User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Mark of Athena Official Discussion/@comment-67.193.122.233-20121010222331/@comment-4566556-20121011055328

False. Editors, publishers, R.R's family, R.R himself read it way before you. Even if they for some reason didn't, tons of fans probably read before and some probably even got the book from a bookstore even before the official release date.