The Leaky Cauldron - Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Domain Names Registered

Sun Jul 04 07:28:43 -0400 2004

CBBC Newsround reports that Warner Brothers, Lightmaker, and Seabottom Productions have purchased domain names related to the title of book six.
Among them, the companies registered such names as 'harrypotterandthehalfbloodprince.com'. Lightmaker is the company that created J.K. Rowling's website; Seabottom is a company that has been linked to the author.

The registrations weren't made until thi

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JKRowling.com "Do Not Disturb" Sign Returns

Fri Jul 02 09:17:22 -0400 2004

Many Leaky readers have written to let us know that the "Do Not Disturb" sign has returned to the door on JKRowling.com. What does it mean? She told us that the door would open again, and again, and again with more info - so perhaps there's another nugget to come rather soon.
There's also a rumor floating around that the book will be out in four to six months. As of this moment, this is pure spe

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Online Bookstores Open HBP E-mail Notficiation List

Thu Jul 01 08:35:12 -0400 2004

Already: Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com have notification lists for the publication of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Thanks Robin and Denise!

HP Hoaxer "Speaks"

Thu Jul 01 04:04:01 -0400 2004

HPANA has a short interview with the Book Six Title hoaxer, in which the "anonymous" person (who says he didn't expect all the attention yet e-mailed every HP news site with the hoax) says, "If I had not started the hoax, would we all know the real title to book 6 right now?"
Loath as we are to give more publicity to the hoaxer, something must be corrected right now. Yes we would have the title.

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J.K. Rowling Confirms Title

Tue Jun 29 07:44:08 -0400 2004

As we said yesterday, the book six title is indeed behind the door on JKR's site.
It's official and right from the lady's mouth, from her News section.

There's a great and lengthy update about the sixth book and whether she'd hoax us all. (No, thank goodness.)

We're taking the spoiler warning off the title now (we're going to need to start referring to this a lot and now's as good a time as any),

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Book Six Title Behind Brick Wall

Mon Jun 28 17:45:44 -0400 2004

We've got it in that the title behind the brick wall on JKR's site is the title of the sixth book, says a trusted source (because so many of you asked). Click below to read it (in case you are still valiantly trying to get through the door and find it for yourself, and in which case we say, 'good for you!').

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

This was a working title for Chamber of Secrets.

Behind JKR.com's Brick Wall

Mon Jun 28 16:12:12 -0400 2004

Thank you to everyone who wrote in to let us know that there is a book title behind JKR.com's brick wall, and how to get to it.
If this is the title of book six (and really...it's anyone's guess...), JKR has used an old working title for a new book.

For more info, the title and how to get to it, read below (so you don't have to be spoiled if you don't want to be):
The title, Harry Potter and the

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JKR Confirms Hoax; Updates All Around Site

Mon Jun 28 12:02:42 -0400 2004

Check out her Rumors section.

"I am trying very hard not to feel offended that anyone thought this was possible. 'Storgé', for crying out loud. Come on, people, get a grip."

She also creates a rather funny new title rumor. Go to her site to get a chuckle.
(If you ask me, she's rather responsible for all of our loose grips. We rule out nothing, JKR, nothing! We know better.)

Update: Make sure you ch

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JKRowling.com Update: Why the Book Title Is Almost Positively Fake

Sun Jun 27 17:54:57 -0400 2004

I was fooling around with the links from the old "hack" of JKR's site and the links people have been sending us to the door without the "Do Not Disturb Sign" - and came up with this. Go here (if nothing happens, right-click and press "Play").
The book with the placeholder text shows up. Note the overwhelming differences between this book and the one in the "Book 6 Title" video. For one thing, it

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JKRowling.com and the Book Six Title?

Fri Jun 25 23:33:36 -0400 2004

We were going to wait for confirm/deny before posting this, but as these things do, it's spreading around the net at the speed of, well, of Harry Potter fans, and we'd rather keep you informed. (We also need to stem the flood of emails...)
The rumor goes thus: a fan was fiddling with JKR's site and wrenched open the locked door with the "Do Not Disturb" sign, somehow. And instead of the book wit

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Bloomsbury News/OOtP Paperback Reminder

Thu Jun 24 11:40:44 -0400 2004

In an article in The Scotsman, Bloomsbury, the U.K. publishers of the Harry Potter series, says the success of the third film has helped book sales. Bloomsbury, which announced a 38% rise in profits in March, said schoolboy wizard Harry Potter continued to be hugely popular with readers, boosted by the “unprecedented success” of the third film – Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban released

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Percy Weasley Redeemed?

Sat Jun 05 13:53:57 -0400 2004

The BBC has posted a new interview with actor Chris Rankin( Percy Weasley). Included in the article were two bits of interesting news.
Goblet of Fire film news :" I'm not really sure what's going on with that at the moment. Some photography as started, but I think the majority of principle photography kicks off in July. I'm not entirely sure yet if Percy will be there, we'll have to wait and see

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J.K.Rowling: New Clues to Books 6&7 in PoA Film

Fri May 28 10:02:05 -0400 2004

In an interview with USA Today, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling confirms new clues to books 6 & 7 are in the Prisoner of Azkaban film.
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling says that Alfonso Cuaron, who directed The Prisoner of Azkaban, which opens next Friday, inadvertently foreshadowed events that will happen in books six and seven, which she has yet to complete.

"I really got goose bumps when I s

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J.K. Rowling Site: Canon Tidbits Straight From Rowling

Sat May 15 11:48:30 -0400 2004

J.K.Rowling.com has been intricately redesigned, by the company Lightmaker. Once a list of publishers, it is now a design of a cluttered desk strewn with gum wrappers, an empty teacup (points to the one who can divine the dregs), newspapers and of course a notebook - and the thing that's of real interest to fans: all of the text is written by J.K. Rowling herself, and contains clues and tidbits

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Cinescape reports rumor about Book Six

Wed May 05 19:20:25 -0400 2004

Cinescape is reporting a rumor claiming that the publication of the untitled Book Six is slated to begin no later than September 8, 2004. We repeat - this is just an unsubstantiated rumor - but one we'd all love to see come true. We'll be checking and seeing if we can learn anything verifiable.