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Scholastic provided a copy of the suit to The Associated Press and said it had been filed late Wednesday in Manhattan federal court
"We will vigorously defend any action and are confident we did nothing wrong journalistically or legally," Daily News spokesman Ken Frydman said
The News said the health store owner received a shipment of four books from a wholesaler and decided to put them in the window
The News said it bought a copy of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" from a health food store that had mistakenly put the book out for sale Wednesday despite being embargoed until Saturday
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The author of the Harry Potter book series has slapped the Daily News with a $100 million lawsuit after the newspaper published tidbits about the fifth novel four days before its official release
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The book goes on sale at 12:01 Saturday In a statement, Scholastic said it hoped "this unfortunate situation will not spoil the surprise for millions of children around the country who have been eagerly awaiting the book The owner told the paper he didn't know he was supposed to wait until Saturday Stores across the United States plan late-night parties Friday, and a countdown is scheduled in New York's Times Square K com
Festivities also were planned in England, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa S Y " An accompanying graphic displayed, with legible text, two of the novel's pages , claims the newspaper damaged Rowling's intellectual property rights and harmed Scholastic's $3 million worldwide marketing campaign There was no way to verify the claim Wednesday evening
Meanwhile, authorities in Newtown-le-Willows, England, were looking for a tractor-trailer containing 7,800 copies of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" that was taken from outside a warehouse harrypotter
The book â€â€? the fifth installment of the adventures of the boy wizard â€â€? has been under extraordinary security ahead of the release
The News story contained what it called a "brief glimpse into the 870 action-packed pages" of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter Author Sues N The paper withheld the name of the store and its owner |