Two Fans Tell Story of Meeting with J.K.Rowling

There are new stories in the press about two lucky fans who got to ask author J.K. Rowling some questions while she was in New York for the "Harry, Carrie, and Garp" charity readings at Radio City Music Hall.
The first story involves young Kyle Searcy of Destin, Florida who spent almostContinued...

JKR Readings to Debut Online Tomorrow

Scholastic has just announced that starting tomorrow, for only two days, MSN will stream "An Evening With Harry, Carrie and Garp" for free at video.msn.com. Starting Saturday, highlights will be available on demand, through the end of August.
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Released in US in Paperback

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was released in paperback today in the United States; you can order your copy here from Barnes & Noble or here from Amazon if you like! And if you're in the Las Vegas area, remember to come celebrate with the "Harry Potter ExpertsContinued...

Scholastic Harry Potter Experts Podcasts Coming Wednesday

Scholastic has now updated their website to offer subscriptions to the Harry Potter Experts Tour Podcast. These podcasts are part of the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in paperback on Tuesday, and feature our own Melissa Anelli, Emerson Spartz from MuggleNet, and CherylContinued...

USA Today Talks HBP Paperback, Book Seven

USA Today has a new article about the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in paperback, which comes out tomorrow. In addition to the anticipation by booksellers of brisk sales of the book ("It is going to be crazy," says one seller), the paper also mentions the Scholastic sponsoredContinued...

Chicago Tribune on Official Harry Potter Tour: "Best book club discussion ever"

The Tempo section of today's Chicago Tribune features a short piece on the official Harry Potter tour event that took place in Naperville last Thursday, calling it the "best book club discussion ever." You can see a scan here in our gallery - thanks Lilah!Continued...

Pics from the Official Scholastic Harry Potter Discussion Tour

Thanks to readers Katie and others, we have our first batch of pics up from our official Harry Potter discussion tour, in which Cheryl Klein (editor at Arthur A. Levine Books, American publishers of Harry Potter), Emerson Spartz (of MuggleNet.com) and I visit bookstores in three citiesContinued...

Official Scholastic Podcast and Tour Info

A lot of you have been emailing asking when Cheryl Klein of Scholastic, and Emerson Spartz of MuggleNet and I will be in which cities talking about the books. The schedule is as follows (and is now in a sidebar link on Leaky). We hope you come out!
July 20, 7 p.m.
Naperville, IL

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Scholastic Begins Twenty Day Countdown to HBP Paperback

Scholastic, the US publishers of the Harry Potter books, has now launched their twenty day countdown to the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in paperback. Each day until July 25, there will be a new question about the books; the first one here. Then, the last question willContinued...

Another Press Mention of Possible Book Seven in 07

Today there was another mention of a possible Book Seven release date coming in 2007. Bloomsbury, the UK publishers of the Harry Potter books, issued an early statement about the outlook of the company ahead of their annual stockholder meeting today, and wire reports are again including mentionsContinued...

Scholastic.com Updates with Book Five Downloads

Scholastic.com has updated their Harry Potter website with new downloads for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix which include wallpaper and a printable poster. Also the winners for the contest leading up to the release of HBP in paperback are now on the site. Harry Potter and the Half-BloodContinued...

Cover Art to Half-Blood Prince Paperback

Scholastic has released the cover art for the paperback edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince which you can see in our galleries, here. Looking very similar to the original, Half-Blood Prince will be released in paperback here in the US on July 25; the UK paperback from Bloomsbury is dueContinued...

Bloomsbury Set to Launch Special Harry Potter Box-Set, New Audio Series

In addition to the earlier news about their profits from the Harry Potter books, UK Publisher Bloomsbury also revealed some upcoming plans for the next five years related to the series. The AP reports that :

"The date for the seventh and final book has not yet beenContinued...

Half-Blood Prince Paperback Now Available for Pre-Order

The US paperback edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is now available for pre-order from retailers such as Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble. As we reported previously, the paperback edition of Book Six from Scholastic will be released on July 25 here in the States. TheContinued...

Scholastic Harry Potter "Wednesdays" Sweepstakes Now Open

Scholastic has now opened their Harry Potter" Wednesdays" Sweepstakes, which offers you the chance to be a lucky winner of a special Harry Potter Ipod and all six of the Harry Potter audiobooks. For the next six Wednesdays ,if you go to to this link at Scholastic.com/Harry PotterContinued...