New 'Harry Potter' book leaked in Canada

The Canadian publisher of the Harry Potter series has filed a court injunction barring anyone from leaking the plot of the latest book after a store accidentally sold copies ahead of the release date. 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. Raincoast spokesperson Jamie Broadhurst says some of the purchasers have voluntarily returned their copies. And he says the publisher is offering a reward to get the others returned. "We're asking them to contact us and to temporarily return their copies of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to us,""he says. "And in exchange, what we will do, is on July 16 at one minute past midnight, we will returns their copies to them along with a signed autographed bookplate to be affixed in their book from J.K. Rowling, and some gift items as well." About 10.8 million copies are planned for the first printing of The Half-Blood Prince, compared to the 8.5 million for the previous book. Internet book store Amazon.com has more than 800,000 pre-orders for the book – a number that keeps climbing by the hour. ...via