J K Rowling is set to release four new pieces of writing through her Pottermore website, telling the history of magic in North America. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
J K Rowling has revealed that Dolores Umbridge, a Hogwarts professor and enemy of Harry Potter, was based on a real person. In any essay posted on the Pottermore website, Rowling said she “disliked intensely on sight” the person she based Umbridge on, who was a teacher “in a certain skill or... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
J.K. Rowling's world of wizardry is coming back to the big screen—but without Harry Potter.Studio Warner Bros. announced Thursday that Ms. Rowling will write the screenplay for a movie based on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, her textbook about the magical universe she created in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harry Potter has joined the Kindle lending library.Amazon.com announced Thursday that on June 19, the ebook editions of J.K. Rowling's seven Potter novels will become part of the Kindle service available to Amazon Prime subscribers. Members can download a book for free once a month. Amazon's... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
It didn't take a Hogwarts magician to know this day would eventually come. The bookstore feature of J.K. Rowling's Pottermore website went live Tuesday, enabling English-language readers to buy the digital editions of all seven Harry Potter novels—and the audiobook editions—from anywhere in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Harry Potter ebooks will go on sale exclusively from the Pottermore website from midday... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Mon, 22/08/2011 - 11:42 The launch of the Pottermore website in October has been greeted as a game changer by the childrens publishing industry, with virtual worlds and social networking seen as a natural part of future brand development. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill and Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 23/06/2011 - 16:34 Retailers have criticised J K Rowling's decision to sell the Harry Potter ebooks directly through the Pottermore website, with Waterstone's saying physical bookshops are "effectively banned" from selling... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Jones and Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 23/06/2011 - 11:53 J K Rowling has confirmed that she will release paid-for ebook versions of her incredibly successful Harry Potter books from her new website Pottermore "in partnership with J K Rowlings publishers... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]