no lights? hahahaha

Lol. No light...

Lol, that's silly. They'd chop their fingers off or something. o_O The searching I can understand, but turning the lights off? Heh...

Wow, in Germany?

Wether, they make them work in total darkness, or keep them as prisoners until the day after the book is released is okay with me....Just as long is my precious potter isnt spoiled for me. .....by "ANY" means neccessary.

Wether, they make them work in total darkness, or keep them as prisoners until the day after the book is released is okay with me....Just as long is my precious potter isnt spoiled for me. .....by "ANY" means neccessary.

Poessneck (Pößneck in German) isn't far away from my village ;)

Okay, 'The Mirror' is totally exaggerating. How can you work in 'total darkness'? I'm still afraid of spoilers though. I'm not sure how to avoid them. I doubt nothing will leak, but I hope it doesn't reach my ears... or eyes.

wow, searching the staff is REALLY serious...

hahaha that's funny, but they are definitely not telling the truth. You can't work in TOTAL darkness. It's fine though...I don't want DH to be spoiled like HBP was....I'm looking ONLY on MN for my HP news--no where else!

The Mirror has to be exaggerating. They may be using black lights or darkroom lights to keep it hard to read, but total darkness has to be a violation of work labor laws.

That's CRAZY!!! They wouldn't make people work in total darkness, they'd end up killing themselves or something. Or worse, hurting the book! o_O

I hate that Quibbler -- i mean the Mirror.

oook, thats a bit odd, but I'm glad there's good security on the book, even though spoilers will leak eventually.

that is hilarious. i'd like to try to work in total darkness. hahaha. if there are bloodstains on our pages, we'll know that this little experiment of theirs didn't work.

That's funny, knowing that you have to go to work everyday in the dark! I can't believe though that someone somewhere is hold DH.

I don't think that's true- at least not the darkness part. It would be good to have strict security though.

I love the "(and, well, The Mirror is a tabloid)." comment. I'd love to see how working total darkness works out for them. You'd have an assortment of misprinted books...

Hahaha working in total darkness. Doubt it... 55 DAYS (:

how can they see if its total darkness? i dont get it. and its just a book. its not like a war or like global warming. i dont see why its gotten to be such a big security issue.

How are they supposed to work in the dark? and aren't there health and safety laws?

Haha if they're working in total darkness, it's only a matter of time until they start hyponotizing them when they leave. Y'know, just in case their eyes adjust and they start to read it :)

I live in Berlin, and now I have the strong desire to drive to the factory and steal a book. I wouldn´t spoil anyone, I just would make a lot of money on bets. The book is so close, yet so far away. i can hardly wait.

Wow working in total darkness , thats amazing. Isn't this is Germany ? Most aren't likely to even understand the words being that its in another language. writergurl013

i'm so glad i live in America! I do not want blood stains on my precious hp book. im praying for u guys in germany!

sorry my comment got cut off.... but what said was writergurl013 ,,,, was that they better not hurt my book either!

HAA. Total Darkness. Hilarious. And Plutogirlgenius, Hilarious again :P

Yeah, my guess is the no lights thing is BS. Anyway, does this mean that I'll be able to find an english copy of the book while I'm in Austria during the release :-D ????????

Hey. It is THE book. But I really think that the idea of working in total darkness is ridiculous. I mean, IF they are actually working in total darkness, I'd be amazed if they can actually assemble the books. ;)

Szara, 'The book is so close, yet so far away.''..You're totally right.I live near Hanover

there's probably some light, otherwise they wouldn't be able to see what they were doing! then we'd have page 150 switched with page 784, or something, lol. that would be awful! and the people making it would probably go crazy being in the dark all the time. ohhh dh is so near! ahhhh!

hahaha could you imagine geting the book, and the pages being all out of order, cuz they worked in the dark??? i'd love it- search for the next page!!! lol

I feel like that isn't entirely accurate. Can't imagine what gave me that impression...

wow.

Well, german made-to-measure... we just like to do things properly! ;-)

pffft! yeah coz we trust the mirror! lol its pretty funny the hings they come up with!

hey it's fine by me, as long as they don't get first dibs on reading the beautiful book, and as long as i get a copy of it....andddddddd as long as they don't have a chance to read it while printing it...but it's prob a lie, you can't print a book in totally darkness...can you?

well, if its true they are working in total darkness....okay with me! i mean, with half blood prince we already speculated dumbledore was going to die because the workers of the factory that was printing the book all of the sudden started betting a lot of money that dumbledore was going to die... so...i reallly dont care if thewy search them, or make them work in darkness, or keep them locked up until july 21st if all that means the books wont be spoiled :)

They should let them work with the lights but make them sleep at the factory until July 21st..... sorry workers

Working in total darkness is forbidden by law in germany I think. So forget it^^

haha!!!! no lights!?!?!?!?! thats halarious!!!! but what if they put the book together wrong... like putting the ending at the begining and vise versa... lol... and y Germany... maybe that town thing has no people or something... who knows... probably a tabloid but id laugh if it was true. Whatever they do is fine with me as long as nothing gets put and if this is the solution then keep it up!!!

It appeared in no german news that the workers have to work in the dark...I think this is made up rubbish!!! And again (as in the news where our release-date was announced): Most of us can speak english....those workers would be able to read the book... Ohhhh.....I can't wait ;)

I'm thinking they should just lock 'em in the factory and they can't leave till the 21st.. :D

i understand all these safety precautions, and searching the workers is a bit over the top, but still understandable, but no lights? that's just ridiculous. this is probably just some stupid tabloid rumor.

Total darkness? That has got to be bullshit. How could they even see what they're doing? It's only a book, after all.

haha that's interesting

Hmmm ... you'd think there'd be safety issues too, no?

okay, so i know this is just a really good book that everyone is loving., but realistically, if someone reads it before its out, its not the end of the world. its probly more dangerous to work in the dark then to read it. stupid security.

O.K. I undestand that they want to take high measures to prevent anything about the from leaking but risking gettin sued because someone might get a hand chopped off because they can't see what their doing? I don't know about you guys but I think thats just a wee bit overkill.

Um . . . chill, people. That is WAY, WAY overboard. Is there no trust at all? Surely they have to sign contracts and millions of other safety precautions, is this absolutely necessary? Plus, (I know I'm beginning to sound like Hermione with SPEW), you don't make people work in pitch black. Get a grip.