HBP: July 16, 2005
JK Rowling's two English language publishers Scholastic and Bloomsbury announced today that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be released at midnight BST (British Summer Time) in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa on Saturday, July 16th, 2005. Bloomsbury will be releasing both the hardback childrens and adult versions (same text, different cover) of HBP like the previous books, both with a suggested retail price of £16.99, with the US version at $29.99 (although some stores have already set their pre-order price at $17.99). Bloomsbury has informed us that HBP will be "a bit shorter than Order of the Phoenix."

We owe a huge thank you to Jo Rowling for this wonderful news and we wish her a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!


4 DAYS BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY! AND ON ONE OF MY FRIEND'S BIRTHDAY!! OMIGOD I AM SOO FRIGGIN HAPPY!! OMIOGD! OMIGOD! 0MIGOD!!! I'M SO HAPPY! I'M SO HAPPY I CAN'T WAIT I CAN'T WAIT
I CAN'T WAIT.