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Latest news as of Friday, May 9, 2008
| Friday, May 2, 2008 |
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| Ten years later, Harry Potter vanishes from Best Sellers list |
After a 10-year run, and less than a year after the seventh and final book in J. K. Rowling's series was published, the Harry Potter books have fallen, as of the May 11 issue of the Book Review, off The Times's best-seller list. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone first crept quietly onto the bottom of the hardcover fiction list on Dec. 27, 1998. [more...]
Source: NY Times |
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| Monday, April 28, 2008 |
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| Harry Potter becomes required reading in British schools |
Harry Potter has been put on the A-level English syllabus, to be studied alongside Shakespeare and Dickens, sparking claims exams are being Dumbledored down. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the world's 12th best-selling book of all time, is on the English language and literature syllabus of the AQA board, which sets half the UK's exams. [more...]
Source: The Sun, UK |
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| Deathy Hallows wins 2007 Nebula Award |
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Presented the Nebula Awards for 2007 at the Omni Austin Hotel Downtown in Austin, Texas on Saturday. The Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy was awarded to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling. [more...]
Source: SFWA |
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| Harry Potter trial has a potentially happy ending |
J.K. Rowling held out an olive branch in the latest copyright trial and seemed clearly wounded after the previous day's testimony by Steven Vander Ark. Rowling told the judge in federal district court in Manhattan that she had been misunderstood. "Do your book, but please, change it so it does not take as much of my work," she said. [more...]
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| Monday, April 21, 2008 |
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| J.K. Rowling #1 most collectible author |
AbeBooks.com analyzed sales data from 2007 and compiled an 'author collectibility index' based on sales of books priced more than $500. On-going demand for signed Harry Potter books means Rowling tops the index. An autographed Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows sold for $5,500 just after its release last July. [more...]
Source: Abe Books |
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| ABC News conjures J.K. Rowling documentary |
ABC News in the U.S. is working on a behind-the-scenes look at the life of "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling. The in-depth profile, which will air in November, includes several interviews, the book tour for the final "Harry Potter" installment, and a tour of locations that inspired her characters. It even hints to what the future holds for Harry and his friends. [more...]
Source: Reuters |
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| Friday, April 18, 2008 |
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| Harry Potter stumps judge |
The judge in the Harry Potter copyright case said yesterday that the Harry Potter books left him baffled. Robert Patterson Jr. said he found JK Rowling's "magical world" hard to follow, with strange names and words. He added: "I found it extremely complex." [more...]
[Related Articles] Source: The Sun, UK |
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| Friday, April 11, 2008 |
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| Fans wondering why you have to be 13 to read Beedle |
Amazon is giving Harry Potter fans the chance to read The Tales of Beedle the Bard, but only if they're over 12. The book, hand-written by J.K. Rowling, is one of only seven in the world, and was bought by Amazon for £1,950,000! Amazon says it had to set an age limit on the writing contest because of internet rules in other countries. [more...]
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| Wednesday, April 2, 2008 |
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| Signed Harry Potter book up for sale |
A copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, signed by author JK Rowling, will be among the items going under the hammer at a charity auction tomorrow. The last instalment of the boy wizard's adventures will be one of the lots at a fundraiser taking place at Napier University's Merchiston campus. [more...]
Source: Edinburgh Evening News |
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| Saturday, March 29, 2008 |
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| Bloomsbury's Potter spell comes to an end with record profits |
Bloomsbury will celebrate one last piece of financial wizardry from Harry Potter when founder and chief executive Nigel Newton rolls out its annual figures on Tuesday. He will disclose that Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows was the major factor behind a spellbinding increase in annual profits from £5.2 million to above the £17m mark. [more...]
Source: Sunday Herald, UK |
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| Wednesday, March 26, 2008 |
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| Yale divinity course examines theology in Harry Potter |
Most people agree that the wildly popular Harry Potter series has a religious following. But do the stories about a fictional boy wizard contain religion in them? Danielle Tumminio, a Yale Divinity School graduate student who instructs a course called "Christian Theology and Harry Potter" at Yale would say, "Yes." [more...]
Source: Christian Post |
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| First edition Harry Potter fetches almost $8,000 |
A long-ago weeded library book still bearing its barcode recently fetched a cool $8,000 at auction in England. Christie's never checked the barcode to confirm that it hadn't been stolen, but a Bloomberg News reporter did, and confirmed that the book had indeed been "disposed of" back in 1999. [more...]
Source: School Library Journal |
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| J. K. Rowling to testify in court against Lexicon |
J. K. Rowling is ready to testify to protect her ownership of Harry Potter against RDR Books, an independent American publisher, next month. A US court is to decide whether she can block the publication of an unauthorised encyclopaedia of the wizarding world that she created. She condemns the Lexicon as "a Harry Potter rip-off". [more...]
Source: The Times, London |
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| Thursday, March 20, 2008 |
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| Rare Harry Potter book conjures up £4000 at auction |
A rare copy of the first ever Harry Potter book has fetched almost £4000 at auction after being sold by a library for £2. The tattered novel, which still has the library's label and barcode attached to it, was put on sale nine years ago because it was in such bad condition. [more...]
Source: Edinburgh Evening News |
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| Friday, March 14, 2008 |
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| Harry Potter books cast a spell over collectors |
Serious booklovers will be turning their eyes to Christie's, the London auction house on Wednesday 19 March, for some real magic. Up for auction in the Fine Printed Books sale is Lot 106, a first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone published in 1997. It contains an additional treasure: a publisher's slip signed by the author, JK Rowling. [more...]
Source: The Telegraph, UK |
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| Wednesday, March 12, 2008 |
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| Tilda Swinton blasts Harry Potter books |
Oscar winning actress Tilda Swinton says she can't stand the Harry Potter books, because they make kids think it's fun to be at boarding school. Swinton says the novels glamorise what for her meant a lonely childhood. [more...]
Source: The Daily Record, UK |
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| Thursday, March 6, 2008 |
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| Harry Potter UK paperback boxed set coming in October |
A complete paperback boxed set of the Harry Potter series is to be published in October. The set, with the full seven titles, will be priced at £59.99, with new artwork, and will be "the ultimate gift", said the publisher. [more...]
Source: The Bookseller |
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| Harry Potter tops bestseller lists across the world |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final book in the Harry Potter series, has topped the bestseller lists for the UK, US, France and Germany, according to Internet retailer Amazon. The survey also revealed that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was voted the number one read across UK, US, France and Germany. [more...]
Source: Zee News |
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