Harry Potter rules for Libraries
Harry Potter rules for Libraries
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/15/05
Harry Potter rules for Libraries#1
Posted: 4/5/07 at 5:58pm
No peeking.
The publisher of the new Harry Potter novel has strict rules for libraries handling the book this summer.
Among them: Libraries must limit the number of employees who handle the books before the July 21 release and provide names and contact information for each branch manager, according to the contract from Scholastic Inc.
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" is the final book in J.K. Rowling's popular series about the boy wizard.
Davis County Library director Pete Giacoma got a contract on March 28 and shared it with county commissioners. "I think we better ratify," Commissioner Bret Millburn said. "I think we'd get a spell cast on us."
The contract says failure to keep "Deathly Hallows" under wraps until July 21 could get libraries scratched from future embargoed titles. "We acknowledge and agree that any such violation will cause irreparable harm to Scholastic and the author, J.K. Rowling, and that monetary damages will be inadequate to compensate for violations," the contract states.
Davis County libraries have ordered 150 copies. Salt Lake County's library system has ordered 652 books for its 18 branches. Salt Lake City wants 150.
Despite the "weighty, ominous" language, Giacoma said he takes the contract seriously, although it may be part of the marketing strategy. "It adds to the mystique," he said.
The rules are required to honor Rowling's wishes of preserving a "magical moment" for children, Scholastic spokeswoman Kyle Good said.
"When you have a print run of 12 million books that you're sending out into the world, just in the U.S. alone, and you do want to preserve a very special moment for children, you take whatever precautions you need," she said.
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re: Harry Potter rules for Libraries#2
Posted: 4/5/07 at 6:01pm
What?
"...12 million books that you're sending out into the world, just in the U.S. alone..."
Since when is the US the world?
re: Harry Potter rules for Libraries#2
Posted: 4/5/07 at 6:06pmIt's times like this I'm glad my dad is the branch manager.
Wanting life but never knowing how
re: Harry Potter rules for Libraries#3
Posted: 4/5/07 at 6:06pm
My middle name is Patience.
I can wait.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/15/05
re: Harry Potter rules for Libraries#4
Posted: 4/5/07 at 6:06pm
Nice paraphrase - must be the writer in you. What it actually says is...
"When you have a print run of 12 million books that you're sending out into the world, just in the U.S. alone - "
re: Harry Potter rules for Libraries#5
Posted: 4/5/07 at 6:12pmI know what it says. To me, it sounds like they're equating US with the world.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/15/05
re: Harry Potter rules for Libraries#6
Posted: 4/5/07 at 6:22pmUh yeah...reading comprehension at it's best.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/4/06
re: Harry Potter rules for Libraries#7
Posted: 4/5/07 at 10:28pmWell, since I lost my 4th book, I haven't read any, so I can wait, since I probably won't read the 7th book for about three years.
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
re: Harry Potter rules for Libraries#8
Posted: 4/5/07 at 10:34pm
Considering the lengths that some people have proven they will go to regarding this property, they are only protecting their interest.
And ABS, it is mentioning the US as a SUBSET of the world as a whole. Keep working on that writing thing.
re: Harry Potter rules for Libraries#9
Posted: 4/6/07 at 12:48am
Well, I am a librarian, maybe I can find an advance copy...
I still can't believe the insanity surrounding this book
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
re: Harry Potter rules for Libraries#10
Posted: 4/6/07 at 1:34am
"I still can't believe the insanity surrounding this book"
I'm just happy that the 'insanity' is about a BOOK.
This time.
re: Harry Potter rules for Libraries#11
Posted: 4/6/07 at 1:58amI somehow got the fourth Harry Potter book two days before it was released when I worked at the library. I was also the fourth person to get a reserve on it as I knew when it was originally entered in the system. Still, someone messed up somewhere.
re: Harry Potter rules for Libraries#12
Posted: 4/6/07 at 7:14amI will be staying FAR away from bookstores and libraries on July 21.
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/28/04
re: Harry Potter rules for Libraries#13
Posted: 4/6/07 at 11:17amThis is why I pre-ordered the book online
re: Harry Potter rules for Libraries#14
Posted: 4/6/07 at 11:31am
By noon, all the crazy "I have to have it at midnight" people will be at home halfway through the book. That's when I'll walk into Target and buy my copy. (Of course, hopefully, this time it will have all it's pages. Last time I had to go back to get the last 5 chapters of the book!)
re: Harry Potter rules for Libraries#15
Posted: 4/6/07 at 11:57amI will be one of the nutters at the bookstore at midnight (actually, I took that Friday off from work and am going to sit in the bookstore until it goes on sale at midnight---then I am going to stay up all night reading it)
re: Harry Potter rules for Libraries#16
Posted: 4/6/07 at 12:00pmI wonder how many books were missed the last 5 chapters (the sequel to Last 5 Years).
re: Harry Potter rules for Libraries#17
Posted: 4/6/07 at 12:02pmParis Hilton should have Rowlings people working on behalf of her cell phones, sidekicks, emails, and videotapes. Nothing would leak.
re: Harry Potter rules for Libraries#18
Posted: 4/6/07 at 12:36pm
***If you didn't read HP 6 and dont' want a spoiler...dont' read. Although, if you dont' know this already, you're living under a rock!*****
I dont' know ABSteel, but I bet a bunch of people would have liked my copy. I had a copy where Dumbledore didn't die! LOL!
It was just luck that I looked ahead. Otherwise, I would have been really pissed to get to the middle of a chapter and then not have the rest.
re: Harry Potter rules for Libraries#19
Posted: 4/6/07 at 12:36pm
***If you didn't read HP 6 and dont' want a spoiler...dont' read. Although, if you dont' know this already, you're living under a rock!*****
I dont' know ABSteel, but I bet a bunch of people would have liked my copy. I had a copy where Dumbledore didn't die! 
It was just luck that I looked ahead. Otherwise, I would have been really pissed to get to the middle of a chapter and then not have the rest.
re: Harry Potter rules for Libraries#20
Posted: 4/6/07 at 12:40pm
Ironically, it's almost like an idle threat (the issue regarding future embargoed titles)
Seriously - it's probably going to be a LONG time before any book released will have this much hype and popularity to be worthy of a true embargo
re: Harry Potter rules for Libraries#21
Posted: 4/6/07 at 8:52pm
I haven't read a single Harry Potter book.
Never really been into the fantasy genre.
re: Harry Potter rules for Libraries#22
Posted: 4/6/07 at 9:00pm
When Book 6 came out I was ALONE in the store the night before with twelve cases of books putting protective mylar on the covers and setting up the display for the next night's party. I successfully resisted the urge not to start reading - I didn't even read the dust jacket. I wanted it to be a "magical moment" for me, too.
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