As a continuation of last week‘s blog post, the Pottermore Insider is giving fans a look behind-the-scenes at the creation of the four Hogwarts house crests. Once again, a step-by-step process is outlined, this time for the Slytherin and Hufflepuff crests. The illustrations were created by Atomhawk Design. Read more about it here. On creating …read more!

The Pottermore Insider blog has just been updated to share a link to a survey of Pottermore for its early beta users. The blog notes: It takes less than ten minutes to complete and your feedback will help us to improve Pottermore for everyone. You’ll be able to comment on the different areas of the …read more!

The Pottermore Insider is giving fans a special behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the Hogwarts house crests illustrations used on the site. In this first blog post, the step-by-step process for the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw crests are detailed showing preliminary sketches and the coloring process. In coming up with these crests, created by Atomhawk …read more!

An excerpt of author JK Rowling’s foreword to the upcoming book “Dear Me: A Letter to My Sixteen-Year-Old Self” by Joseph Galliano has been published in USA Today. In addition to the foreword, Ms. Rowling has also contributed a letter of her own along to her past self along with other notable actors, musicians, writers …read more!

The Bookseller is reporting that Charlie Redmayne, HarperCollins’ Executive Vice-President and Chief Digital Officer, is set to become Pottermore’s CEO on November 7th. The report quotes Neil Blair, Ms. Rowling’s longtime agent and Chairman of Pottermore, as saying Redmayne is “a formidable talent in both the digital and publishing spheres,” and has an “‘entrepreneurial spirit’, …read more!

The Pottermore Insider Blog was updated this morning to share news about the next steps for the Pottermore launch, following the completion of early beta access a few days ago. In the blog post, Pottermore tells of the decision to extend the beta access period beyond September, but will continue on its plan to begin …read more!

As you may recall, J. K. Rowling received the Benefactor’s Award from the University of Edinburgh earlier this week. Thanks to IHOR we now have both a video of Rowling receiving the award as well as a transcription. Both can be viewed below. ‘Madam Chancellor, in the name and by the authority of the University …read more!

The Pottermore Insider has updated to announce that all one million Welcome emails for Pottermore beta users have been sent out! The site is expected to be very busy now that all users have been given access, so you may have to wait and try a few times before successfully signing in. To everyone who …read more!

In a ceremony held today at the University of Edinburgh, J.K. Rowling was presented with the Benefactor’s award by Princess Anne, chancellor of the university. The Benefactor’s award was given to Ms. Rowling because of her £10 million donation to the university last year to establish a new multiple sclerosis research clinic. The Anne Rowling …read more!

Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling has been named among the top influences in the publishing industry, according to the Guardian’s just released Book Power 100 List. Ms Rowling ranked second in the list of 100 people who have been named by the newspaper as “the most influential people of the moment.” Amazon Co-Founder/CEO Jeff …read more!