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Rainbowreflect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-05 08:20 AM
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I have a strange Harry Potter question.
Has anyone here pre-ordered a Harry Potter book from Barnes & Noble? I ordered mine a long time ago & the tracking does not say when I should receive it, but from when it shipped I think I should get it today.
My question is will they deliver the books before they go on sale? I really hope I get mine today!
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shoelace414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-05 08:21 AM
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1. I don't know about BN, but
Amazon was advertising that the book would be delivered on Satruday.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-05 08:21 AM
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2. You should get it tomorrow (7/16) the first day of sale.
Edited on Fri Jul-15-05 08:24 AM by Richardo
Orders for home delvery will NOT be delivered early.

The publishing industry has a policy known as 'Strict-on-Sale' for certain hugely popular titles/authors (eg Harry Potter, Janet Evanovich, John Grisham, etc).

Any store caught selling the book before this date faces extreme sanction from the publishing house (and possible legal action too).
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Rainbowreflect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-05 08:24 AM
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3. That would be ok. As long as I don't have to wait until Monday.
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nickinSTL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-05 08:26 AM
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5. yeah, the public library I work at
will actually get the books prior to Saturday, but we are ABSOLUTELY not allowed to check them out to anyone before then.

Legal issue.
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peacefreak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-05 08:41 AM
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6. Yup, they're under lock & key.
There was a clause that Scholastic could do a spot check to make sure that the cartons weren't tampered with.
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Liberal Dose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-05 08:26 AM
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4. I pre-ordered the last Harry Potter book from B & N. It was on my doorstep
the morning of the first sale day.
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Rainbowreflect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-05 08:57 AM
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7. Thank you! That makes my day.
I will have the whole day Saturday to read.
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