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Originally Posted by Apache
I have to agree with Harry. And I find it uplifting that she is donating all of the money from the Russell's and all of her royalties to such a worthy Charity. 
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I am with Harry and Apache. In this case it doesn't seem to be a big deal. He shared that she was using a pen name, that information leaked, she saw book sales increase. What is the big deal?
The big deal is that when you work with an attorney or a doctor or an accountant you are trusting them with very personal information that could be used to harm you. You enter into that relationship with an expectation that they will not share any of the informtion you are giving them without your consent.
Any information. Even a pen name.
This seems like a minor breech for the reasons above but to JKR it was not a minor breech. It sounded like the was planning on using this pen name to try and establish herself as a credible author in a totally different field. This was obviously important enough to her that she was willing to go to the trouble of establishing the pen name and working the book through the regular process to try and get it published.
If she only cared about the money, she would have published it under her name known that it would sell (as it has) and not cared. Instead she created this name and worked with her advisors to keep it quiet. Since she had started this process before the release of Deathly Hallows, I think it is safe to say that she was taking it seriously.
So it was a breech of her confidence and that is very important. Had information been revealed that was innocent that came back and helped convict someone of a crime, we would be up in arms. Lawyers are suppose to keep their mouths shut and reveal nothing. There are some exceptions, I am not familiar with the list, but telling your wife a cool secret is not on that list.