeraphimDusty!

where've you been?

She locked herself away from from the world in order to avoid Harry Potter spoilers. Now that she's read the book she's back out into the wilderness.

#22

*DUST* Fri, 27 Jul 2007 - 14:45

exactly beast, how did u guess?! :roll: no actually i've been drowning in work for the last coupla months, like most of you i expect, but i just didn't have much free time at all. thankfully got a break now so thought i'd see what the forum has been up to.

#24

malik Mon, 30 Jul 2007 - 15:45

I read first 6 books but I am not buying anymore.
I will be throwing out all my collection of books and of films.

Friday, July 27, 2007

Iran calls Harry Potter a 'Zionist plot'

An Iranian newspaper affiliated with the nation's top religious authority claimed this week that the Harry Potter series of children's adventure books is a Zionist plot to distract young people.

The headline of the Kayhan newspaper article referred to Harry Potter, which was created by a British author with no known ties to Israel, as a “billion-dollar Zionist project.”

It claimed that the purpose of the Harry Potter series is to “disrupt young minds,” presumably in order to keep attention off Jewish efforts to rule the world, an ancient blood libel the Muslim world has become fond of.

Kayhan is widely seen as a mouthpiece for Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Iranian Daily:

Harry Potter, Billion-Dollar Zionist Project

In an article, the Iranian daily Kayhan, which is identified with Iranian Supreme Leader 'Ali Khamenei, criticized Iran's Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry for approving the distribution of the new book in the "Harry Potter" series.

The paper said that "Harry Potter" was a Zionist project in which billions of dollars had been invested in order to disrupt the minds of young people.

Source: Kayhan, Iran, July 26, 2007

#25

You Mon, 30 Jul 2007 - 15:50

malikI read first 6 books but I am not buying anymore.
I will be throwing out all my collection of books and of films.

recycle dude! it's for teh WIIIIN!

PS got no idea if you are really serious or not...

#26

Ya'qub Mon, 30 Jul 2007 - 15:57

Harry Potter is a Zionist plot???

😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

Have these people got nothing better to do than ban childrens' books?

This article you posted does read as if its a spoof, btw

#28

Brother Tue, 31 Jul 2007 - 15:30

A zionist plot! come on!

You are really making me paranoid malik, the rate you are going at will make me believe that everything around me is a zionist plot 😃

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