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Not that McGraw-Hill published Harry Potter (because they didn't) but could have you imagined how much a publisher would have flipped out if Steve Jobs had leak

by tibbon 17y ago

Not that McGraw-Hill published Harry Potter (because they didn't) but could have you imagined how much a publisher would have flipped out if Steve Jobs had leaked the ending of the final Harry Potter books the day before it came out (had he known the contents)? When I saw this guy on TV I was thinking, "What the hell is he thinking- there's no way Apple is sanctioning this"

patio11 17y ago
That leak would have sounded like: "Wow, I just got done with the new Harry Potter book. It is amazing -- it has, like, magic and stuff, and there are these three kids, and they keep saving the world. We're so happy to have it on the iPad -- it is going to sell a whole lot of copies." i.e. it only matters if you're a legendarily obsessive control freak.
- netcan 17y ago
  Not exactly. It's leaking a secret. "Harry Potter has wizards in it" wasn't a secret.
  - patio11 17y ago
    Right. Mind if I read a few titles from Hacker News the day before the exec mentioned the Apple Tablet? Apple Execs Downright Giddy About The Tablet (techcrunch.com) Industries Apple's Tablet Could Shake Up (popularmechanics.com) Apple Tablet 'Isn't Going To Cost Anywhere Near $1,000' (businessinsider.com) Apple Tablet: Bestest, Coolest, Greatest Thing Ever (markevanstech.com) Apple's tall order may be making tablets viable (sfgate.com) "Flurry Notices Cupertino-based Users Testing Apps on Apple Tablet" The only way this secret could have been less secretive was if it had been passed to the CIA with explicit instructions that under no circumstances was it to be leaked to the New York Times.
    - ErrantX 17y ago
      except none of that was verifiable or insider info; this wasn't speculation, but hard fact (and something new - the e-book store)
- allenbrunson 17y ago
  a couple of years ago, there were a group of trolls who had gotten hold of one of the potter books a few days before release, and went around trying to spoil it for everyone, by revealing how one character murders another one in the end. not surprisingly, the author and many of her readers were upset over it. so no, it does NOT only matter if you are a "legendary obsessive control freak."
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pmorici 17y ago
Though it was a dumb gaff on his part it's not like he is the only CEO type to do this, the executive editor at the NYT did something similar did he not? http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/10/26/itablet-leak-assumptive-speak-york-times-executive-editor-apple-slate/ http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/10/26/itablet-leak-assumpt...
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by tibbon 17y ago

patio11 17y ago

That leak would have sounded like: "Wow, I just got done with the new Harry Potter book. It is amazing -- it has, like, magic and stuff, and there are these three kids, and they keep saving the world. We're so happy to have it on the iPad -- it is going to sell a whole lot of copies." i.e. it only matters if you're a legendarily obsessive control freak.

netcan 17y ago
Not exactly. It's leaking a secret. "Harry Potter has wizards in it" wasn't a secret.
- patio11 17y ago
  Right. Mind if I read a few titles from Hacker News the day before the exec mentioned the Apple Tablet? Apple Execs Downright Giddy About The Tablet (techcrunch.com) Industries Apple's Tablet Could Shake Up (popularmechanics.com) Apple Tablet 'Isn't Going To Cost Anywhere Near $1,000' (businessinsider.com) Apple Tablet: Bestest, Coolest, Greatest Thing Ever (markevanstech.com) Apple's tall order may be making tablets viable (sfgate.com) "Flurry Notices Cupertino-based Users Testing Apps on Apple Tablet" The only way this secret could have been less secretive was if it had been passed to the CIA with explicit instructions that under no circumstances was it to be leaked to the New York Times.
  - ErrantX 17y ago
    except none of that was verifiable or insider info; this wasn't speculation, but hard fact (and something new - the e-book store)
allenbrunson 17y ago
a couple of years ago, there were a group of trolls who had gotten hold of one of the potter books a few days before release, and went around trying to spoil it for everyone, by revealing how one character murders another one in the end. not surprisingly, the author and many of her readers were upset over it. so no, it does NOT only matter if you are a "legendary obsessive control freak."
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pmorici 17y ago

Though it was a dumb gaff on his part it's not like he is the only CEO type to do this, the executive editor at the NYT did something similar did he not? http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/10/26/itablet-leak-assumptive-speak-york-times-executive-editor-apple-slate/ http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/10/26/itablet-leak-assumpt...

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