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I work in a library and have also seen multiple scans of book 7 on the internet. These scans appear to be library copies of the book. The dust jackets of a sheen to them which indicates that they have been cloth protected and from past experience there seems to be no limit on what libraries do when they get the Harry Potter books. Bookstores and large libraries receive there copies at about the same time. However, bookstores deal with profits and want to keep momentum building until the day of release. They also suffer deep penalties from book publishers from breaking street dates and Harry Pooter books are, of course, no exception. I have worked in libraries for the last two Harry Potter books and from my experience and the experience of my friends around the country libraries will adhere to the street date, but this does not stop them from opening the boxes early to prep them for checkout. Some libraries even let employees read the books without checking them out. This is unfortunate and something I beleive leads to the best path to leaking the books early. I have been amazed that Scholastic has not held back on offering large libraries to receive their shipments until after the street date for something they try so desperatley to protect.
