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WB Presents a WB Shop/TLC Exclusive: “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good” T-Shirts

May 25, 2005

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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In March, the WB Shop asked for your opinion on what color to make its new “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good” T-shirts, which were inspired by your suggestions at our Cauldron Shop forum, where a WB representative hangs out taking in your ideas. White lettering on a black shirt won …read more!

Book Six May Bring Lots of Business, Little Profit to Stores

May 25, 2005

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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The Herald Sun in Australia reports about a price war for the book that’s going on between the major chains, including Dymocks, Angus and Robertson. While the book has a recommended retail price of $45, Dymocks will sell it for $29.95, and the online retailers are still trying to determine their in-store prices.

PotterParties: Countdown Screensaver and More

May 24, 2005

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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It’s been a week since we announced PotterParties.com and in that time we’ve received hundreds of e-mails, and can tell you that a lot of good news is coming out of that site soon. First, though, our wonderful designer John Noe was toying around with some “homework” and came up with this amazing screensaver for …read more!

ADMIN: Editors Update

May 24, 2005

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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We’re getting more and more e-mails on this, so hopefully this will put some speculation to rest: We did not yet announce the results of our editor search – we had planned to have done so by now but a certain lady whose name we won’t mention (but whose initials are JKR :), has made …read more!

HBP Betting Raises Fears of Book Leak

May 24, 2005

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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This is London is reporting (based on a story in The Sun) that the betting on character deaths in HBP has skewed so far to one character in the town where the book is being printed that there are rumors the book has been leaked. (There is also similar conversation that the same character is …read more!

UK GoF Site is Live

May 20, 2005

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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We know there’s been a lot of wibbling and frustration among people in the UK who were unable to access the official Goblet of Fire site, so we’re happy to note that it is now accessable across the British Isles. If you’re still having issues loading it, you’ll need to clear your cache and/or hit …read more!

When sagas end, what do the fans do next?

May 20, 2005

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Yesterday NPR’s Talk of the Nation focused on the end of the Star Wars movies with a discussion of fan-generated works, including fanfic, fan art, fan films and vidding. Harry Potter was prominently discussed along with the two Star Wars trilogies and other fan-intensive entertainment like Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, Buffy, and X-Files. …read more!

Hi-Res, Comma-Added GoF Poster

May 18, 2005

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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WB re-sent us the Goblet of Fire debut poster, this time with the comma – and HUGE. (Again, no watermarks, link to this page please…thanks!) Get it RIGHT HERE

ADMIN: Serverus and Storgé, Working Together

May 18, 2005

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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As you can probably tell, our second server has been installed and is working: Storgé has officially joined forces with Serverus to bring Leaky to you faster and better than ever before. To clarify: Storgé is the name of our second server, that runs our forums. Serverus runs everything else. Both are chugging along merrily. …read more!

PotterParties.com Opens: Fan Sites Work Together to Bring Fans Together

May 18, 2005

Posted by: Melissa Anelli

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Well, now you know. PotterParties.com is open for business. This site is an international database of parties celebrating the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. For the first time ever, fan sites from all over the HP fandom have come together to bring this service to you. It was developed by the Floo …read more!



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