Asda Potter book row over
Harry Potter fans will still be able to pick up a copy of the latest book at Asda after the supermarket settled a row with the publisher.
The chain apologised for criticising Bloomsbury - the publisher of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - for charging an unreasonable recommended retail price of £17.99 for the book and "attempting to hold children to ransom".
The publishing house cancelled Asda's order of 500,000 copies of the book claiming that the company owed them money but Asda said it had been denied access to the final Potter edition because it planned to sell them at a cut price of £8.87.
Asda has now settled the dispute by apologising unreservedly to Bloomsbury for its comments and has managed to secure its delivery of the hotly anticipated book for Saturday.
Meanwhile, it seems someone has got their hands on the much anticipated novel a little ahead of schedule.
Despite millions of pounds being spent on keeping the book a secret until July 21, pages from the Deathly Hallows appear to have turned up online.
Publisher Bloomsbury is refusing to confirm or deny whether the images are real.
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