Although they will have to wait until July 28th for the Braille edition, blind folks aren’t left out of Goblet of Fire fever.

The Washington Post attempts to sneak into Berryville Graphics in Berryville, VA, one of the many sites where Goblet of Fire is being printed.

Steve Bogart of Now This (a truly excellent blog) wonders aloud about J.K. Rowling’s awesome potential for subversiveness.

The Slate Book Club talks Potter.

And, speaking of parodies, Modern Humorist has several in the Potter vein, including an FAQ chat with Harry and the lost Dave Eggers work, Harry Potter and the Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.

Secrets of Harry Potter 4 Revealed! (Don’t worry, it’s just a parody.)

(via Mermaniac).

Net Trends: Potter Book Is E-Commerce Milestone. The current count at Amazon as I post this is 315,671 preordered books. Amazon and FedEx are working together with the American publisher Scholastic to preship the books so that they’ll arrive on Saturday. Me? I’m hitting the local bookstore at Midnight.

According to Salon, Pottermania has swelled the ranks of English boarding schools. But, as the author notes, this may not be such a good thing.

The official Potter film site doesn’t have much at the moment, but it does give a release date (11/16/01) and contact information for aspiring Harry’s. Current rumors about the Chris Columbus movie have Tim Roth starring as Professor Snape, Maggie Smith as Professor Gonagall, Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid the Groundskeeper, and Rosie O’Donnell as Molly …read more!