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I didn't read or see it, but shortly before one of the Harry Potter books (maybe the 5th) was officially released, someone "leaked a pirated copy" online. Lots of people downloaded it and liked it and weren't suspicious about it. It advanced the plot in a convincing way, and so on. But it was completely fake, written from scratch by a fan of the series. Ha.
Yea, I remember reading that one and was really confused when the actual book came out and was much different.
Harry and Dudley bond over Monty Python?
This happened with my friend group and Deathly Hallows. We all read a fake leaked copy before the book came out and made our own personal injokes, like how insane it would be if Harry broke into the Bank and just started flinging Unforgivable Curses at random goblins, or if ANYTHING bad happened to us we'd say *Oh no, Dobby!" and someone would follow up with "We spend two full chapters mourning Dobby."
it was not a fake leak
I once found a fake Harry Potter book named Harry Potter and Deatbly Hallows, probably just a pirated version of the actual book, never read it, but funny to not spell-check the name.