The San Francisco Chronicle has an interesting tidbit: An inside source tells us that Robin Williams will have an uncredited cameo in “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” He and the film’s director Chris Columbus worked together on “Bicentennial Man” and live near each other in San Francisco. Williams’ last uncredited appearance was as evil …read more!

Bloomsbury Publishing is named the UK Middle Market Company of the Year by the Financial Times due much in part to the success of the Harry Potter book series.

The BBC will have a live chat with J.K. Rowling on Monday, March 12th at 5:35pm GMT (12:35pm ET). Send your questions to her prior to the chat.

Speaking of bestsellers – “Order of the Phoenix” is already #4 on Amazon’s bestseller list and it’s a year away! Prisoner of Azkaban and Goblet of Fire are 20 and 22 respectively, Sorcerer’s Stone is 34, and Chamber of Secrets if 43. Not bad – to have all your books, including those not written yet, …read more!

Don’t forget that “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” and “Quidditch Through the Ages” officially get released on Monday, March 12! It’s already #2 on Amazon.com’s best seller list. If you haven’t pre-ordered it by now, I’d suggest going to your local bookstore early to get it.

Harry Potter Galleries has posted a picture of Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter costume for March’s Vanity Fair. Note: Several readers have informed us that this picture is not in the March 2001 edition of Vanity Fair. We’re checking on details.

We have the link to the This is Wiltshire article – it has a picture as well.

A reader emailed this article from This is Wiltshire. The site is apparently down so we’ll link to it as soon as it’s up. We have new casting information but no news as to who she is playing: A 10-year-old pupil at Stonar School in Atworth has landed a role in the Hollywood blockbuster, Harry …read more!

Ananova reports that the sheet music being auctioned off from the Harry Potter movie was sold for pounds 5000 ($7309).

The London Times has an interesting if not critical review of “Goblet of Fire” in today’s issue.