Sales Department - Logic Puzzle
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2025 12:07 am
Ah. You've joined the people of the Sales Department at Flourish and Blotts. This just might be very interesting!
There is so much to be aware of when publishing a book. How does one manage the publisher’s inventory? Who is publishing the books? In what order are the books released? How many are to be published? (It'd be sad to end up with a best seller and run short on books printed ....) (It'd be equally sad to publish several hundred or thousand copies and gee, only three sold ...) Who will be chosen to publish which book? So many questions and all fascinating.
Following is a logic puzzle prepared for you to solve, involving some of these questions.
Flourish and Blotts is getting together a list of authors, the number of books which will be published for each author and the months in which their books will be published. Match each author (one of whom is Ben Roberts) to the month in which they will be published and how many books will be published (come out) at that time.
1. Alison Smith was either the person to be published in January or the person who will have 100 books published
2. The person who will have 200 published will be published sometime after Ben Roberts.
3. The authors were Harry Weasley, the person published in March, the author who will have 400 books published, the person with 100 books published and the person who will be published in February.
4. The author published in January will not have 200 books published.
5. Luna Longbottom will be published 2 months after Edna Forbin.
6. Alison Smith will be published sometime after the author with 300 books published.
7. The person published in April will have 100 books published.
8. The person published in May will have 400 books published.
9. The author with 300 books will be published some time before the author with 500 books.
Solve this logic puzzle and send your solution to me (Professor Tarma Amelia Black) and Professor Amy Lupin, in a HOL PM titled Publishing Pursuits - Logic Puzzle.
Send your solution to us by 11:59 PM (HOL time) on October 26th. You'll earn 20 beans for this task.
Enjoy!
PS Here's a puzzle grid made up for your use, if you wish.
For a direct link to the puzzle grid, click here.
There is so much to be aware of when publishing a book. How does one manage the publisher’s inventory? Who is publishing the books? In what order are the books released? How many are to be published? (It'd be sad to end up with a best seller and run short on books printed ....) (It'd be equally sad to publish several hundred or thousand copies and gee, only three sold ...) Who will be chosen to publish which book? So many questions and all fascinating.
Following is a logic puzzle prepared for you to solve, involving some of these questions.
Flourish and Blotts is getting together a list of authors, the number of books which will be published for each author and the months in which their books will be published. Match each author (one of whom is Ben Roberts) to the month in which they will be published and how many books will be published (come out) at that time.
1. Alison Smith was either the person to be published in January or the person who will have 100 books published
2. The person who will have 200 published will be published sometime after Ben Roberts.
3. The authors were Harry Weasley, the person published in March, the author who will have 400 books published, the person with 100 books published and the person who will be published in February.
4. The author published in January will not have 200 books published.
5. Luna Longbottom will be published 2 months after Edna Forbin.
6. Alison Smith will be published sometime after the author with 300 books published.
7. The person published in April will have 100 books published.
8. The person published in May will have 400 books published.
9. The author with 300 books will be published some time before the author with 500 books.
Solve this logic puzzle and send your solution to me (Professor Tarma Amelia Black) and Professor Amy Lupin, in a HOL PM titled Publishing Pursuits - Logic Puzzle.
Send your solution to us by 11:59 PM (HOL time) on October 26th. You'll earn 20 beans for this task.
Enjoy!
PS Here's a puzzle grid made up for your use, if you wish.
For a direct link to the puzzle grid, click here.
