In a message dated 3/24/03 8:46:52 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
mdispaltro{at}mail.bethel.wednet.edu writes:

<< 
 > MockYeti, long hours right now, BardMock
 
 Hey, Mike, I heard a rumor that the bookstores are unhappy with
 Scholastic because they're releasing _Order of the Phoenix_ to
 school fairs before they release it to the bookstores. Is that
 true? (Or do you work for Troll? I can't remember which fair.)
 
 Lissa InquiringMindsWantToKnow Wingling
  >>

The Release Date for Order of the Phoenix is June 21st, period.  In fact, I 
have to work that saturday special to hand out copies to children who have 
Pre-ordered and paid for their books.  This is the only difference between us 
and the bookstores.  When the copies show up here, whenever they do, they 
will have an independent security guard watching them 24 hours a day until 
the release date.  This is the official situation. The rumours aren't true, 
we are simply taking pre-orders, just like the bookstores and online 
retailers do.

MockYeti, thanks for asking, BardMock

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