Editors from TLC attended Scholastic's unveiling of the 30-day countdown clock at its New York City store.
Pictures from the event can be viewed
here in a slideshow type format.
After the event, Mr. Levine and Ms. Marcus, the main editor of the Scholastic edition of Harry Potter and executive vice president of Scholastic, respectively, gave a short interview to TLC.
The event was captured on video and files can be downloaded from
here. The entire interview can be read on
this page.
Quote:
Arthur Levine: "I think they will like the fact that they finally are getting a lot of answers.
Quote:
Arthur Levine: "I guess for me the most satisfying thing is to see the continuing emotional development of the characters.
To see them, to actually see them growing up, which is something that, as in mere children, you don't neccessarily notice on an ongoing basis but you have moments that you say, 'Wow,' you know? 'Harry is really growing up,' you know.
And it's not something you would have said three books ago [laughter]or when he first got to Hogwarts, or... Gosh, Hermione? (Nods) You know, "YOU GO GIRL." [laughter]
Barbara Marcus: "We knew that from the begining though."
Arthur Levine: "Right we knew that, but she (Hermione) didnt always - but she's come a long way. So I think the character development is for me, the most satisfying."
Quote:
Arthur Levine: This author has set up this incredibly elaborate puzzle, you know, putting a little piece here, a little piece there and still it's continually amazing that this little tiny minor detail from book two suddenly becomes a plot point - I'm making that up by the way, that's randomly chosen from my head [laughter].
Quote:
AL, standing with Cheryl Klein, continuity editor on HP: And, the Half-Blood Prince is - [Cheryl clamps her hand over Arthur's mouth and smiles smugly while Arthur reveals the secret behind her hand (or so we think)].
Source:
The Leaky Cauldron 
HBP: 'There are a lot of answers.' 
And i'm sure all anwers will be answerd in HBP
