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The Harry Potter marketing juggernaut is just way out of control:

Mail Carrier Says She Was Fired For Delivering Harry Potter Book Early
Kenia Cooper said she was just doing her job when she picked up the daily mail from the Westport post office where she worked, sorted her deliveries and left. But inside the stash was a single copy of the new Harry Potter book that had slipped past whoever divided up the mail.
The book was marked with a notice that said not to deliver it until June 21, but Cooper apparently didn't see it...
The mail carrier eventually got the book back, but not without repercussions. Cooper was told to go home and not to return...
The post office claimed Cooper was only suspended, and that something like this likely wouldn't warrant firing. Union leaders were out of town and unavailable for comment.

Fired, suspended, whatever -- she's being disciplined because one precious copy of some children's book accidentally slipped into the hands of one customer a few days early. Somebody needs a smack upside the head.

(Link via Pocket PC eBooks Watch.)