We’ve seen a few questions in the past few days about how much input JKR had on the extras on the DVD, other than the interview itself. Warner Home Video confirmed the following for us today: JKR reviewed the entire timeline, made notes on it, and then approved the final version, which was incorporated into …read more!

BBC Newsround has a report on the CoS DVD, which has become the fastest-selling ever in the UK, breaking the record held by Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

I spoke to Diamond Comics Rep Bill Larduskey who looked up the HP ad in April’s Diamond Comics preview mag. He told me it came directly from Scholastic. Scholastic, however, had quite the opposite reaction. “Didn’t come from us!” is the verdict. Totally bizarre, and I believe Scholastic. So take a look at this if …read more!

Upon getting the DVD and watching the interview between JKR and Steve Kloves – while we are very, very grateful to Eric of Mugglenet for transcribing it – I noticed there were a lot of discrepancies between the transcript and the interview. Different phrasing, omissions, spelling errors, etc. So I’ve taken Eric’s transcript and fixed …read more!

Eric of MuggleNet spent time at his keyboard today and transcribed the interview that Newsround’s Lizo conducted with JKR and screenwriter Steve Kloves, which appears on the DVD. We’ve seen some quotes before, like the one about the diary being similar to an internet chatroom, but there are some interesting comments about the books and …read more!

I have the issue here in front of me. There really is a blurb on page 402, but we don’t want to post it as truth until we’ve confirmed with the editors that they obtained it from a legitimate source (i.e. Scholastic, Bloomsbury or at least Warner Brothers). PREVIEW is a well respected publication in …read more!

Another summary has surfaced, in April’s Diamond Comics preview book. Todd sent us a scan, and I called a random comic store and pestered a clerk until he opened the book and read me the summary on the specified page. This is indeed in that book. More info on an HP ad. But. We have …read more!

From CBBC comes the news that Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is now Britain’s most borrowed book. Previously, author Catherine Cookson held the top spot for seventeen years.

The Cincinnati Enquirer has published the results of their “Write Your Own Potter Prose” contest first announced back in January. (Thanks, Jeff, for the info.)

Thanks, Godric’s Hollow, for your concern (“BBC Snubs Leaky Cauldron”) – but it seems the Daily Mirror, not the BBC, has done the snubbin’. That’s fine. You all know where you got your info, and if a tabloid doesn’t source it’s really no surprise. We’re sure it’s a miscommunication over at BBC and will look …read more!