UK Booksellers Not Willing to Break "Deathly Hallows" Embargo
As we get closer to the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the BBC is reporting today about the temptation UK retailers are facing regarding possible early sales of the long awaited Harry Potter novel. The article cites many retailers who are unwilling to break the embargoContinued...
Of Dragons and "Deathly Hallows" Audio Books
Allen and Unwin Announce Winners In 'Midnight Signing' Competition
As we reported last week, the Australian publishers of the Harry Potter series Allen and Unwin, had opened their ‘J. K. Rowling and the Midnight Signing’ contest for Australian and New Zealand fans to enter. The competition has now closed and the winners have been announcedContinued...
"Deathly Hallows" PaperBack Due July 2008, Box Set from Bloomsbury to be Released October 1, 2007
Today, UK Harry Potter publishers Bloomsbury announced that export orders for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows “were up 17% on book number six.” The BBC reports that the company will also release a special box set edition of the novelsContinued...
Winners Picked in Scholastic's Midnight Signing with JKR Contest
In a press release, US Harry Potter publishers Scholastic announced the seven lucky US fans that have won a three day/night trip to London to attend the midnight reading and signing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on July 21st. With more than 40,000 entries submitted, theseContinued...
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Hacker Hoax
Rumors have been floating around the internet today concerning a ‘hacker’ obtaining a digital copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from a Bloomsbury computer and posting the alleged ending on the web. Reuters is reporting this evening that a Bloomsbury spokesperson ‘declinedContinued...
Australian Publishers Allen and Unwin Open JKR 'Midnight Signing' Competition
Along with US and UK Harry Potter publishers Scholastic and Bloomsbury, Allen and Unwin, who publish the series in Australia, have opened their ‘J. K. Rowling and the Midnight Signing’ contest. Similar to the US and UK contests we previously told you about,Continued...
Bloomsbury's JKR "Midnight Signing" Winners Beginning to be Notified
As we previously reported, Bloomsbury’s competition for fans in the UK to attend the “Midnight Signing” with author J. K. Rowling has closed and the very, very lucky winners are starting to receive word that they have been selected. Owls have been going out withContinued...
J.K. Rowling to Appear on Jonathan Ross, Today Show
While we are still pondering over the third and final WOMBAT which now available on JKRowling.com (yes yes the third time is the charm, as the door is FINALLY OPEN, so go take that test now!) there is some additional news about Jo this morning. NBC's The Today Show announced they will be airingContinued...
Bloomsbury Closes JKR "Moonlight Signing" Contest
Previously we told you that Bloomsbury was holding a competition for lucky fans in the UK to hear author J.K. Rowling read from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at the midnight release of the novel in July. The competition is now closed. However, please note similar competitions being held byContinued...
Another International "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Release Date
Thanks to our friends at HarryPotterFanZone, we now know that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be published in Greece on November 3, 2007.
Thanks Matt!
JKR to Appear on "Blue Peter" Show; Contest to Win Tickets to Taping
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is due to appear on the BBC show "Blue Peter" and there is a new competition today for lucky fans to win a chance to attend the taping of this program. The show is due to be taped on July 5 in London, England with 25 winners selected (openContinued...
Report on "Deathly Hallows" Being Printed in Dark False and More
There has been a video making the rounds of late from a French television newscast purporting to show Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows supposedly being printed in Germany, moreover this was taking place in the dark. Readers will remember this stems from the earlier report fromContinued...
Copies of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" Being Printed in Germany
There are reports today that copies of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" are now being printed, the first batch for UK publisher Bloomsbury taking place at the GGP printers in Poessneck, Germany. This is the same plant that did print some copies of Half-BloodContinued...
International "Deathly Hallows" Release Dates, More
We have a few bits of news for you today, regarding several editions of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
First, thanks to Dean from the Swedish Rowling Fanclub we know the Swedish edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ( Harry Potter och Dödsrelikernahas) been given a NovemberContinued...