It doesn't particularly bother me that someone has read the book before the release date, but there's a large email list called "Harry Potter for Grownups" that I'm on sometimes. They had planned to shut down over the weekend to give everyone a chance to read the book without worrying about tripping over spoilers. They just made an emergency decision to shut down early, because some very persistent people were insisting on sending spoilers -- sometimes disguised as innocuous emails on other topics-- to the whole list. I can't understand trying to ruin people's fun that way.
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