After debuting on August 11, just eight days ago, the paperback of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is already on many besteller lists, including: USA Today‘s, Book Sense‘s, Amazon‘s, and Barnes and Noble‘s. In addition it is number eight on Barnes and Noble‘s Top 100, 35th on the Amazon.com overall bestseller list. …read more!

The Daily Record has a story that says, “Edinburgh council chief Donald Anderson wants Rowling…to be one of several ‘modern-day heroes’ depicted in a series of statues in the capital.” Thanks Abe!

J.K. Rowling has joined the fight to help a child with leukemia. The “Save Our Sara” campaign is raising funds for two year old Sara Thackray to get cancer treatments here in the United States. J.K.Rowling has donated a signed set of all five Harry Potter books for auction, with proceeds to go to the …read more!

Welcome back. We missed you! Did you miss us? We’re here at the new server but at the moment we’ve only moved The Leaky Cauldron. Quick Quote Quill, The HP Lexicon, Hogwarts Galleries, & The Floo Network, (as well as some new domains), will be moved over in the next several days. We’ll keep you …read more!

Hello from System Administration Central. I am beginning the server migration. For now, comments will be inaccessible. Once the move is complete, our domain will be pointing to a new server. The way you will be able to tell that said move is complete – is by looking for a new post stating so and …read more!

Leaky’s move to our new server is almost (but not quite) complete. Until that happens, a few quirks are to be expected (i.e. page access, comment ability), but we’re working hard to make the process as invisible as possible. Please note this work also affects the Lexicon, Quick Quotes and the Galleries. We’ll keep you …read more!

The website Harry Loves Hermione has a couple of excellent shots of what appears to be Hermione, Ginny, Harry, the twins, and Mr. Weasley on their way to the Quidditch World Cup. Please note that they ask that users not direct link to the images, or re-post to other websites – if you want to …read more!

FictionAlley.org is sponsoring a supply drive to benefit victims of the recent Hurricane Charley, which killed many and left thousands homeless in Florida. Go to the link for details on their effort and links to other organizations doing the same. Here at Leaky we’ve heard from at least one reader who is thankfully recovering from …read more!

Majandriah let us know that the sheet music from Prisoner of Azkaban is now available at MusicNotes – it’s listed under the week of August 15th, 2004. Various different arrangements are avilable for the songs, including Double Trouble.

Eleven weeks after release, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban has taken in over $500 million. According to the Hollywood Reporter, PoA is only the tenth film to top $500 million outside of the U.S., making it the third most successful film in Warner Bros’ history. Thanks to Angel for the link!