Four years ago today: ‘What’s a Hallow?’
On December 21, 2006 a little door opened on J.K. Rowling’s site. Well, not by itself. You had to click a mirror image of a tree, and then some other stuff, and eventually the...
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JK Rowling texts Dan Radcliffe with promise of no more Harry Potter books
In a new interview with MTV, lead Potter star Dan Radcliffe talks about a text message he received from author JK Rowling the other day. Jo had told Dan he had done such a...
Follow a new Harry Potter reader experiencing the books for the first time
One of our friends has shared with us a blog of interest to Harry Potter fans called ‘Mark Reads Harry Potter‘. The purpose of the blog is quite simple. A guy named Mark reads...
Potter series popular among Gitmo detainees
TIME Magazine is reporting that the Harry Potter series is one of the more popular reads for detainees behind bars in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. For the 176 prisoners, cut off from family and facing...
Scholastic: Potter plagiarism suit ‘completely without merit’
Last week we reported that British author Adrian Jacobs was suing Scholastic, claiming that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is “substantially similar” to Jacobs’ 1987 book The Adventures of Willy the Wizard....
Author’s estate suing Scholastic over similarities to ‘Goblet of Fire’
The estate of British author Adrian Jacobs that took on Bloomsbury in 2009 is now suing Scholastic claiming that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is “substantially similar” to Jacobs’ 1987 book “The...
Follow Up: Three rare, signed Harry Potter books raise $7361 for charity
A couple weeks ago we told you about a charity called Project Bangladesh. The charity’s mission is to build a school, a library, and a computer lab for needy children in Bangladesh. They had...
Four unique Harry Potter book auctions kick off to benefit charity for Bangladesh
Yesterday, four special Potter-related items went up for sale on eBay to benefit a charity called Project Bangladesh. The charity’s mission is to build a school, a library, and a computer lab for needy...
Rowling may allow Harry Potter to go digital
Could J.K. Rowling be ready to allow Harry Potter to be sold in e-book version? According to an article from The Bookseller, she could be. Neil Blair, partner at the Christopher Little Agency (CLA)...
