From the Chronicle Herald

ARMINGTON, Utah — No peeking.

The publisher of the new Harry Potter novel has strict rules for libraries handling the book this summer.

Among them: Libraries must limit the number of employees who handle the books before the July 21 release and provide names and contact information for each branch manager, according to the contract from Scholastic Inc.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the final book in J.K. Rowling’s popular series about the boy wizard.

Davis County Library director Pete Giacoma got a contract on March 28 and shared it with county commissioners. “I think we better ratify,” Commissioner Bret Millburn said. “I think we’d get a spell cast on us.”

The contract says failure to keep Deathly Hallows under wraps until July 21 could get libraries scratched from future embargoed titles.

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