HP CANADA
June 1st, 2003
BY MONICA DOBIE
HARRY Potter fans have managed to acquire Book 5 from a Quebec, Canada, Walmart store, in St Constant, south of Montreal, nine days before its official launch. Raincoast Books, the Canadian Publisher of the Harry Potter series, said it was probably a result of human error and that it will seek a court-ordered injunction preventing the store or any individuals from releasing any information on book. Walmart is refusing to say how many books were sold; they were on the shelves for at leat an hour.
HARRY Potter fans have managed to acquire Book 5 from a Quebec, Canada, Walmart store, in St Constant, south of Montreal, nine days before its official launch. Raincoast Books, the Canadian Publisher of the Harry Potter series, said it was probably a result of human error and that it will seek a court-ordered injunction preventing the store or any individuals from releasing any information on book. Walmart is refusing to say how many books were sold; they were on the shelves for at leat an hour.
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