Forbes Magazine has released their annual list of the world’s billionaires and, once again, Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling has been included as part of their 2008 ranking. Named among the Celebrity Billionaires, Ms. Rowling is the only author on their list. Forbes notes the following:
Once a single mother living on welfare in a cold-water flat in Edinburgh, Scotland, Rowling is now the only billionaire author on our list. The seventh and last installment of her wildly successful Harry Potter series was released last July to throngs of rabid fans who made it the fastest-selling book of all time. More than 11 million copies were sold in the first 24 hours. Feeding the Potter hype machine: The film version of the fifth book came out the same month.
Readers will remember J. K. Rowling made the 2007 Forbes list as well.
Congratulations God! (I mean JK Godly) I think I know why she’s so successful:
magic. Her money is magic. Her series is magic. Her life is magic. JKR is magic. :D
WOW!!! Congrats Jo!!!! May you be on that list every year!! I can’t think of anyone more deserving than her,and it feels good to know that some money in this world is in the hands of someone who’ll try to make it a better place to be.
Love you Jo!
For anyone wondering, she was tied at the bottom of the list at 1062, along with a lot of other people who had “only” $1 billion (I think this list has every billionaire on it.
“Rabid”? I think they mean “avid”! That is so heartwarming to hear JK’s story though. If anyone deserves to be a billionaire, she does. She deserves it for touching the lives of so many readers. She is an inspiration.
"Well, we were always going to fail that one," said Ron gloomily as they ascended the marble staircase. He had just made Harry feel rather better by telling him how he had told the examiner in detail about the ugly man with a wart on his nose in his cryst
wow way to go jo
sweet first post!