Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, BOOK 6, publicationed date: July 16, 2005 Options

[aznxdarkricex]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6741038/

New Harry Potter book to be published July 16
Rowling tells fans she hopes 6th in series is ‘worth the wait’

J.K. Rowling announced Monday that she has completed the sixth Potter novel, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." 

The Associated Press
Updated: 2:14 p.m. ET Dec. 21, 2004
LONDON - Get ready for publishing’s ultimate blockbuster sequel: Harry Potter VI.

Setting the stage for another round of midnight bookstore parties and marathon readings into the morning, the penultimate novel in J.K. Rowling’s mega-selling series, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” will go on sale 12:01 a.m. on July 16 in the United States, Britain and four other countries, publishers said Tuesday.

“I know you all expected this to happen on Christmas Day, but I was sure that those of you who celebrate Christmas have better things to do on the day itself than fight your way into my study,” the British author wrote in a message posted on her Web site, “whereas those of you who DON’T celebrate Christmas would definitely prefer not to wait until the 25th.”

Rowling, 39, noted that while she is pregnant with her third child, she has had the time “needed to tinker with the manuscript to my satisfaction and I am as happy as I have ever been with the end result. I only hope you feel it was worth the wait when you finally read it.”

The book will also be published July 16 in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. With the previous works available in 62 languages, many, many other countries are sure to follow.

“J.K. Rowling has written a brilliant story that will dazzle her fans in a marvelous book that takes the series to yet greater heights,” said a joint announcement by Nigel Newton, chief executive of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc in England, and Barbara Marcus, president of Scholastic Children’s Books in the United States.

The 2005 publishing date means the world will be spared the seemingly interminable three-year wait between Potter IV, “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” and Potter V, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” which came out in summer 2003.

Good news for book sellers
The news should be celebrated by Rowling’s millions of fans and by the struggling publishing industry. Competition for sales began almost immediately, with Amazon.com and the superstore chains Barnes & Noble, Inc. and Borders Group, Inc. announcing 40 percent discounts on the book’s $29.99 suggested retail price. By Tuesday, “Half-Blood Prince” was already No. 1 on Barnes & Noble.com’s best seller list and was in the top 10 on Amazon.com.

“Sales from the last Harry Potter book grossed as much as a major Hollywood movie in its first week of release,” Steve Riggio, chief executive officer of Barnes & Noble, Inc., said in a statement Tuesday.

“We expect this next book in the series to make publishing history once again. We’ve already collected 500,000 e-mail requests from our customers waiting to be notified of the date of the next book so this announcement is very welcome news for readers everywhere.”

The retail price is the same as for Potter V, even though Rowling has strongly hinted she will not approach the industrial-sized 870 pages of “Order of the Phoenix.” In an earlier message on her web site, she stated, “According to the plan for book six, it will be quite a bit shorter than ’Order of the Phoenix’. I am not going to swear on my children’s lives that that is going to be the case, but I am 99% certain of it.”

Phenomenal popularity
About 260 million copies of the fantasy series, which debuted in 1997, have sold worldwide, and “Order of the Phoenix” sold an astonishing 5 million copies in the U.S. alone within 24 hours of publication, generating as much money as the top Hollywood release of that weekend, “The Hulk.”

Sales have remained phenomenal even as Rowling’s books have grown longer and darker, reflecting the boy wizard’s maturation into adolescence. The first three Potter books have been made into hit movies and inspired countless Potter paraphernalia, including candy, cakes, capes and toys.

For months, Rowling has been revealing details of her new book, naming the titles of three chapters — Chapter 2: Spinners End; Chapter 6: Draco’s Detour; Chapter 14: Felix Felicis — and even confiding that one of her characters will not survive, although she refused to say who. Potter himself is safe, at least for now. Rowling has said her teenage hero will survive until the seventh and final book in the series, but has refused to say whether he will reach adulthood.

Only recently, the book’s completion seemed far away.

In a message posted Dec. 10, Rowling said she had nothing “noteworthy to report, because I have been spending nearly all my time sitting in front of my computer writing, rewriting and taking the occasional break to bang my head off the desk in frustration or else rub my hands together in fiendish glee (I think the latter has happened once).”

[*stephinika*]

aw man thats so long from now! i can't wait for it to come out.

[miss barnes]

oh now i know how long it will be...good

[*tweeak*]

amazingly, i hadnt heard that yet. i want it NOW

nooooooooo i may not be able to get it at midnight like i did the others because i think thats either during band camp or while im on vacation. hrmph *pout*

[Tung]

exactly how many harry potter books will there be -_-

[jr0h]

how exciting

[KissMe2408]

yay sound good but i swear if she kills off ron or somethan then im going to be so pissed lol

[*tweeak*]

exactly how many harry potter books will there be -_-

7. where have you been?

[Saeglopur]

I can wait~!




Not!

[Heathasm]

*squeal*

[PurchasedRebelli...]

I almost had a heart attack when I'd read that she'd finished the book. And now that we know the release date... GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.

I am so reserving a copy... I didn't reserve the last book and had to wait like a month before I could get one!

July 16th couldn't come soon enough!

[jambaJUICE]

Wow, it's still going? O.O

[*tweeak*]

they have to make 7 books

[panaginip13]

Just think, only about 207 days from now! Whoo, I can't wait!

[sammi rules you]

she needs to get her little butt moving.

[inthemudhole]

Oh em GEE. I can't wait! :D

[aznxdarkricex]

they have to make 7 books

lol yep 7 is the minimum.

[LilPiggi3]

deng thats fast! the 6th book took wayyyy longer than the 7th book to write. hehe i better mark this on my calendar

[silver-rain]

ooh, i can't wait. i think i'm gonna pre-order it.

[magnificentmike]

:sighs: i can wait.. i waited for the fifth book.

yeah, i went to jkrowlings site and got that card with the message on it. with some help from my friends. =]

[dafunnybunny]

im gonna buy that book the second it comes out. i saw something on tv, and she said that she already has all the books finished. shes just waiting for the right time to publish the next ones

[*wind&fire*]

^ i know what a biatch!!... damn her... so lazy!!!

[dani41790]

aww i wish it would come out sooner! i cant wait to read it

[gelionie]

I hope it's going to be on the same date (or even earlier =]) over here... but I don't think it's going to be a big chance *sigh*.

[*tweeak*]

yeah, last time i was going to get my friend in england to send me a copy as quickly as possible if it came out first over there, but luckily it didnt because i dont know how i would have paid him back

[christiee_nax]

never actually read the past books but.. woooh! what year is harry in now?

[*tweeak*]

hell be in the 6th year, as its the 6th book. id recommend reading the books. highly recommend, in fact.

[jnukes]

hm, how many pages is this one going to be? is rowling going for 2000 this time?

heh, i can't wait! =D

[lanbexx]

whats she gonna do when she finishes the 7 books?

[shortiiex]

I hate Harry Potter

[*tweeak*]

have you read them? you have no right to say that you hate them if you havent given them a chance. yes, i cursade against spongebob, but ive watched it, and still hate it. however, i have no right to say i hate everwood, because ive never seen it. dont be ignorant

[cocoalightning27]

Siruis better come back for the dead or else I'm gonna get Poed


HP is da bomb......

[angel-roh]

wow it surprises me already that a new book came out even tho i dont read harry potter books...wow.. anyways half-blood prince? wow interesting subject.

[vivieeeen]

taking the occasional break to bang my head off the desk in frustration or else rub my hands together in fiendish glee (I think the latter has happened once).” 

XD can't imagine

[acidbreeze]

Yay! Harry Potter's awesome.

[roberts_pink_dru...]

i already knew.. that it was coming out in July but not what day thanx! cuz i'm going to go buy it form wal-mart on THAT day.. or BArnes and Noble.. i dunno

[chantel314]

Aw Oh well...I can't wait!

[smthngcrprategrl...]

it's kinda weird how it's not coming out until june yet so many people have bought it

[*tweeak*]

im going to wait until atleast january to order it

[PurchasedRebelli...]

im gonna buy that book the second it comes out. i saw something on tv, and she said that she already has all the books finished. shes just waiting for the right time to publish the next ones

She has the ending written... but not the whole story.

[Teesa]

haha i reserved my copy of the 6th book already=)

[jennyjenny]

I gave up after the 3rd book...
So I still have the 4th..
and 5th...

[*jooleeah*]

^ i know what a biatch!!... damn her... so lazy!!!

I think the wait makes it more exciting. And this way more people can read harry potter. So i guess the wait gets her more fans. Plus, you can't really blame her. She's been pregnent.

Anyway, I can't wait! Tomorrow I'm going to barnes and noble to see if i can reserve the book =]I've read the 5th book like 100 times just to see if there are any clues.

[PurchasedRebelli...]

There is NO way you're going to be able to buy it the day it comes out if you don't reserve it ahead of time. I couldn't get the fifth book for at least a month after it came out. And judging by how long people have had to wait for the sixth book, I bet it'll go faster than the others.

So, if you want a copy the day it comes out, RESERVE IT. That's what I'm doing.

Or, you could wait in line the day before it comes out...

[*tweeak*]

thats actually untrue. for the 5th book, they were prepared, and you could buy copies anywhere whether you had reserved or not

[PurchasedRebelli...]

Huh. Then I guess CT has a lot of readers since we were sold out EVERYWHERE.

[Teesa]

Siruis better come back for the dead or else I'm gonna get Poed


HP is da bomb......

LOL..i know, it was so sad, but i bet he will show up again.

[Yemmerz]

She better get started on the next one tomorrow.

[*tweeak*]

Huh. Then I guess CT has a lot of readers since we were sold out EVERYWHERE.

the stores were all packed, but they were prepared

i went at midnight to B&N and you could barely move, and the coffee line was out the door

[royalfreshness]

I am so boosted :D!!

[xbernaa]

oOo..cant wait..i love the books..and dah movies...lOl..but..i stoped reading after the 3rd book..lOl..it 4th book was a little too long...so i still have the read the 4th and the 5th..

[Sandy]

I'm so excited. I called a friend at 3 am the day i found out, lol I'm so bad.

[kellyannie]

I hate Harry Potter

me too.

[vivieeeen]

me too.

really? you hate harry potter?

how come? what's with the hate?

[__xxfrappachino...]

i haven't even finished the fifth one yet eh...i better start reading..

[toodlepops.]

i knew bout this...my freind was posting it on every1's xanga. yea, i can wait.

[Wishful Thinking]

Just think, only about 207 days from now! Whoo, I can't wait!

207 days a looooooooong time. T_T

[panaginip13]

207 days a looooooooong time. T_T

Now it's 200 days! We're getting closer... hehe.

[HiddenSmile]

Wow, who here has preordered Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince??? I am so psyched, Im finishing up with books 4 and 5 now, in preparation for the 6th book!!! 'm so excited!!! Any general predictions for the book???

I think Hermione and Ron are gonna start some type of a relationship. <that's my first prediction I'll think of more.

Hagrid is most definitely the Half-Blood Prince.!

[danishcookiez]

I'm totally pumped up for it as well!

[KERP1UNK]

i'm excited, too. that series is pretty much the only books i LIKE to read, besides a series of unfortunate events.

[HiddenSmile]

A Series of Unfortunate Events rocks, like wwhoa!!!! totally!!!
Harry Potter will be so sweet, oh, btw for those who no not (pshhaw) it comes out JULY 16

[funky_munky]

I really can't wait!!!!!!

[aeyungg xd]

im dying to get my hands on that book.

[inthemudhole]

Hell yizzle. I can't wait.
My friend Zena and I are going to this party at Barnes and Noble for it. [/nerd]

[gigiopolis]

To tell you the truth, I haven't even finished the fifth one yet. Yeah.

Maybe I should get going on it...

[HiddenSmile]

Oooh, I'd love so much to go to one of those parties, but my parents are all wayyy to protective!

[actionrobot_go]

I can't wait, I've already pre-ordered it

[sammi rules you]

To tell you the truth, I haven't even finished the fifth one yet. Yeah.

Maybe I should get going on it...

GIGI! that surprises me. go finish it!

yea i was in barnes and noble the other day and there was a sign for it that said "36 days till harry potter and the half-blood prince!" and i actually screamed. got a lotta stares..

[FLIPxADDICTION]

so psyched
SO PSYCHED

[toodlepops.]

I'm excited, not too excited though.
But I don't think my parents are getting me the hard cover one. =[

[*stephinika*]

hell yes. i've got mine pre-ordered too...ooh, i can't wait. lol, i'm such a harry potter geek. its fun.

[teeners4]

guess who preordered it since january

[*iNyCxShoRT*]

Oh I can't wait to read it! And I wanna see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire too!

[Teesa]

guess who preordered it since january

Me too! I am such a harry potter nerd.

I pre-ordered it at Borders, so my friends and I are staying there all day =]

[d0nchikit0]

I would love to read it.. I have all the Harry Potter Books.. I didn't even pay for them!

and It wasn't a five finger discount either.. I would never steal that!



They gave the whole collection to everyone in my graduating 8th grade class. And there were only like 14 of us.. I've only read 1 2 and 3.. And 4 is wayyy to thick and big for me to actually sit down and read and 5 is just.. cool looking but I can't actually read that either.. I'll watch the movie for the Goblet of Fire, Read part 5 then get the Half Blood Prince..

[Midnight Faerie]

^^ I read the 4th book in 3rd grade. It wasn't too thick for me.


I am TOTALLY ready for the 6th book!! In fact, I think I'm going insane. Re-reading every little thing in the 5th book, searching for things I might've missed, but no clues so far.

[*jooleeah*]

teeners__15 Posted Jun 14 2005, 10:45 AM
  guess who preordered it since january 

I did.

Hell yes, I'm excited.
I'm ready. I keep on rereading the Order of the Phoenix, every night. It's sad. Nicki knows how much I'm excited about Harry Potter :D She saw me watch the previews of the third movie. Bahahaha

[sweetxsimplicity]

Or maybe it's Harry.

[d0nchikit0]

I highly doubt that, It could be Malfoy.. since.. well, I don't remember them talking about his mom much. Or it could be Hermione.. since she is a mudblood.. Meh.. I don't read much into Harry anymore. Alohamora!

[Lightner]

i guess lol but harry potter lost its coolness to me... he he i know a couple of sites where they hosted all the pages on it X_X im not gona read it, nor tell the links for i will get in trouble with law.... i dont wanna get involved.. muahhaa i read the first page though *shhhh*

[gOODpIRATE]

yep yep. haha, i'm such a nerd, but i love the books.






and yes, i have half-blood prince pre-ordered...

[jnukes]

ehhh -- i'm a pretty big harry potter fan .. but not enough to pre-order it .. i'll wait .. some of my friends already have it pre-ordered, and are receiveing it in tha mail a week before it comes out ! ..

[cocoalightning27]

I remember Pre-ordering the 5th one, but I couldn't go get it my self, so I had to wait 2 days after it came out, when i could've walked about 1/4th of a mile to my local Walgreens and gotten one......I'm not pre ordering it this year..:)

[bookwurm]

Ah yes... Harry Potter.
GOTTA LOVE IT!
I can't wait

[smrkangl]

HECKS YES! :] lol i hope they will still have a copy for me!! all the pre-orders lol, can't wait!

[emazing]

wootwoot, I'm definitely excited, I'm even making my dad wake up and go purchase it on July 16th fersho.

[PurchasedRebelli...]

More than psyched.

[racoons > you]

lol. some of my friends and i are gonna nerdify and go to borders at midnight, hopefully

wewt!

[yellowcardrox22]

im excited but i didnt pre order... also looking forward to harry potter and the goblet of fire movie which is coming out in november....

[ichiban]

Ahhh cant wait

[br0kenINSIDE_91]

^really? wellthen I'll pre-order it!

[sammi rules you]

yeeeessss my mommy preordered it for me. :]

http://www.hp-lexicon.org/about/books/hbp/book_hbp.html

ohhhhh ahhhh.

edit;;
from JK Rowling interview:

Will Harry fall for another girl in book six, or will he be too busy for romance?
He'll be busy, but what's life without a little romance?
Will Harry and Hermione will be together?
lol Not saying... but you've had enough clues by now, surely?!
Will Harry be receiving a second kiss in his last two years at Hogwarts? ;)
He might well be receiving another kiss (or two) but I'm not saying who the kisser's going to be.

HF*OH*)EY*(TY(*HGNO AHHHHH!!!!!!!!! *screams*

[b0st0ngrl]

I pre-ordered the book in, like, February! and I have a countdown on my desktop that has the countdown to when HP is released down to the seconds! Haha, wow I'm a nerd :P

[sammi rules you]

duuuuuudes read my edit above.

andand:

[JKR offered the following info unprompted about key questions for the rest of the series.]
There are two questions that I have never been asked but that I should have been asked, if you know what I mean. If you want to speculate on anything, you should speculate on these two things, which will point you in the right direction. The first question that I have never been asked÷it has probably been asked in a chatroom but no one has ever asked me÷is, "Why didn't Voldemort die?" Not, "Why did Harry live?" but, "Why didn't Voldemort die?" The killing curse rebounded, so he should have died. Why didn't he? At the end of Goblet of Fire he says that one or more of the steps that he took enabled him to survive. You should be wondering what he did to make sure that he did not die÷I will put it that way. I don't think that it is guessable. It may be÷someone could guess it÷but you should be asking yourself that question, particularly now that you know about the prophesy. I'd better stop there or I will really incriminate myself. The other question that I am surprised no one has asked me since Phoenix came out÷I thought that people would÷is why Dumbledore did not kill or try to kill Voldemort in the scene in the ministry. I know that I am giving a lot away to people who have not read the book. Although Dumbledore gives a kind of reason to Voldemort, it is not the real reason. When I mentioned that question to my husband÷I told Neil that I was going to mention it to you÷he said that it was because Voldemort knows that there are two more books to come. As you can see, we are on the same literary wavelength. [Laughter]. That is not the answer; Dumbledore knows something slightly more profound than that. If you want to wonder about anything, I would advise you to concentrate on those two questions. That might take you a little bit further.



DUUUUDE i bet he kept alive with the sorcerer's stone. if i'm right i'm so awesome.


Does Harry's eyecolour become important in the future books, like we've heard?
No comment!

his eyes are green!! of course they do, why didn't i think of that..

[SillyCourtney]

Oh gosh I am so excited. I've been counting down the days, anxious in waiting.

[sammi rules you]

What will Ron's job be when he leaves school?
Well, assuming he lives to leave school... I'm not going to tell you :)

...........he better not freaking die.

Are you planning to kill off Ron?
I can't let on too much.

[racoons > you]

sammi, he wont have done, because that i sstupidly obvious.

but OHEMEFFGEE SPOILERS

[william]

i'm excited, but there's so much time between the books i always forget everything! i can barely remember the plots, let alone all the little details and clues and such. it makes me feel inferior.

[jordanriane]

FIVE MORE DAYS! :)