Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 11:07:41 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <wsfalist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] PW NewsLine Bulletin: Potter in June
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

This from one of the publishing lists I'm on.

mjw

>>> Publishers Weekly <PWNewsLine at email.publishersweekly.com> 01/15/03 =
11:04AM >>>
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Summer Special: Harry Set for June 21

As we reported last night, Harry Potter news went down this morning.
In a joint statement, Bloomsbury and Scholastic announced that Harry
Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will be published in the U.S.,
Britain, Canada and Australia on the first day of summer, June 21. The
new book will be the longest yet in the Potter series, with more than
255,000 words, compared to over 191,000 words in Goblet of Fire.
Publication will come almost three years after the July 8, 2000,
release of Goblet of Fire which has sold about 16 million copies in
hardcover and paperback. Scholastic has not yet set a price or page
count for its edition of Phoenix; The Bookseller reported that
Bloomsbury's edition will be 768 pages long and priced at 16.99
pounds.