Photos: Harry Potter and the logistical nightmare

Summary: Once more into the breach for Amazon.co.uk...

By Will Sturgeon | July 13, 2005 -- 15:13 GMT (08:13 PDT)

Once more into the breach for Amazon.co.uk...

The operation to ensure all Harry Potter fans receive their books on the day of release from Amazon.co.uk is a mammoth task. The company has a 200,000 square foot high-security warehouse where the books are kept prior to despatch.

Staff are "carefully hand-picked", according to a spokeswoman, and the company is legally bound by an agreement with publisher Bloomsbury to keep many of the details surrounding the release and despatch of the books a closely guarded secret.

Photos: Amazon.co.uk

Topic: Networking

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