Fantastic Beasts is not just a new outpost for the Harry Potter empire. It is a pivotal moment in the creation of The Wizarding World of JK Rowling – and it could give the gold-gobbling niffler a run for its money. We go over the booksA film franchise is like a shark: it must keep moving forward or die. Now that the goldmine of Harry Potter has been largely exhausted after eight phenomenally successful films, the baton has been picked up by Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Fantastic Beasts is not simply a new outpost of the Harry Potter empire, it is a key plank in the extension of a “universe” that has given itself considerable elbow room with its retooled brand-name, The Wizarding World of JK Rowling. Encompassing films, books, videogames, websites and theme-parks, the Wizarding World is one of the most valuable brands in the entertainment industry. Conceived and written by Rowling herself (and taking its cue from the Hogwarts school textbook mentioned in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone), Fantastic Beasts was quickly reconfigured as a five-film series, starring Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne as its “magizoologist” protagonist, Newt Scamander. Rowling has set the film in the US, from where the vast majority of the Wizarding World’s revenue has so far derived. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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The Andrew Lownie Literary Agency has appointed David Haviland to build a fiction list, with the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The consumer ebook market was worth more than £90m in the first 10 months of 2012... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The organisers of new book award the Literature Prize announce it has found a sponsor and will hand out its first accolade in 2014. Continue reading at BBC News
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Tablets and other digital reading devices are expected to be big sellers this holiday season due in part to the growing number of devices available from a host of manufacturers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sainsbury’s has grown pre-tax profit by 2.5% in its half-year results as the retailer said... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The book publishing industry is dealing with two conflicting trends at the moment: the number of individual titles produced continues to rise while the number of print units sold continues to fall. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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A huge majority of respondents to the government’s consultation on the future of Public... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Publishers are facing a dystopian future in which they are bit-part players in the ecosystem... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Hodder & Stoughton has acquired erotic romance All I Want Is You by Elizabeth Anthony.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Nine months into the year, one media trend seems clear: titles may come and go, but magazines made from paper-and-ink are sticking around. Publishers launched 155 magazines in the first three quarters of 2012, among them Fairchild Publications' men's fashion quarterly M and northeast... Continue reading at Crains New York
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Since the publisher’s launch in early 2009, the Experiment’s biggest success has surprised even its staff: Forks over Knives: The Plant-Based Way to Health has become a smash hit, selling 127,000 copies since its publication in summer 2011 (it’s also the #47 bestselling book of the year so far... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Icon Books has acquired the book that inspired Danny Boyle's Olympic Opening Ceremony, which... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Anticipation is mounting that Amazon will make an announcement about a second model Kindle Fire... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The success of 'Harry Potter, 'Twilight' and other has created a halo effect for the entire genre. And kids aren't the only ones doing it.For years, the book industry has been mired in debates about the plight of independent booksellers, the rise of Amazon and the fate of print as it struggles... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Candlewick's Find Waldo Local promotion, which the publisher produced last month in conjunction with the American Booksellers Association, was such a resounding success that Candlewick announced that it will sponsor it again next summer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The ebook format became the most popular one for adult fiction in 2011, surpassing hardcover books and paperbacks, according to an annual survey. Net revenue from ebook sales over all more than doubled from 2010. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Bertrams like-for-like revenue has risen 4.3% in the last three quarters as its total sales... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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E-book readers have been relatively slow to borrow digital works from the library, deterred by a limited selection and by not even knowing whether their local branch offers e-releases, according to a new study. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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The folks at Gannett, the newspaper publisher best known as the people who bring you USA Today, also want to be known for online sports. Here’s another move in that direction: The company’s USA Today Sports Media Group has acquire ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dana Johnson's first novel explores the space between reinvention and ruin through the eyes of the child of African Americans who migrated from the South to L.A.Elsewhere, California Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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