whirlwind100
I think it will be sold out 2 hours after they open the stores.
Nah. Most people will preorder it.
I went into the bookstore late at night on 7/16/05 (release of HBP) and the shelves were still quite full of it. I think most people have learned from the mistake of not preordering 4 or 5 (I know I did!) and they will preorder. The bookstores will order a ton anyway.
One of the bookstores I go to still has stacks of the first printing of HBP from a year ago... Most people preordered the book, and didn't buy it off the shelves.