# Attention Harry Potter Fans: Last Book to Be Published July 21 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 1, 2007, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-harry-potter-fans-last-book-to-be-published-july-21/390403 "2007-02-01T12:10:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-harry-potter-fans-last-book-to-be-published-july-21/390403/1 "2007-02-01T12:10:19Z")
Or so Bloomsbury Publishing says on its [Web site](http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/default.asp?sec=4). ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-harry-potter-fans-last-book-to-be-published-july-21/390403/2 "2007-02-01T12:15:07Z")
On my birthday! Woo! Because I haven’t before and this is my last chance, i’ve promised myself that i’ll be one of those sad people that line up to get the book at midnight. I don’t think i’ll wear a cloak, though. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-harry-potter-fans-last-book-to-be-published-july-21/390403/3 "2007-02-01T12:56:48Z")
[QUOTE=Revenant Threshold] On my birthday! Woo! Because I haven’t before and this is my last chance, i’ve promised myself that i’ll be one of those sad people that line up to get the book at midnight. I don’t think i’ll wear a cloak, though. [/QUOTE] I did that for one of the previous books. (I think it was _Goblet of Fire,_ but it might have been _Order of the Pheonix_.) Eighteen zillion kids, with most of the boys dressed as Harry, and most of the girls dressed as generic witches (Hermione?). The adults were dressed as various other characters. I didn’t dress up. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-harry-potter-fans-last-book-to-be-published-july-21/390403/4 "2007-02-01T14:11:35Z")
Goodgoodgood. I will be out of town on 07/07/07, when the seventh book was going to be published. Now I can wait in line at midnight with the rest of the HP nerds. 😃 Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![jacob\_wrestling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/76d3ee/32.png) [@jacob\_wrestling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacob_wrestling)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-harry-potter-fans-last-book-to-be-published-july-21/390403/5 "2007-02-01T14:18:57Z")
_This_ time, I’ll go to small, independant bookstore instead of Borders. Not for any high moral qualms against chain retailers, but because then I won’t have to squish any six-year-olds in my mad dash to the register. I didn’t actually squish any kids last time…really. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-harry-potter-fans-last-book-to-be-published-july-21/390403/6 "2007-02-01T15:03:29Z")
It’s wrong to plan a trip to England just to get the book at midnight of the release date, right? ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-harry-potter-fans-last-book-to-be-published-july-21/390403/7 "2007-02-01T15:19:59Z")
Is it sad that I checked to make sure I wouldn’t be at work that day? And more importantly, do I care? Yay Harry Potter! Now all I have to do is to justify buying two copies for the house… ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-harry-potter-fans-last-book-to-be-published-july-21/390403/8 "2007-02-01T15:29:34Z")
Something to ask to be pre-ordered on my birthday so I can read it on vacation. I really feel bad for the people who’ll be stuck in line outside, as I know some punks (trying to get on ‘youtube’) will try to drive by and yell out parts of the ending. something like “Hermione’s Pregnant! Hermione’s Pregnant!” PS- I have no way of knowing if this will happen in the plot or not; I just used it as a possible example. I remember those idiots shouting “Dumbledore is Dead!” on ‘youtube’ last time. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-harry-potter-fans-last-book-to-be-published-july-21/390403/9 "2007-02-01T15:54:05Z")
[QUOTE=Kyla] It’s wrong to plan a trip to England just to get the book at midnight of the release date, right? [/QUOTE] Ooh. You just gave me a great idea. Thanks. I’ve been thinking about a summer trip to Europe. Now I have a way of convincing my husband to stop off in England. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-harry-potter-fans-last-book-to-be-published-july-21/390403/10 "2007-02-01T16:12:54Z")
[QUOTE=Kyla] It’s wrong to plan a trip to England just to get the book at midnight of the release date, right? [/QUOTE] I think you can get it about 11 hours earlier in New Zealand, or 9 hours earlier in Australia, assuming that it’s published on the same day in those countries. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-harry-potter-fans-last-book-to-be-published-july-21/390403/11 "2007-02-01T16:16:03Z")
[QUOTE=LavenderBlue] Ooh. You just gave me a great idea. Thanks. I’ve been thinking about a summer trip to Europe. Now I have a way of convincing my husband to stop off in England. [/QUOTE] Even if you don’t go, I’m guessing you live close enough to a bookstore that you can get a copy easily anyway. _grumbles and is jealous_ > [@](#): > > I think you can get it about 11 hours earlier in New Zealand, or 9 hours earlier in Australia, assuming that it’s published on the same day in those countries. But those places are really, really far away and expensive to get to. ---
**Author:** ![DurbBook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@DurbBook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DurbBook)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-harry-potter-fans-last-book-to-be-published-july-21/390403/12 "2007-02-01T16:24:00Z")
The national laydown of \*Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows \* will be my first experience as a bookseller with the HP phenomenon. I can’t wait! Support your independent bookstores! ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-harry-potter-fans-last-book-to-be-published-july-21/390403/13 "2007-02-01T16:42:23Z")
All right! I’ve ordered the rest of them from the UK and will obviously get this one that way as well. I love the internet! ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-harry-potter-fans-last-book-to-be-published-july-21/390403/14 "2007-02-01T17:53:18Z")
Amazon’s pushing pre-orders right now, so that’s a good way to go if you can handle not having the book until noon or so when the mailman arrives. ---
**Author:** ![audiobottle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@audiobottle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audiobottle)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-harry-potter-fans-last-book-to-be-published-july-21/390403/15 "2007-02-01T17:56:32Z")
[QUOTE=Giles] I think you can get it about 11 hours earlier in New Zealand, or 9 hours earlier in Australia, assuming that it’s published on the same day in those countries. [/QUOTE] Actually, on the website it says that all sales are embargoed until it’s 00:01 BST (British Standard Time) on the 21st. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-harry-potter-fans-last-book-to-be-published-july-21/390403/16 "2007-02-01T18:25:32Z")
[QUOTE=audiobottle] Actually, on the website it says that all sales are embargoed until it’s 00:01 BST (British Standard Time) on the 21st. [/QUOTE] Wouldn’t that be 01:01 local time in Britain, since they will be on summer time then? ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-harry-potter-fans-last-book-to-be-published-july-21/390403/17 "2007-02-01T18:41:33Z")
[QUOTE=Giles] Wouldn’t that be 01:01 local time in Britain, since they will be on summer time then? [/QUOTE] BST = British Summer Time ---
**Author:** ![VampyChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@VampyChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VampyChick)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-harry-potter-fans-last-book-to-be-published-july-21/390403/18 "2007-02-01T18:48:33Z")
[QUOTE=Kyla] It’s wrong to plan a trip to England just to get the book at midnight of the release date, right? [/QUOTE] My parents offered me either a trip to England this summer or money for grad school as a graduation present, and I’d been waffling. I am now decided. ENGLAND HERE I COME. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-harry-potter-fans-last-book-to-be-published-july-21/390403/19 "2007-02-01T19:51:33Z")
I just got the email to pre-order today. Regular price? $45 CAD :eek: I can buy it for $23, including my discount card but that’s insane. Hardcovers usually average here at about $30-35, and I usually pre-order online because it’s cheaper than in store (especially with the coupons I get from time to time, plus the discount card) but I can’t imagine paying $45 for it! ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-harry-potter-fans-last-book-to-be-published-july-21/390403/20 "2007-02-01T21:36:26Z")
[QUOTE=VampyChick] I am now decided. ENGLAND HERE I COME. [/QUOTE] Well, it’ll be on sale in the U.S. on the same day too, according to [Scholastic](http://www.scholastic.com/aboutscholastic/news/press_02012007_CP.htm). Unless, of course, you prefer the English English to the American English, which I see no problem with. (Before the books were released on the same day in the UK and the U.S., people flooded England just to get their hands on the new books.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-harry-potter-fans-last-book-to-be-published-july-21/390403.md?page=2)