Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!!!

[nibblesandbits]

No, it would be a stupid decision.
Can you even imagine the hype for the book alone?
Why waste it by meshing promotion with a [likely disappointing] movie?

I thought it was rumored to be released in July too...but this explaination does make sense. If you can hype Harry Potter twice, then I'm sure they would go for it. I wouldn't go so far yet to say that the movie will be disappointing though.

 

[Number_6]

According to CNN, this book will be released on July 21st, 8 days after the next Harry Potter movie is released. :sohappy:

 

[Pongo]

According to CNN, this book will be released on July 21st, 8 days after the next Harry Potter movie is released. :sohappy:

Indeed. Got this email from Barnes and Noble today:

Per your request, we are sending you this Writer Alert announcement. J.K. Rowling's eagerly awaited new book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter Book 7) is scheduled to be released on July 21, 2007 and is now available to pre-order.

 

[imagineer boy]

And I look forward to laughing at you when there is no one else there because the book isn't necessarily coming out in July:brick: She's still writing...next fall/winter at the EARLIEST!

Next fall/winter at the earliest huh?

According to CNN, this book will be released on July 21st, 8 days after the next Harry Potter movie is released. :sohappy:

In your face str8fan!:lol: j/k

Anyways, I'm really looking forward to it!

 

[Connor002]

According to CNN, this book will be released on July 21st, 8 days after the next Harry Potter movie is released. :sohappy:

I can't believe they would do that.
It seems like such a waste.

 

[CaptainMichael]

I can't believe they would do that.
It seems like such a waste.

Agreed.:dazzle:

 

[imagineer boy]

I don't think its a waste, it only goes by what JK Rowling says. If she says it'll be ready by July, then its ready by July.

 

[CaptainMichael]

I don't think its a waste, it only goes by what JK Rowling says. If she says it'll be ready by July, then its ready by July.

It hurts Warner Bros. and here's why. The book comes out a week after OotP hits theaters. Potter nerds who would normally go see it a bunch of times (most likely on the weekend) will instead be at their local bookstore waiting in line or reading it. Hurts movie profits BAD!

Now, if you release the movie in July, and the book in the Fall, you can cash in on both...not to mention DVD sales in December for Christmas.

 

[MouseMadness]

It hurts Warner Bros. and here's why. The book comes out a week after OotP hits theaters. Potter nerds who would normally go see it a bunch of times (most likely on the weekend) will instead be at their local bookstore waiting in line or reading it. Hurts movie profits BAD!

Now, if you release the movie in July, and the book in the Fall, you can cash in on both...not to mention DVD sales in December for Christmas.

Yeah! They may only make $950 million in stead of $1 billion!

:lookaroun :lol:

 

[imagineer boy]

Yeah! They may only make $950 million in stead of $1 billion!

:lookaroun :lol:

:lol: True.

 

[CaptainMichael]

Yeah! They may only make $950 million in stead of $1 billion!

:lookaroun :lol:

:lol: True.

The thing is, if you wait just a few months to release the book, you can have a very healthy stream of Harry Potter revenue spanning from July to 2008. Now you have two products competing against each other and a new Harry Potter book will always win.

I'm sure Warner Bros was less than happy when they were notified.

 

[tigsmom]

It hurts Warner Bros. and here's why. The book comes out a week after OotP hits theaters. Potter nerds who would normally go see it a bunch of times (most likely on the weekend) will instead be at their local bookstore waiting in line or reading it. Hurts movie profits BAD!

Now, if you release the movie in July, and the book in the Fall, you can cash in on both...not to mention DVD sales in December for Christmas.

Most books are bought online now, thats why so many small stores are closing. Also, so many people pre order the books so they are delivered on the day they are released to the stores. If a person really wants to see the movie then they will go, having a book to read will not hold them back.

I don't think either will suffer from close together releases.

 

[CaptainMichael]

Most books are bought online now, thats why so many small stores are closing. Also, so many people pre order the books so they are delivered on the day they are released to the stores. If a person really wants to see the movie then they will go, having a book to read will not hold them back.

Have you ever been to a Barnes and Nobles or Books-a-Million prior to release??? You can't breath in there.

 

[barnum42]

The thing is, if you wait just a few months to release the book, you can have a very healthy stream of Harry Potter revenue spanning from July to 2008. Now you have two products competing against each other and a new Harry Potter book will always win.

I'm sure Warner Bros was less than happy when they were notified.

I think Warner would be delighted at the extra free publicity keeping Potter in the public's attention. They don't have to pay a penny for all the book advertising that will go on.

People will watch the movie and look forward to the book even more. People reading the book will want to see the movie again. They running length of a movie won't put that big a dent in the time spent reading a book.

 

[barnum42]

Have you ever been to a Barnes and Nobles or Books-a-Million prior to release??? You can't breath in there.

Barnes and Noble is not a small store, they can hold their own. It's the small independent shops that are closing. The pressure both from Net and the giant retailers is killing them.

 

[nibblesandbits]

Yay!!! So I was right. The rumor of July was correct!!! (And it's an early b-day present for me! )

 

[tigsmom]

Have you ever been to a Barnes and Nobles or Books-a-Million prior to release??? You can't breath in there.

I've worked in a bookstore. I have spent hours matching HP books to their rightful owners. We were also an Amazon.com store and I can tell you there were days that all I ever did was fill those orders and get them ready to be shipped out. More books go out from online orders than in store ones.

 

[tigsmom]

Barnes and Noble is not a small store, they can hold their own. It's the small independent shops that are closing. The pressure both from Net and the giant retailers is killing them.

And thats a shame.

and why the store I worked for is no longer in business, independent stores cannot compete.

 

[barnum42]

And thats a shame.

and why the store I worked for is no longer in business, independent stores cannot compete.

Indeed. Over here it seems the only way the independents survive is to specialise in used books. There are are few of them in Bristol, but all the new stuff is from major high street retailers or the supermarkets.

On a side note, something that surprised me last weekend. I went to the Rhondda Cynon Taff Business Awards (A local authority in Wales). The winner of a category to promote Welsh language was a book shop that had sourced lots of Welsh literature and held special Welsh literature evenings and evenings to help people who are not that fluent with the Language. My surprise was that it went to Borders! Or I assume the one branch that is in the area.

 

[Number_6]

Have you ever been to a Barnes and Nobles or Books-a-Million prior to release??? You can't breath in there.

I went to a Barnes and Noble for the release of "Order of the Phoenix." I ended up being there for well over an hour or two before getting my hands on my book. When "Half-Blood Prince" came out, I went down the street to the Walgreen's and got my copy four minutes past midnight. :lol: