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‘POTTER’ LUCK OF THE LEAK

Even as sealed boxes of the seventh Harry Potter book were being delivered to New York City bookstores, a few lucky Harry Potter fans got magical surprises in their mailboxes yesterday.

They received copies of J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” which is not supposed to be out until Saturday.

Potter publisher Scholastic is furious that DeepDiscount.com – which got the books from distributor Levy Home Entertainment – let the books out of the bag.

Scholastic is pursuing “immediate legal action” against both companies for “breach of the on-sale agreement,” said spokeswoman Kyle Good.

Good emphasized that the “number of copies shipped is around one one-hundredth of one percent” of the 12 million set to go on sale.

Still, Scholastic is asking those few fans to keep the books sealed until Saturday.

It’s the second time in a week that Scholastic has had to pursue legal action to plug leaks.

On Monday, Scholastic obtained a subpoena to find the identity of a user on Photobucket who posted scans of the book’s epilogue.

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