Book Six release date??

I'm sorry if anyone's addressed this, I looked through the posts and couldn't find any adressing this question, but I heard JK is writing book 6--does anyone have any details about this?? ;D 3

she doesn't have a deadline we have no clue how long we have to wait.

There have been some talk that she has already started writing it. Personally I don't see it taking 3 years I think we will get it sometime in 2005.

That has to be the worst part of finally getting to read OotP, is waiting for the next book....

It can't be too soon enough for me!!!

Someone in my office said they heard that she has already finished 6 & 7......I think she may be close to finishing 6 (wishful thinking?) but I hope that we see it in the next year...

I feel that she will take a year and a half, and I feel that book will come out summer of 2005. Just a feeling. She started book 6 already and I feel that she quite heathly into it. I feel, personally, she started a week after completly book 5, but may not have done a lot since of the baby...

I was just trying to find out information about this online last night, but nobody knew anything. I don't think it will take 3 years, because JK had a lot of family stuff going on during the writing of this book, but I don't think we'll be reading it until at least the summer of 2005. I really hope it's sooner though....*crossing fingers*

In that interview JK gave days before the release she said that she had already started book 6. She also said she couldn't imagine it being as long as book 5 so hopefully that means it won't take quite as long. I also recall her saying something about having taken a break between books 4 and 5. So if she doesn't take another break hopefully we'll get book 2 much quicker. I'm hoping a max of two years from now.

I think I am being too optimistic in saying it will be released the same time next year. But more than likely I would say no earlier than 2005.

2005 nooooo! Ill be out of high school! I want it next year plz god! Not 2 years i can live with 1 year! but not 2! JK write fast god spead lol! Hurry pwez! Ill give u a dollar! Well she has alot of money so that wont help.

I'm going with one and a half. November/December 2004.

It won't take 3 years because she's no longer pressured and stressed out of her mind like she was at the end of PoA. One year seems a bit too short though considerng she doesn't have a deadline.

My guess is summer 2005 :)

I'm thinking we'll get it at about the same time as OotP in 2005.

I'd go along with the 2005 guesses. She's said book 6 will definitely be shorter than 5, and that it probably won't take as long to write as book 5. So as long as she doesn't take any extended vacations and her kid doesn't annoy her too much, we should be fine :)

She most definitely is not finished writing books 6 and 7, she's just finished planning them out, and she's got the last chapter of 7 written. And from what she's said, she's started 6 but isn't close to finishing.

Though I wouldn't mind if she were bluffing and 6 and 7 both came out next week :D

She's just begun 6 - so i'd say mid 2005 as well... which is not *too* bad... but still pretty terrible... LOL! Course - she's gonna get really told off if it ends up being 2008 or something.

Lets remember .. Davis is very young and if going to take alot of attention, i say 2 year min. ( I HOPE IM WRONG)

Let's not forget that PS/SS was written when her first child was a baby.

JK said in the BBC interview that she had started writing Harry6, but that she was not that far into it. Also it's worth noting that she didn't start writing OotP until after Xmas 2001. Given that the release was announced in January 2003, we can deduce that this book - her longest- took 1 year to write. Theoretically, therefore Harry6 could be released as early as summer 2004.

However let's not forget the movies. There is no way the book 6 release would be timed to coincide with PoA in June 2004, or at any time thereabouts. GoF is pencilled in for June 2005 at the earliest or possibly November 2005, but this won't be decided for definite until after PoA is released. We can write off the second half of 2005 therefore. I'm sure it won't run into 2006. I see Harry6 a couple of months either side of Xmas 2004. Probably Feb/March 2005 or more likely and if we're really lucky Oct/Nov 2004. Perhaps Hallowe'en 2004 would be appropriate.

The only problem I have with an X-mas release is that standing in line at midnight would be so cold!

I very much hope that the next book will be coming out next year................but reality checks in :(

I think we'll be seeing the book in the ripe year of 2005. Hopefully we may see the end of these series within the next ten years...........

I get the feeling, watching and reading her interviews, that she is looking forward to the "Harry" part of her life being over with. I would not be the least bit surprised if she works steadily to get the next two books finished so that she can go on to other projects, or retire outright.

As a struggling writer, I can tell you that for most, novels do NOT take a full year to write. In fact, most writers will tell you that if it takes more than 3 or 4 months, it won't be very good. There is a limited time you can be excited about a plot and carry on. I'll bet she has the next one written by this Christmas. Of course, then she will have to re-write it at least twice, take it through the editing process, etc. I'd guess, if she's aiming to complete it quickly, it would be completely done by early 2005. Then they will have to market it and all that, so I'd say spring 2005.

Didn't the first few books come out once a year? I think book six has a good chance of being out summer 2004, and book 7 in 2005.

Am I the only one who want's a long wait?! I don't want them rushed, the sooner the books are released the sooner the experience is over with. No more Harry potter, gone.

And in hope about book 6, JKR did say it wouldn't be as long as book 4...well look at the size...*hopes*

Summer 2005.

Thats what I believe anyway (June/early July - note to people: every book she has published yet, has always been released in June or July [uncertain about 1st book]).
At first it was ok for her to write almost constantly, but now that she has more money, its harder, as she doesnt feel the need (for herself) to do it as much. It wont take longer than 2 years; as she has already stated it will be shorter than 5th (it wasnt clear whether she meant book 4 or ) ; my guess is around 600 pages (English). And she has also already started a bit of it.

Hmmmm, people who are predicting next year - wake up.

The trouble is, it comes out sooner but it's too short, or we wait another (probably not 3 years as she had a lot if issues then) long amount of time and it can be just as long as OOP. However, in the interview she said B6 was no way going to be as long as OOP, but if i recall she said that B5 was no way going to be as long as GOF, personally the longer the better. Also, i really can't see the films intefering much, i mean she played a big part in the first one, but now they've all settled in. Also, POA better be good, new director, the best book out of the 1st 3. Also, have they decided whether GOF will be 1 or 2 films? BTW, Cho will not appear in POA.

My prediction: - Summer 2005 seems a solid bet, they won't coincide with any film releases, one would ust overshadow the other and lose major marketing and advertising plans.

I don't know about this summer release nonsense. My guess is that both Bloomsbury and Scholastic are going to want a revenue bump as soon as possible, which means, just as with OOTP, they will most likely announce a date shortly after they receive the manuscript, and that date will be several months afterward. Now, from what I've read, it's all going to depend on JKR's writing style. According to interviews she doesn't force herself to write a certain number of pages per day, but when she gets on a roll she says she can churn out a chapter pretty quickly. My guess is, if she's already started writing Book 6, then she already has one of those wacky chapter-by-chapter charts that she showed Paxman in her BBC interview, which means the skeleton is already constructed and just needs to be fleshed out.

My guess? While I'd LOVE an early 2004 release I'm betting on Halloween 2004.

Im going to bet she has it done by Oct./Dec. of 2004. I also think it will be about the same length as PoA.

In relation to having to take care of a young child...she does have a husband now whereas before she didn't. Also, she has plenty of money to hire nannies. I agree with whoever said that she's eager to get done with Harry. Unfortunately, I don't think there's much left for her after Harry. It would be very difficult for her to be a novelist targeting adults because of the Harry books. As for the young adult/teen crowd...it would be very difficult to live up to the standards of the Harry Potter books in the future wouldn't you think?

She said she started writing something that wasn't Harry just for fun, not to be published, and that it felt great to do it. She also said that if she did publish something other than Harry it would be under a pseudonym.

I hope it doesn't take as much as 3 years this time...

Originally posted by Godric Gryffidor (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/a/showthread.php?postid=393429#post393429))
Im going to bet she has it done by Oct./Dec. of 2004. I also think it will be about the same length as PoA.


Do you realise the backlash that would occur if the book was as long as PoA? People have become used to the longer books now and JK's writing style has certainly become more detailed. Based on the amount of detail she uses nothing much would happen in a book that size. It'll be probably as long as OotP if not longer.

You have to remember that she had a baby during the period between 4 and 5.. so probably for a year she wasnt writing much... im guessin a year and 1/2 to 2 years.. i think 2 because it will be in the summer and that seems like when she likes to come out w/ the books.. so summer2005

I'm guessing a Halloween 04. It fits with the facts that she has allready started and it avoids the movie rush. That, and if she takes 2-3 for the next two, the movies will catch up.

I do not think that we will see it in 2004. Even if she finishes the book, the publishers will not want to release it too early. She has said that the book will be shorter than 5 and it probably will be. Book 5 was a kind of bridge book and had a fair amount of background and exposition. Having set a lot up in book 5, she can have more action in 6 and 7.

I think Winter 2004/Spring 2005, only because looking at POA and GOF there's not that much space between those two books, and I think that she could definitely finish HP6 by then. Really, if you look at it, she writes fairly quick even if there was a three year wait. There was so much that was involved plus a marriage, birth, and so much more. I'd definitely pick then, I hope it's not more than wishful thinking.

Ultimately it is possible for a release in June or July next year due to the fact that she got GoF written that quickly. However, I highly doubt that we'll see it happen.

i think it will be on june 2005... 2 years would be a long wait, but it will be worth it...

We may think that we will have to wait less for book 6 than for book 5 because writting book 5 she also writted the last chapter of book 7, two small books and her biography, morover she was expecting a baby.

On the other hand, remember that after book 7 il will be over ! Thus the editors will want to let a lot of time between the books now to make the profits event better because of the wait of millions of fans. She may have finished for Christmas 2005 but...

REMEMBER HOW LONG WE WAITED FOR STAR WARS !!!

Oh dear. I don't want to wait. I want Book Six NOW! *stomps foot*

Okay, seriously, I'm hoping for anytime in 2004. Although 2005 sounds more likely to me (my graduation year...urgh, it seems so far away.) And I don't even want to think about the wait for Book 7. It seems like publishers will draw it out as much as they can, considering the amount of hype centering around OotP due to the excruciating wait. Their philosophy will be that if you make the rabid fans wait as long as it takes for them to reach the breaking point, you can guarantee that they'll be so eager to get their hands on it that they'll do anything short of severing their own limbs. (In some cases...well. :p ) Fortunately, they will also know that if they make us wait TOO long for it, they can expect the interest to wane and fans to start wondering if it's really worth it. So I'm betting that we're looking at a 2-3 year wait (hopefully less).

I say Winter of 2004 if we're lucky but more likely than not I see a summer 2005 wait.

Well at least we have five books to read and reread over and over again until then. :)

I am hoping that she can get it out by next year and have it in stores about Summer or Christams I hope but defiantly not as l;ong as book 5 and no big break makes it seem that it might just take one year and since she has already started.

I can't wait..well I can, but I don't want to.

I don't think it will take as long as OotP. But it might and then I would be so disappointed. Since PoA (the movie) comes out next summer, I would say that the next book would be after that. So maybe in 2005 (hopefully no later, but I wouldn't be against it being sooner). I hope it comes before 2006, because that seems like such a long way away.

I don't think it will take as long as Ootp, but it will take longer than it did to get GoF. That being said, I think it will be in two years from now, or 2005. Which means even if book sever is the year after, I will be in college reading the 7th book. Quite a scary thought. :D

Well I doubt like most it will be 3 years. If she does that for 6 and 7 it will be 6 years before the series is wrapped up. That's way to long and the publishers would start to worry some people might lost interest, after all they will want maximum money from it sure it will be huge no matter what. But still they'd want to keep interest up. I'd say two years maximum.

I think it will come out sometime around Spring/Summer of 2005. The average fan is only going to want to spend so much money on Harry Potter stuff. So if you have a new book and a new movie coming out at the same time, that will be taking away from the amount of money people will spend on HP merchandise. Same thing about Christmas. Letting the new book out sometime between April and September when there are no major gift giving holidays is the best way to make money.

I'm guessing summer 2006. After all, she has a baby who is going to be a toddler in a short while, and that will likely take up a lot of her time. However, she has said that it will be shorter than OotP. I think the absolute earliest it could come out is late 2005.

that's the bad part about OotP coming out. Before when we were waiting for OotP, we knew when it was going to come out. But now, we got it, we read it, and we wait again . . . and no one knows how long it's gonna take. I surely hope not 3 years!

I don't think it will take another 3 years for HP6. I've got the impression that it will be in 2005, and that it'll be midsummer, as the books have been released in that time period a lot.

Hm...give it a year and a half to 2 years from now is my guess. If we're lucky just a little over a year.

Well, she did say in an interview that 6 would be "short"... tho that could mean short compared to book 5, which isn't saying much...

We also know she's started, so with luck, we might get it for christmas next year (there was talk of 5 being out for Christmas, but there was a VERY long delay... :( )...

I would love to see it Christmas 04, and like you say she has already started it and it will be shorter than GOF and OOTP, so I guess any date is a possibility at the moment and I'm guessing we probably won't find out until early next year, as she has only just started the book, she isn't likely to know how long it will take to finish book 6.

Im with those who think that next fall will be the date. Was not OotP orginally supposed to come out last fall? But she had to redo the last 2 chapters or something. Furthor more she is already started on the next book, its supposed to be shorter than 6, and I too felt reading her interviews that she is wanting to get to book 7. Im not worried about the series being over. I think that some time or another she will bring us back to the wizarding world. Its mean and cruel but sometimes i catch myself wishing that JK's next book or series fails and she is forced to bring back potter as an adult....im kidding, but still...i think those would be so great seeing potter older.

I have heard that she has already started writing it too. She said that it would not be too long, not as long as GoF or OotP... I'm pretty sad that it's not too long, but then there's a good side that it will be finished really soon!:D Hopefully anyway!

i cant wait!! it'll be really cool...but i guess ill be kinda sad that the series is almsot over when the 6th comes out...

I would suspect that it might be spring 2005, maybe March 21/22 (a solstice), after all of the revisions. The publishing year seems to be set with big releases in March, June, September, and December. In the Katie Couric interview, she said that she had already started 6 and that the long gap between GoF and OotP was just to prevent herself from burning out because she'd done four books in four years. And that 6 just flowed along directly from 5 so it was a continuation of the story rather than a separate item.

I think it will be about 3 years for book 6 and about 4 for book 7.
That means that we are more than 7 years away from knowing how it will end.
She realizes very well that with the films in between there is not hurry and people are still kept warm for Harry Potter with those movies in between.

Film 3 coming out in 2004 and film 4 at the end of 2005 means that the best timing for her new book then is end 2006. In other words 3 years from now.
The film about Book 5 will be released at the end of 2007 and the film about book 6 can now be released in July 2009.
This means that she has to deliver a book early 2010 for the films to continue. The release date is most like July 2010 of book 7

I have a bet with my dad going! He thinks JKR is only after the money and because of the immense popularity will have it out by June 21/04. I'm betting at least one day after (although I think it'll be in 2005).
I can't wait to win... JKR will take as long as she wants on this book because I know she wants it to be good!

I think you should point out to your dad, delaney, that with £200 + million in the bank, JK probably has enough money to be going on with for the time being.

she has had a baby recently and she likes to take her time...i think we won't get book 6 until summer 2006...

The fact she has already started it, writes during the time her daughter is in school and after she goes to bed I say she will have it done by Christmas with a early summer release next year.

She has already said book 6 and 7 wont be nearly as long as the last 2 books.

Actually she said 6 was going to be shorter.

She said 7 was probably going to be long because she wasn't going to want to give up writing the series.

The problem is that she already knows how the series is going to end. She doesn't understand what the waiting is doing to the rest of us :)

I wish it wasnt 2 years.... i want to stay the same age as harry..... for these next 2 books.... but I know thats a fat chance.... my thing is, I want both books so badly but..... do we really? I dont want this to ever end..... ever! Im going to be bawling like my life depended on it when we finish no matter what sort of outcome.

I wish it came out tomorrow!

well u guys will have to think about this the time she write ? the time the editor has finish editing ?the time the arist has finish the book cover???

I'm going to go with sometime in late Fall/Early Winter of 2005.

While book 6 won't be as long, and JKR might have most of it written by now even, she's admitted several times that she writes and rewrites chapters and then goes back and rewrites it some more.

So even a short book will take a bit of time.

Cheers!

Prisoner of Azkaban is scheduled to come out in theaters in June 2004, and Goblet of Fire (if it is a single movie) in November of 2005 (at least the last I heard). They're not going to release a book and a movie near each other, so that leaves either Fall 2004/Spring 2005 as a book release time or spring/summer 2006 after goblet gets out of theaters (presuming its not split in two and where the 2nd part goes into theaters summer of 2006, this would put book 6 release nearing 2007. I doubt she'll wait 4 years)

She said she took a break from GoF to OotP, so the other two should be coming sooner than we think. I think probaly about late 2004 or early to mid 2005.

I'm going with June/July 2005, and that's if the book really IS shorter than OotP. She said that GoF would be the longest book in the series after it was published, and look what happened to #5 (I'm NOT complaining, mind you!).

She seems to go for the summer months, and I have a vague memory of reading somewhere that she chose those months because they caused the least amount of interference with the school year. That may not be true anymore, given the number of posts I saw before OotP came out about people studying for GCSE's and finals that were scheduled around the June 21 release date.

As far as having the book release interfere with the movies, I'm not sure she'd care that much, or that it would even be a problem. She gets most of her money from the books, not the films; the films are not really "hers", no matter how much input she has. Realistically, if HP fans had to choose between a new book and a new film, most of them would take the book and wait for the DVD.

Besides, if done correctly, I think a book release and film release in the same year would work very well at keeping the HP frenzy going and generating good revenues for both film and book. If the book is released in June/July 2005 and the GoF film comes out in November, where's the conflict for most HP fans? I'm not wealthy, but I can afford a $20-25 book in June and a $5-7 movie six months later. If you've got five books and five movie tickets to buy, start saving early. We'll have plenty of advance notice of both release dates, so it's not like either one would be an unexpected expense. On the other hand, if the book came out in June and the film in July, there's a problem because there's not much financial recovery time in between, and that kind of outlay WOULD be a hindrance for some people.

I know that sounds harsh, and I don't mean for it to be insulting, but my brain isn't cooperating at the moment. Sorry.

Yeah, SHE may not care if the books and movie are released at the same time, but Warner Brothers will care. They don't want the release of a new book to possibly take away from people going to their movie. However, if they do something like. Movie 3 in Summer 2004, Book 6 in Spring 2005, movie 4 in Fall 2005, thats a quick succession of releases yet they aren't overlapping and could really reap in a lot of money because people will be continually excited from mid 2004 all the way through 2005.

we will probly have to wait ages (AGAIN) like 5 years or sumthing stupid

*fuming* What makes so many of you think that JKR would listen to stinking, awful, nasty, greedy Warner Brothers? I'm sorry, but that just makes me SO angry. Not at you, of course, but at the thought of it. I would feel severely dissapointed with her if she sold out like that, and allowed herself to be manipulated by them. They have NO authority over her publishing decisions.

Hear, Hear, MagpieOnaga.

I don't care how long it takes JKR, as long as her finish product is as good as the others. Good things take time, remember?

well, i dont know how much discretion JKR has with deciding when to start selling her books. WB/Scolastic could always delay the release of her book until after a movie as cleared out of the theaters or something i would think

At the end of book 5 Moody says something like we'll be seeing you soon Potter. And tonks says maybe sooner than you think. This could be J.K.R. sending a message to her readers about a shorter wait for a new book than last time.
-Or could this message just be post-potter phobia setting in?

I think she meant that they were going to come pick up Harry some time during the summer, but you could be right.. She doesn't generally do stuff like that though

It's a phobia deffo!!! I reckon we'll be waiting a good long while yet (sigh) Still you never know it could be fairly soon. Your post has given me a ray of hope. Cheers!!!

First of all, :welcome: to CoS, asfbhero!

Discussion of Book 6's release date in general is happening right here (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11394), so I'm not sure if this will be allowed to stay open.

I personally wouldn't get my hopes up for an early release of Book 6, judging by the concluding scene of OotP. JKR will undoubtedly take her time, and I'll be glad if she does--we'll get a better quality book if she doesn't rush through it, and that's what matters. Still, it's nice to hope, especially since we're probably looking at another long wait. :sigh:

Happy posting!

i really hope that is what she meant by it. i dont think i can wait another three years!!!!!!

I hope that means that we don't have to wait another 3 years for the book... I don't think I could wait that long

whops didn't see that one:banghead:

I HOPE that is the case! I can't wait another 3 years either! JKR isn't one to hint stuff in the books in that way... but there is a first time for everything!

At the end of book 5 Moody says something like we'll be seeing you soon Potter. And tonks says maybe sooner than you think. This could be J.K.R. sending a message to her readers about a shorter wait for a new book than last time.
-Or could this message just be post-potter phobia setting in?

Her interviews have said that she has no deadline, but that Book 6 will be considerably shorter than GoF or OOTP. Unless they are going to spend the summer training Harry in dueling (and maybe ome snogging lessons - not from Moody, from Tonks - I definitely think there was something going on there), I think they were just reinforcing the notion they would be watching out and that the Dursleys had better treat him right.

I had a funny thought about this summer with the Dursleys - what if they get ridiculous the other way. What if they make the summer too cushy because the last thing they want on Privet Drive is someone freaky like Moody or even Tonks. What if Harry gets too bored with getting all he wants , having his way on everything, too much food, no work, etc. - and then realizes that what he really hates about being around the Dursleys is the emotional isolation and he tries to break through that (which they would go along with at first just to avoid trouble). Maybe they could start to see him as a person with special circumstances, but a person nonetheless, and he could see them as people who thought they were helping him by trying to keep him out of the magic world. Darn - it started out a funny thought of excess unctuousness, and got serious. Ach

I am not convinced that Tonks' statement was to the fans. I think this might be wishful thinking, but it would be nice, wouldn't it?!

One of my big problems is that I’m a recent HP fan and have had the luxury of reading books 1 through 4 just as OotP came out several weeks ago. Well, now that I have this addiction I find a longing for more after finishing 5.

In the mean time I think I’ll reread 1-4 (I’ve already read 5 twice), I might’ve missed something.

yeah, that's the good thing about having been an HP fan all along (I have a pre-fame 1998 edition of SS, not in mint condition, but possibly worth something.. I compared it with the post-fame edition, and noticed theres a dollar difference in the price on the inside jacked, and it doesn't say year one on the jacket), but anyways, I'm used to the long waits, so it doesn't seem quite as bad because I didn't read them in sequence like that

Originally posted by asfbhero (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?postid=442207#post442207))
At the end of book 5 Moody says something like we'll be seeing you soon Potter. And tonks says maybe sooner than you think. This could be J.K.R. sending a message to her readers about a shorter wait for a new book than last time.
-Or could this message just be post-potter phobia setting in?


I think it just means Harry isn't going to be staying at Privet Drive very long this summer. Book 6 is supposed to be a great deal shorter, according to Rowling, and I'll be surprised if she takes longer than a year to write it, as she did the first three books. She's not on any deadline with these last two, however (which is the reason we have no idea when it will be published), so she could take longer if she likes, but I'm expecting it to be out next June, or 2005 at the very latest.

Elektra

I doubt we'll have to wait so long for the sixth book as we did for the Order of the Phoenix. She's said in recent interviews that the reason she took so long was because she was getting over the Goblet of Fire, and the whole issue of fame. She said she took hardly any time at all to write the Order of the Phoenix, and most of that time was spent healing properly. Now she has healed, and claims to be happier now than ever, I guess she's back on track, deadline or not.

remember end of book 4??? sirius said hell be seeing harry much sooner than he thought. we had to wai 2 YEARS to see harry again, so i dont think this is a message from JKR
cheers

Originally posted by Veneficus (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?postid=442292#post442292))
One of my big problems is that I’m a recent HP fan and have had the luxury of reading books 1 through 4 just as OotP came out several weeks ago. Well, now that I have this addiction I find a longing for more after finishing 5.

In the mean time I think I’ll reread 1-4 (I’ve already read 5 twice), I might’ve missed something.


Welcome to our world! I only started reading the books 2 years ago so I'm reasonably new. It's funny cos I used to be one of those people who said, eugh Harry Potter's a **** kids book lol.

I'm saying 2 years for book 6 but we'll have to wait and see, christ I'll be 20!!! Do you reckon I'll have grown out of it by then?

Veritaserum

Hmm, that would be interesting if she was hinting to the readers. I just don't think so. I'm sure she took some time off to spend with her new baby. And probably wasn't doing much book work for a while. I had actually heard that book 6 was going to have a lot of information in it, and would be larger. No one really knows naturally, since it isn't done. We can all just guess. I'm sure not even JK knows. She likes to add stuff in here and there and before she knows it, shes got 700 pages!
:rolleyes:

Well, she does have a new baby. I babysit, and I know they can keep you busy. Book 6 might not be that bad, but book 7, especially because she doesn't want to let it go might be a LONG time.

I think itll take her atleast 3 years to finish the 6 th book. SHes got the movie, her baby and a life.

Originally posted by Veritaserum (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?postid=442672#post442672))
Welcome to our world! I only started reading the books 2 years ago so I'm reasonably new. It's funny cos I used to be one of those people who said, eugh Harry Potter's a **** kids book lol.

I'm saying 2 years for book 6 but we'll have to wait and see, christ I'll be 20!!! Do you reckon I'll have grown out of it by then?

Veritaserum

:D I'm way older than 20, and I can't wait for book 6 already. :)
I can't believe how hooked I've become, LOL. I read book 5, went back and re-read books 1-4, and now I'm on my 2nd reading of book 5.

I don't think JKR writes anything in her books for "purchasing" benefit... I think her books would be written the same whether she was a famous millionaire or an struggling unknown single mom.

I don't think we'll be waiting three years, though... my prediction is a year and a half. Book 6 is supposed to be quite a bit shorter than book 5 was... I suspect a PoA length, hopefully (and this is doubtful) NOT a PS or CoS length... it'd be great if it was another GoF-sized book!

But wouldn't it be loverly to have the new book for the new year? Or the holiday season?

Well, in the Albert Hall interview, when Stephen Frye said something about people looking forward to Book 6, JKR said something about, "I suppose I better start writing it..."

I don't think we'll get it too soon! :D

i hope jk doesn't take too long with book 6, i don't think i can handle waiting another 3+ years =P

Didn't she say something about seeing as Book 5 explains alot of stuff book 6 needn't be that long?

I agree I'd like a long book, but if it hasn't got a huge plot twist in it shouldn't be that long.

I think it'll be out late next year or very early 2005

2004 is my only guess. And i really hope it's true becuase i can't wait till 2005. Any ideas on how to kill years? Not time but years. :lol:

The best way to kill years waiting for a harry potter book is to detach yourself as much as possible from the hp world ^_^ At least, thats how I made it through waiting three years for book 5! When GoF first came out, I was theory-izing everyday and waiting for the book. It was terrible 'cause after 6 months, I couldn't take any more so I stopped visiting hp forums and such. Its a good time to form some other obsessions now ^~ Really, you'll be surprised how fast the years go by then.

Originally posted by tabby (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?postid=391051#post391051))
I'm going with one and a half. November/December 2004.



i hope so! can think of what I want for my B'Day already :p

a1waysthedreamer, I wouldnt be surprised if you got a warning, and your sig removed as u cud have spoiled the death to a lot of people. I would suggest reading this (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6677)

I believe that JKR said that she had already started writting it. She started while she was pregnant. In one of the interviews she said that she had already finished book 5 so she decided to start in 6. Since she didn't have that a date for that one. And yes she did say that book 6 woudn't be that long. 5 and 7 needed to be long because she had a lot of to-ing and fro-ing. And she already gave birth. So I say it won't be that long before she finishes. Plus she seems eager to finish with this story since she already started writting another story that she liked also. So I say maybe 2004

Gily Ann

With the movie of PoA coming out in June 2004, it would follow that the DVD of the movie will come out at Christmas 2004. I bet that Book 6 will come out summer 2005. I think that timing of releases is done very carefully, so as not to oversaturate the market, but still keep interest going (as if that was necessary for the HP universe!).

I think it'll be in 2005. It gives her enough time to write the book, and make any revisions to it that need to be made.

tomorrowtomorrowtomorrow i want it tomorrow! lol

Has any one thought that there MIGHT not be a book 6? Remember where Harry was in the hall of prophecies and a couple of prophecies smashed- the short parts that were heard were freaky-

"at the solstice will come a new..."

then

"none will come after.."

Is it saying at the Summer Solstice- this years- that Ootp is the last one?

It sounds impossible- but...... I don't like it at all...

LOL. Be careful what you say, AK, you'll have The Samaritans' telephones jumping off the hooks.

Originally posted by GredWeasley (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?postid=442823#post442823))
:D I'm way older than 20, and I can't wait for book 6 already. :)
I can't believe how hooked I've become, LOL. I read book 5, went back and re-read books 1-4, and now I'm on my 2nd reading of book 5.


That is exactly what I am doing. I am way older then 20 myself and feel the exact same way you do. :lol:

/cheers

Raey

I don't think that's true, AK, particularly because JKR herself has GUARANTEED 7 HP books.

Originally posted by Runes (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?postid=444115#post444115))
The best way to kill years waiting for a harry potter book is to detach yourself as much as possible from the hp world ^_^ At least, thats how I made it through waiting three years for book 5! When GoF first came out, I was theory-izing everyday and waiting for the book. It was terrible 'cause after 6 months, I couldn't take any more so I stopped visiting hp forums and such. Its a good time to form some other obsessions now ^~ Really, you'll be surprised how fast the years go by then.


Thats exactly what I did. After spending a lot of time visitng forums, etc., I decided that it wasnt coming anytime soon, so I left the HP universe. but when it was less than a month left, I started this amazing spurt, trying to read all 4 before it came out. (un!)fortunatly, It came out when I was halfway thru book 4. (Please note that i still had school most of the time,. and I read OotP in less than one and a half days) Im hoping that wont be necissary this time though..

I just thought of something about folks saying that they might not want to release the movie and book in the same year. Well this year they released the CoS movie on DVD/Video in April and the 5th book just released in June. So that kind of throws a loop in the theory on release a bit eh?

With that said I think book 6 will come out a bit quicker then the 5th one did as she is probably anxious to get to book 7. Also, she did say book 6 would go faster due to the clues/foundation that were presented to us of the background in book 5 with the order. I think book 6 could very likely be out in the Fall 2004/spring 2005.

As for book 7 I think it will take a bit longer then 6 for her to write simply for these facts:

1. She will have to tie up loose ends from the previous books cross all her T's and dot the i's.

2. Have the final showdown with what truly happened or happens with Lord Voldemort. (As in if it does not happen in book 6 then it definately goes down in book 7.)

3. Give us some clue as to what happens to the gang/survivors of the war. (I mean I can't imagine her not giving us some clue as to the fate of the characters we have grown to love so much.)

4. It will be hard for her to say goodbye to Harry as he has been a huge part of her life in writing since the first book. I mean 7 books in what will be close to 10 years is a long time with a beloved character, so saying goodbye to his world and him would be rough I would think.

Just my ideas,

Raey

Originally posted by Raeyne (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?postid=444921#post444921))
That is exactly what I am doing. I am way older then 20 myself and feel the exact same way you do. :lol:

/cheers

Raey

:rotfl: I just knew there was someone else like me out here, LOL!!! :rotfl:

:D

I think it will be either september of 2004 or july/june of
summer 2005,it seem's like it take's jk a year to a year and half
to wright one book.

well, they can release a book and movie in the same year, just not at the same time. I forgot about the DVD release of a movie. So yea. POA Movie in June 2004, making POA DVD/VHS release probably in like October or November of 2004. I'd guess then Book 6 in the Spring/Summer of 2005 since GoF movie is scheduled for November of 2005. That makes it to where nothing is overlapping, but you have one thing after another.

If thats the case, once we hit the release of POA we may be on a Harry Potter roller coaster with the POA Movie, then POA DVD, then Book 6, then possibly two GoF movies and their DVDs being released all in short succession. The last time i've seen, the OotP movie isn't due to be released until June 2007. IF there are two Goblet movies, the 2nd one will probably come about 6 months after the first (thus around May 2006 or so). Thats would give Winter 2006/Spring 2007 for book 7 to be release IF wants it out before the OotP movies. It could be split in two as well, making a 2nd half released in Decmember 2007 most likely. That would almost certainly put a book 7 release sometime in 2008....another 3 year wait after book 6.

I don't belive it only will take her a year to write ... i mean ... even though it's gonna be shorter the OoTP... i'll go for June/July 2005... hopefully not 2006 !!! *plz god*!!!
It's hard thinking about that if she takes 3 years for book 6 & 7 then book 7 will first be released when i'm 20 years !!! And i started reading the books when i was 11... hm .... JKR hurry up !!

Originally posted by Raeyne (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?postid=445100#post445100))


4. It will be hard for her to say goodbye to Harry as he has been a huge part of her life in writing since the first book. I mean 7 books in what will be close to 10 years is a long time with a beloved character, so saying goodbye to his world and him would be rough I would think.


I just wanted to comment this ... JKR started to plan the books in 1990... desiding what to happen and stuff like that, so if we say it will take her 2-3 years to realease book 6, and the same to number 7 then we are already in year 2007-2009 wich means that Harry Potter has been a part of JKR's life for almost 20 years... gulp .... ! Er... this wasn't meant in a harsh way ... sorry if it sounded like that ;)

The WORST part of OotP was definately the end when you find out that your going to have to wait another 1 or 2 or 3 or maybe more years to see what happens next. I got a little late to the HP series and I had the pleasure of reading the first 4 preety much over the span of two years. The long wait for book 5 was really really really hard. I hope i'm not going to be tortured again with a long wait to find out that i'll have to wait another several years for the 7th.

I don't think it'll be another 3 years before book 6 comes out, 5 is the biggest of the series (excluding book 7, probably) and JKR has less to worry about (no lawsuit, not pregnant anymore, etc.)

I think (hope) it will take her about a year to complete. After all, she did the first 4 books in a year. She didn's complane about that until GoF. So if book six is about the size of PoA, it'll probably take her about a year. And she took off about a year between book 4 and 5, she got married and had a baby. Her lofe was just bussier between GoF and OotP.

Killing Time Until Book 6, these are good books to read:

The Lord of the Rings
Prequel: The Hobbit
1: The Fellowship of the Ring
2: The Two Towers
3: The Return of the King


The Chronicles of Narnia
1: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
2: Prince Caspian
3: Voyage of the Dawn Treader
4: The Silver Chair
5: A Horse and His Boy
6: The Magician's Nephew
7: The Last Battle


Star Wars: The New Jedi Order

HARDCOVER BOOKS in BOLD ITALICS

YEAR ONE
1. New Jedi Order: Vector Prime by R.A. Salvatore
2. NJO: Dark Tide I: Onslaught by Michael A. Stackpole
3. NJO: Dark Tide II: Ruin by Michael A. Stackpole
4. NJO: Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial by James Luceno
5. NJO: Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse by James Luceno

YEAR TWO
6. New Jedi Order: Balance Point by Kathy Tyers
7. NJO: Edge of Victory 1: Conquest by Greg Keyes
8. NJO: Edge of Victory 2: Rebirth by Greg Keyes

YEAR THREE
9. New Jedi Order: Star By Star by Troy Denning
10. NJO: Dark Journey by Elaine Cunningham
11. NJO: Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream by Aaron Allston
12. NJO: Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand by Aaron Allston
13. NJO: Traitor by Matthew Stover

YEAR FOUR
14. New Jedi Order: Destiny's Way by Walter Jon Williams
15. NJO: Force Heretic I: Remnant by Sean Williams/Shane Dix
16. NJO: Force Heretic II: Refugee by Sean Williams/Shane Dix
17. NJO: Force Heretic III: Reunion by Sean Williams/Shane Dix
18. NJO: The Final Prophecy by Greg Keyes

YEAR FIVE: FINAL NOVEL IN NJO
19. New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force by James Luceno

They told me it was going to be NEXT YEAR on THE SUMMER!!

Okay dark*angel - who is "they" and are they reliable???

Originally posted by dark*angel (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?postid=476068#post476068))
They told me it was going to be NEXT YEAR on THE SUMMER!!



Are you sure? From what I heard JK has only just started writting it. From my guess it should take her a year or more to write book 6. That would bring us to around summer or winter next year. But then there is a six months wait for it to get edit and published. So the fastest it could come out would be in about 2 years. There is no way it can come out next summer. There is just not enough time.

By the way who are these people? Aned how sure are they?

Originally posted by dark*angel (original post (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?postid=476068#post476068))
They told me it was going to be NEXT YEAR on THE SUMMER!!


where did you get this from? who is "they" ????

Ah, the ever popular "They". "They" often say things and are never accountable for them when "they" are proven wrong. I try not to listen to "they" as "they" are generally wrong.

Actually JKR did say she had already started writing Book 6, back in February when the June 21 release date was given for Book 5.

JKR also believes that Book 6 should be smaller, more along the lines of the size of POA, however, I believe she also believed that about GoF, but, it grew from what she originally envisioned.

So, assuming 1 year from when she started, she could be finishing up writing by February or March, add your 6 months editing time, and it's possible we may be in for a pleasant surprise and get it as early as Fall or Winter 2004, but, my gut feeling is June 2005, which would be 2 years after OotP.

According to Amazon UK, the publishing dates for the book are.......

Philosopher's Stone: July 1997
Chamber of Secrets: Feb 1999
Prisoner of Azkaban: April 2000
Goblet of Fire: 2000: July 2000
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: March 2001
Quidditch Through the Ages: March 2001
Order of the Phoenix: June 2003

She suffered from writer's block for CoS, then had to contend with law suits, marriage, baby, and the two Comic Relief books between GoF and OotP. So mid-2004 isn't unreasonable, although I think Christmas 2004 is more likely.

the sooner the better! you think?

I think it will be sometime in 2005, though she has no time limit so could take as long as she needs. however she has already admit that book 6 will not be as long as book 5 was. :elaugh: i have also heard she has started working on it, but i dont think she has come out and said she has

Id say summer 2005

i hope she writes Hogwarts, A History too...

She also said in an interview that OoTP was going to be short than GoF. But it ended up way bigger. So who knows how big the next one will be, though I'm sure (thought not positive) that it'll be bigger and won't take as long to release as OoTP.

My guesses are Christmas 2004- Summer 2005, but if she delay it a bit in order to write The Standar Book of Spells and Hogwarts, A History , I have no objection ata all :)

What would you do if you woke up tomorrow, and in the morning news it was being announced that book 6 was *in stores!*? I think it would be *great* if they could sneak it in on us. I work at a rather large bookstore and I know that *we* could all keep our mouths shut!

LOL...I had a dream about that last night, Mother Bear...and I woke up thinking "but its only been a month and a half!!!"

Then I though, who cares, fell back to sleep and dream that I had managed to hitch a ride with JKR.

Yes, I have interesting dreams.

Given the wait we had for the last book, this is a really stupid thread.

I'd say about two years from when OotP was released, so two years. June 2005. That seems so far away.

i would say 2004..

It seems that she felt very pressured to finish GoF within a year of PoA... and her time in finishing OotP probably had to do with the fact that she probably spent a few months taking a break. I have a feeling that the wait for book 6 will look more like 18 months than 36. The time it takes to write a book can really be a long time. I'm not sure where Jerkwater gets the idea that a novel which takes more than 3 or 4 months wouldn't be good... there are a lot of great novels that have taken authors years to get just right, and they weren't 255,000 words. I've also read some compelling short-novels (30,000 words) which took the author more than a year to finish. Everyone has a different pace, and it seems that JKR's pace (when left to her own devices and not recuperating from an insane rush) is probably somewhere between 1 and 2 years.

I think that It will probably be out very late 2004 or early 2005. Somewhere from November to March. I also think that the book will be about GoF sized, maybe a teensy bit longer.

2005 seems about right to me. But I think no matter how long it takes, it won't be soon enough. She did suggest that it might be a good bit shorter so that might hurry things up, but I think that it will probably end up still being pretty long. At least I hope so, I enjoy these longer style books.

I don't think it will nearly take as long for OotP, but it will probably take about a year.The reason, because she said it would be shorter than OotP, which means it will be very close to GoF's length or even shorter. And I think it took her a year to write GoF, so we're probably looking at a year for it to come out. :(

it's been suggested that book 6 will be significantly shorter than ootp. personally i think that's not going to happen, even if jk has said so. remember she said the same thing about ootp and how it would be shorter than gof, but look what happened in the end. think about it-- we have a ton of loose ends to tie up and a whole war to fight, and jk's going to be hard pressed to finish all that in 2 books as it is. at the very least, book 6 will be gof sized, and we could very well be looking at book larger than ootp.

however, length doesn't mean book 6 is going to take another 3 years. we've all noticed jk has a new urge to finish up potter, is picking up the pace again and has already started book 6. if she continues at this pace, it will probably take 4-5 months to finish the first draft, then probably about a year or rewriting, editing, etc. at the very soonest, i think the earliest we can estimate the book to be released around september 2004. that is assuming there's no more delays, writer's block, etc. even if jk does encounter problems, i think the latest we can expect the book is around summer 2005.

so overall, i think it'll be out sometime between late 04 to summer 05. of course i'd love the release date to be closer to september 2004 than in 2005 but... heck, i'd wait till 2006 if it meant a high quality book.

*IF* 7 is the last book.... remember w/that carrer councilling she opened the door for 3 new books... she might not go through it, but the door is there...

No, I don't think that the career counseling makes a difference. The door isn't open for books after Hogwarts because she had already planned the ending years ago, it obviously would have then included Voldy dead (with Harry maybe dead) and she wouldn't have changed it so late. No, if there are any more HP books (and I hope there aren't, I want her to be a more diverse writer and I want to read a totally different book of hers) then it would be about James and Lilly's generation or possibly the fighting Grindelwald generation.

i dont get it.. she's already written the final chapter in book7.. kinda weird eh? at least im pretty sure it was book7.. hopefully im not being stupid and it was actually book5 :p i saw it on tv! it was ms JKR herself!

I think that it will be about 18 months before it comes out and unfortunately it will be quite shorter that OotP. I am guessing about 550 pages because she won't be able to shorten one of the biggest years yet under 500 pages.

i dont get it.. she's already written the final chapter in book7.. kinda weird eh? at least im pretty sure it was book7.. hopefully im not being stupid and it was actually book5 :p i saw it on tv! it was ms JKR herself!

JKR has said that she have finished the last chapter of the seventh book and she said that the last word will be "scar"...

It is really not that weird if you think what the final chapter might be. My guess is that it is epilogue so then it wouldn't be that hard for JK to write it now as she knows exactly what will happen to every character.

I heard that JKR started writing book 6 right after she finished book 5. If that is true ( which it may not be she does have a family) she had been writing for a few months before book 5 was even released. Eighteen months sounds right Mad I, a year to write and six months to publish.

I don't how much shorter it will be. She said the GoF was going to be the longest. I can see book 6 being about the length of GoF. At least I hope so.

I'm guessing that a lot of planning had to go into creating story lines for the last three books. OoTP was a major book in the series. So let's hope the last three books are already planned, and the writing won't take long. Although, I know it will.

I hope soon. I couldn't bear to wait another 3 years for the next book.

Well, a book bigger than book 5 would probably take longer than a book shorter than book 5. Personally, i prefer waiting and getting a book bigger then 5 instead of waiting only a few month's and getting a book that's much thinner.

Also, i read somewhere that JK said book 7 would be HUGE. And i hope every book she writes is bigger then the last.

I heard that JKR started writing book 6 right after she finished book 5. If that is true ( which it may not be she does have a family) she had been writing for a few months before book 5 was even released. Eighteen months sounds right Mad I, a year to write and six months to publish.


In this interview with Rowling (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/3004594.stm) , given on June 19th of this year, she says she started writing Book 6 while she was still pregnant with her son David, who is now about 3 or 4 months old. The Scholastic website originally posted a release date for Book 6 of November 2003, but took it down shortly thereafter. This leads me to believe the book will be published sooner rather than later; I'll be surprised if we don't have it before 2005.

Elektra

The Scholastic website originally posted a release date for Book 6 of November 2003, but took it down shortly thereafter. This leads me to believe the book will be published sooner rather than later; I'll be surprised if we don't have it before 2005.


Wow, November 2003 for Book 6? If only that were true! How long ago did Scholastic have that date up, Elektra?

I think probably (or *hopefully*) mid-late 2004 for bk6.

i'd rather wait longer, actually, because after book 6 is book 7, and after book 7, there is no more theorizing and reading on these boards. it's over. finished. done with.

Thanks for the article link Elektra, I hadn't seen it.

i'd rather wait longer, actually, because after book 6 is book 7, and after book 7, there is no more theorizing and reading on these boards. it's over. finished. done with.

I want to move on! I hate this waiting... Sometimes I think it would be better if I had discovered Harry just after the release of book 7... I hate being obsessed with anything.

I want to move on! I hate this waiting... Sometimes I think it would be better if I had discovered Harry just after the release of book 7... I hate being obsessed with anything.

sometimes i feel that way... but then i think-- what if the two books were released in the next year. yeah, i'd be happy for the couple of hours it took me to read them... but what then. it'd be over... completely over-- and that would suck.

personally, i don't mind the waiting... no matter how long it gets. as long as there is HP to be looking forward to :agree:

well it's ok for me to wait. we can keep guessing and making theories about what will happen next. i always find it interesting.

I don't mind waiting if it is going to make the book better, but I do want it as soon as possible. I think that the soonest that it will come out is Christmas 2004.

(Hopefully someone didn't already post this, I just don't feel like reading the other 5 billion posts)

BOOK 1 - July 1997
BOOK 2 - June 1999
BOOK 3 - September 1999
BOOK 4 - July 2000
BOOK 5 - June 2003
BOOK 6 - April 2004 or September 2004 * My Pred. (Since it cannot happen during the summer due to the movie)

Source:
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/books-hp.html

I heard through a friend that she has already finished books 6 and 7. and from what i'm hearing here she hasn't. But she could always lie. i think the next one will be in march-april 2004. I think book 7 will come out sometime in mid-late 2005.

She has the guideline done, Not the book.

Source:
http://www.msn.co.uk/liveevents/harrypotter/transcript/

yah, i don't think book 6 is complete yet, but she HAS started.. and i'm sure she's got a basic outline of where she wants to go with it. in any case, signs are pointing towards book 6 being completed quicker than the 3 year wait between ooop and gof

I think the wording of that prophesy must have taken about 6 months. If we have no more prophesies, the books should come quicker.

I'm gonna go with late 2004 or early 2005. Maybe earlier? *crosses fingers*

I'm betting on late 2004 or some time early 2005 or mid 2005 for the sixth book. I hope it's sooner but... we had to wait three years for OotP afterall.

I think the wording of that prophesy must have taken about 6 months. If we have no more prophesies, the books should come quicker.

That's funny. The prophesy was definately not the most straight forward thing ever.

I'm going with 2005 though.

Wow, that rumor of Book 6 coming out in November 2003 certainly got my attention. But, that's almost impossible for it to come out that early. I figure it might come out in late 2004 or early 2005. I'm hoping it will be out sometime in 2004. After book 6 comes out though, it will be very depressing. I mean, one more book and it will all be over. Just memories and lots of memories. However, J.K. said she'd never say she wouldn't come out with a adult Harry book, she just doesn't have any plans as of now. Wouldn't be amazing if she announced there would be a Book 8 , I'd probably have a heart attack after I heard the news though.

It would be as long as this one and as it take this one like 3 years it could be out on 2005 or 2006

It will have to take longer than November 2003. And who can really predict? What if there is another plot flaw (like that Ron's cousin thing?) and it takes extra months for JKR to write her way around it?

by the way, is there a thread on plot flaws?

I'd love to have book six just like everyone else, but at the same time, I'm experiencing an early separation anxiety from the books. Just think about it, would you really want harry potter 7 to be written already? that would mean the story is over and there would be no more speculation, no more predictions. . . could we take that? LOL!

Regretfully, I'm going to have to back the people predicting 2005 or 2006. I can't imagine we'll get it any earlier than that. ::sigh::

If JKR would just let us know the title or a small snippet of information about it, that would make me happy.

Regarding the first four books being relaesed at the rate of 1 per year, JKR has stated that the pressure to complete each within a year was way too much, that along with the rest of her busy/changing life over the last 3 years was why it took so long for OotP. November 2003 is way too early to even hope for (as that's only 4 months after OotP was released). Book 6 is not meant to be as long as Book 5, although Book 7 is supposed to be huge. Since 1 year is too short a time frame for her taste, I would say, 1 1/2 - 2 years would be more realistic to hope for (Jan 2005 to July 2005).

Prisoner of Azkaban Movie is due to be released in theaters in Summer 2004 (August I believe), so for marketing purposes and not wanting to flood the market with too much product at one time, it's unlikely that book 6 would be released in Summer 2004, even if it wasn't for the fact that she doesn't like the 1 year deadline.

So maybe we'll get Book 6 in January 2005 and GoF movie in Summer 2005. Because of the kids aging it's important for GoF movie to be started as soon as PoA is wrapped, and WB has already lined up a new director so that can happen.

Ok just my two cents, but book 6, well, earliest logially would be late 2004, but then again, as stated, in the same way that it wont be released tolcash with th movie, it wont be released to clash with the DVD just in time from christmas (this is if the mid June box office release dates are to be believed, 5-6 month is a good time to wait for dvd release)...

So, any time around the movie is just not happening, because june, july and august (and the run up to it) will be HP movie focused. You don't want two different HP sources to be stealing each other's thunder, you want each to exploit the market at it's fullest potential!

Also, late 2004 is ALSO unliklely because of the DVD... belive me, the dvd is a bigger deal for the studios than the movie, because they make more money from it, no only percentage wise, but actual hundreds of millions more... and just it time for christmas, it has HUGE potential.

So, taking THAT into account, giving the DVD 3 months aswell, i really DON'T see anything happening in the book 6 front until March 2005... Which should be enough time for JK to write a good 500ish page book, i don't see it being shorter than that, probably closer to 600...

After that? Well movie 4, which i think will have a Year and a half between itself and movie 3, so being releaser (like movie 1 and 2) in the winter season, in time for christmas of 2005... and then? Well the last book will be huge, because as she has said she wont wanna let go, and will try and squeeze in all those details she hasnt had a chance to tell us about so far... 1000pages? I wouldnt put it past her!

k.

I think I read somewere on iHP that book 6 is rumored to be just in time for the Summer Olimpics. That would mean because they start on like 8/10/04 that the next book will come somewere in the next year maby less. So when school is done with this year we should be getting the 3rd movie and the 6th book in the same summer!! (although that might be to much in to little time so its possible the rumor is wronge...)

GriffiN']I think I read somewere on iHP that book 6 is rumored to be just in time for the Summer Olimpics. That would mean because they start on like 8/10/04 that the next book will come somewere in the next year maby less. So when school is done with this year we should be getting the 3rd movie and the 6th book in the same summer!! (although that might be to much in to little time so its possible the rumor is wronge...)


I hope that's true :) that'd be really cool!!!! I'd say either end of '04 beginnig of '05

I want it to be soon, but I'd much rather have a high quality book take a long time to come out rather then a low-quality book come out sooner. So how ever long it takes to make the best book possible is fine with me.! :D

Maybe I'm wrong but I think she said in an interview that book 6 would be big. She has no deadline as some of you already said she probably doesn't take one full year to write it but she edits a lot and writes over and over. The better state of mind to survive is to have no expectations.

Good luck!

If JKR would just let us know the title or a small snippet of information about it, that would make me happy.

You think so? Maybe, but I think we'd all just be clamoring for more after discussing the snippet for about, oh, five minutes.

PoA movie is suppose to come out on June 4, 2004 (http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808404333). So if the book was ready (a big IF) it could be released 6 weeks before the movie, as a lead in. However, I have a gut feeling that it will be out in early 2005, maybe they will make the announcement of the release date during the movie hype time and then tie in Book 6 with the DVD somehow.

I don't think it will take nearly as long as OoP, because I read somewhere that JK took a lot of time off between finishing GoF and starting OoP. I also read somewhere that she has already started Book 6 so, hopefully it won't take nearly as long as OoP. I think its reasonable, then, to expect it out some time in mid to late 2004.

Edit* I missed your post, Elektra, also, Mad_for_Lupin, sorry about that. But I agree with them, so I'll just leave this.

I can't possibly see the arrival of Book 6 before late 2004--and I think it is much more likely that we won't see it until early-to-mid-2005. Just my humble opinion...

All I can say is that good things come to those who wait.

I'm guessing sometime in 2005 (sob, sob). Marketing and other profit motivated factors will come in to play - movie releases, other media events that can take hype away from the book.

Of course, JKR has to finish writing the book, which I doubt will be as long as 4 or 5, but then there is just the time element of editing, illustration, printing, promotion.

since the first 4 books were released within 3 years of each other, i don't think it's completely unreasonable to expect a book by late 2004, although if she was just toying with us about making it shorter than ootp and ended up being considerably longer (i would love a 1000+ page book, but that probably won't happen, huh? :) ) i wouldn't mind waiting another 3 years. i think she's gonna pick up the pace on this book, assuming nothing unexpected comes up in her life.

at the end of book 7 is she including something that says what happens to all the characters after hogwarts? i read something about this somewhere, but i don't remember if it was a fact/ something jkr actually said, or just a rumor.

at the end of book 7 is she including something that says what happens to all the characters after hogwarts? i read something about this somewhere, but i don't remember if it was a fact/ something jkr actually said, or just a rumor.
I think the epilogue thing is just a rumor. But the fact that she is already finished with the final chapter makes me think that it is an epilogue. Cause how else would the know where to start the final chapter if the second last chapter wasn't finished?

Hasn't every book been released in July? And most one year apart. So if she can write a book in a year, it would be July 03 or 04 at the latest. No later, she has had her break, and we NEED book 6

OotP was actually released in June.

For the first 4 books, JKR was under a one year per book contract, and it burned her out, hence the long wait for OotP (coupled with all the life changes she went through). The one year time line is too short for her (editing, and printing 8 million or more copies, apparently takes about 6 months).

I cannot point you to proof, but I'm pretty certain the epilogue was a promise from JKR, anyone else know which interview she said that in? As stated above it does make sense that the last chapter which is already written is the epilogue.

sindatur,

It's here: Potter's Final Chapter Written (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1726528.stm)

"This really wrap everything, it's the epilogue and I basically say what happens to everyone after they leave school, those who survive - because there are deaths, more deaths coming."

- JKR

I don't think there will be new book next year. I mean, JKR isn't a machine.I think book 5 has exhausted her.

I think that book six (any one have suggestions on a title?) will be just as long as book five, or longer (I hope). She said that Goblet would be the longest but I think she puts so much detail into every year that they are just going to get longer because Harry and friends are doing so many different things.

I am also saying Summer 2005 for the release date. Goblet was released in July and OoTP in June so JK seems to like summer, but I guess we will have to wait and see.

i'm thinking around christmas 2004. Between 4 and 5, didn't she have a baby, a lot of lawsuits, take a break, and a new marriage to get used to? and she's said herself that book 5 was originally going to be the length of prisoner of azkaban but details and clues had to keep being added in, but now that she's done that, she said book 6 will be shorter. Plus, i don't think she's as busy, and she's already started writing it.

i'm thinking around christmas 2004. Between 4 and 5, didn't she have a baby, a lot of lawsuits, take a break, and a new marriage to get used to? and she's said herself that book 5 was originally going to be the length of prisoner of azkaban but details and clues had to keep being added in, but now that she's done that, she said book 6 will be shorter. Plus, i don't think she's as busy, and she's already started writing it.

Instead I agree with TiffW04 (2005 release date): don't forget that she works at the movie too. :)

i think it will be between christmas 2004 and july 2005 she isnt going to(i hope) have another child and she(again i hope) isnt going to get divorced and remarried or have like 3 lawsuits. she had too much going on between 4 and 5 and this time she doesnt and it doesnt take THAT long to right a book!

I really need it asap! But with the third movie coming next summer and book six being as big if not bigger than OOTP, it probably won't be until summer 2005 :( I could really go for next Christmas too!

End of 2005, two and a half years after Book 5 was released. That's a little quicker than Book 5, as it should, with a little less going on, a little less stress. But I think a lot of you are really overestimating how long it's going to take - remember, she's taking care of a baby!

until 2005! That's soooooo long!!!! Oh my, I think I might need theraphy until then or I'll go mad.

My guess is early 2005. It can't be 2004, with the PoA movie being released in mid 2004. I agree with everybody who thinks book 6 may be released between December 2004 and summer 2005.

I'm guessing (and hoping) that book six may be published in 2005. I don't think we can hope for any earlier than that. Like many others have said, JKR has a baby to take care of, and she can't just write nonstop, like she did for books 1-4. I assume that there will not be a release date for six until PoA and GoF as movies come out.

I have come to realize now we were all a little spoiled becuase she was churning out PS-GoF once a year. Now JKR can afford to take her time- none of us are going to forget about Harry or stop being fans anytime soon. It will be at least two year increments for each successive books now, methinks.

December 2004...my last month in college :clap:

Although there hasn't been anything official said about the release date of book 6, theres a few clues around that can provide a good guess as to the release date.
Before beginning book 5 JKR took a year off to unwind after the stress of writing book 4. She has said that this wont be happening again, and she has already started book 6.
She has said that book 6 will be shorter than 5, so theoretically it should take a shorter time to write (however she also thought that 5 would be shorter than 4!)
She has a lot more stuff going on in her life than she did when she was churning out 1 book a year, she's married and has a young baby. She also doesn't have the financial pressure to write anymore.

To me, this says that we can realistically hope for a release sometime in 2005, but other people will have different interpretations.

Bear in mind too the commercial aspect. The publishers, merchandisers, WB etc. are in this for the money. They want to get the maximum cash out of the franchise. Realistically, the actual fans represent only a small part of that cash. Most of it will come from people who quite like the series and think they'll check it out, plus young kids who want the merchandise.

Conventional wisdom, especially in the film and record industry, says that 2 years is the optimal lenght of time between releases. Any more, and the non-fans drift away and forget. Any less and the total life of the frnchise is shortened, plus which it is believed that one release will then be competing with its predecessor for cash; they try to wait till everyone who's going to has bought the previous release. HP must be one of the biggest money mekers in the world right now. I think they're going to aim for the 2 year thing.