New 'Harry Potter' book leaked

Found on CBC on Monday, 11 July 2005
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Raincoast Books of Vancouver discovered last Friday that Real Canadian Superstore in Coquitlam, B.C. had sold 15 copies of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. So on Saturday, it sought the injunction from the province's Supreme Court.

Anyone who has directly or indirectly received a copy or any other form of disclosure of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is forbidden from revealing any information before 12:01 a.m. on July 16, the official release date.

The court order also calls for anyone who has received unauthorized material from the sixth book in the series to turn it over to the publishers and to erase any electronic copies.

Recently, two men in England were charged with theft after allegedly stealing copies of the latest book from a distribution centre. Police say the two tried to sell the book to a newspaper reporter.

So much for trying to prevent leaks. If I would be interested in HP, I'd look around to see if there are already copies available for download. Rumors say that PDF's are available, but just of a fanfiction. But now, since some copies were sold, it might very well be that more content goes online.