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Latest news as of Wednesday, August 27, 2008
| Thursday, August 21, 2008 |
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| All-day Harry Potter read-a-thon comes to the Web |
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the release of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Scholastic has organized a cover-to-cover reading of the book to take place at its headquarters in New York on September 23. Fans can show up and participate, or can watch a live Webcast if they don't happen to be in New York. [more...]
Source: CNET |
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| Monday, August 11, 2008 |
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| Price war hotting up for new Harry Potter |
The latest tome from Harry Potter author JK Rowling is still four months from publication, but it has already sparked a price war in the UK. Amazon, Waterstone's and Tesco are all offering the book to pre-order online for £3.49, half the £6.99 cover price. It could be the top-selling book at Christmas. [more...]
Source: This Is Money, UK |
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| Israel bans Arabic Harry Potter |
Harry Potter is apparently not welcome in Israel, at least in its Arabic translations imported from Syria and Lebanon. Arab-Israeli publisher Salah Abassi told Israeli public radio on Monday that authorities ordered him to stop importing Arabic-language children's books from the two longtime foes of Israel. [more...]
Source: Middle East Online |
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| Harry Potter prequel sold out on first day |
All but a handful of the 10,000 copies of What's Your Story? sold within hours of going on sale on Thursday, with customers at Waterstone's booksellers limited to two copies each. Waterstone's said the book would not be reprinted, turning copies into a collector's item. [more...]
Source: The Telegraph, UK |
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| Thursday, July 31, 2008 |
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| Harry Potter fairytales to be published |
A collection of fairytales penned by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is to be published. The Tales of Beedle the Bard, which Rowling first mentioned in The Deathly Hallows, will go on sale on December 4. The book will feature additional commentary on each fairytale from Professor Dumbledore, and an introduction by Rowling. [more...]
Source: BBC News |
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| Friday, July 25, 2008 |
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| Harry Potter drives Scholastic's global sales |
Scholastic's global sales were up 15% to $2,205.6m in the year to end-May 2008, driven by strong Harry Potter trade sales of approximately $270m following its US publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in July 2007. It also said that a strong performance in the UK, Australia and Asia contributed to the increase. [more...]
Source: The Bookseller |
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| Wednesday, July 23, 2008 |
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| Fans rush to snap up Deathly Hallows in Japanese |
A throng of Harry Potter fans flocked to book stores on early Wednesday, eagerly awaiting the release of the Japanese translation of J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series. About 1.8 million first editions of the new book that is divided into two parts will go on sale at bookstores around the country. [more...]
Source: Mainichi Daily News, Japan |
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| Monday, July 21, 2008 |
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| Last chance to buy first edition hard-cover Deathly Hallows |
BooksOnBoard, the premier online bookshop, now offers the First Edition hardcover of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows for less than the UK paperback list. Priced at $9.99, that's $25 off the publishers list price of $34.99. The UK paperback edition was released last July 5th with a list price of approximately $17. [more...]
Source: Webwire |
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| Harry Potter fans pay £1000 to stay in J.K. Rowling's suite |
The Edinburgh hotel suite where JK Rowling completed the Harry Potter series has become a Mecca for fans across the world, at almost £1000 a night. Renamed the J.K. Rowling Suite, it still contains the marble bust she triumphantly signed after completing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in January last year. [more...]
Source: Edinburgh News |
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| Monday, July 14, 2008 |
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| Harry Potter books in curriculum |
The Harry Potter books are so good at encouraging schoolchildren to take an interest in lessons that they are now officially part of the Scottish curriculum. Thanks to the efforts of a teacher at a Stirling primary, the goings-on at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry have been turned into coursework in subjects ranging from English to music and art. [more...]
Source: The Scotsman, UK |
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| Saturday, July 5, 2008 |
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| Tales of Beedle the Bard goes on display in Tokyo |
Amazon on Thursday gave Japanese fans a glimpse of J.K. Rowling's first book since the phenomenally successful Harry Potter series, which it bought for four million dollars. "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" is one of seven handmade books by the British author. Amazon bought it at a December auction for 40 times the expected price. [more...]
Source: Khaleej Times, Japan |
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| Rare Harry Potter sale |
An uncorrected copy of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is expected to fetch up to £400 at a sale next week. The 252-page proof of the novel by Edinburgh's JK Rowling, owned by a school teacher, will be sold next Thursday by Cheffins Auctioneers of Cambridge. Director Charles Ashton said: "There were probably only tens of these rare books printed." [more...]
Source: The Scotsman, UK |
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| Friday, June 27, 2008 |
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| Deathly Hallows now available in Hindi |
The Hindi edition of the seventh book in the Harry Potter series "Harry Potter Aur Maut Ke Tohafe" (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) was released in Bhopal, India, on Friday. "The quality and look of the Hindi edition is at par with international standards," said Vikas Rakheja, managing director of Manjul Publishing House. [more...]
Source: Smashits, India |
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| Monday, June 23, 2008 |
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| Harry Potter tops secret adult book list |
Adults are clandestine readers of children's books, a survey of secret reads has revealed. Harry Potter was top of the list, which also included by The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and the Narnia books. [more...]
Source: The Mirror, UK |
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| Friday, June 20, 2008 |
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| Harry Potter security catches book thief at Clays |
A production worker at St Ives' book printing arm Clays, has been convicted of theft after stealing copies of various books from a plant in Bungay, Suffolk, where the Harry Potter books are printed, to sell on eBay. He was caught because of the tight security instituted after the theft of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in 2003. [more...]
Source: Print Week |
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| Friday, May 30, 2008 |
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| Interview: Mary GrandPre talks about new Sorcerer's Stone cover |
J.K. Rowling gave birth to Harry Potter, but Mary GrandPre breathed life into him for millions of readers. As illustrator of the Potter saga, GrandPre made evocative drawings that traced Harry's often-perilous journey through adolescence, and in the process shaped the world's image of the book's hero. [more...]
Source: Time Magazine |
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| Wednesday, May 28, 2008 |
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| J.K. Rowling writes short Harry Potter prequel |
J.K. Rowling has written a one-off 800-word handwritten "storycard" to go on auction. The storycard finishes with the words "From the prequel I am not working on – but that was fun!" and is signed J. K. Rowling, 2008. J.K.'s Tales of Beedle the Bard netted 1.95 million in 2007. [more...]
Source: The Times, London |
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