Today’s news of a release date for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is good for business, at least those in the bookselling business. MSNBC has this report with a quote from an official from Barnes & Noble who said: “Sales from the last Harry Potter book grossed as much as a major Hollywood movie …read more!

We’ve also received confirmation from Bloomsbury that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is “a bit shorter” than Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. (MuggleNet reported this this morning.)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is now available on-line for pre-order. Barnes and Noble(here) has their price set as $17.99 (USD). Amazon.com has their pre-order price for the 6th Potter book set at $17.99(USD) as well. Booksamillion.com also has the same price for their pre-orders. Amazon.co.uk also has their pre-order available Please Note: Borders …read more!

Scholastic’s Press Release confirms that the US price of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be $29.99, and that Mary Grand Pre will design her sixth straight HP cover. (There’s also a placeholder purple cover here, but it’s not very exciting.)

Many news stories are surfacing about the arrival of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Reuters has this story, which says that Scholastic will retail the book for $29.99 here in the US. We will update once the major online retailers have their pre-orders up as well. Scholastic says the book will retail for $29.99 …read more!

It’s official! July 16, 2005, will bring the sixth book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The news comes from Bloomsbury, JKR’s British publishers, this morning: “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince takes up the story of Harry …read more!

Newspapers and wire services all over are reporting the happy HBP News (even I wrote a story about it for tomorrow’s edition of my newspaper). The Associated Press story so far appears in: Newsday ABC News San Francisco Chronicle Yahoo! Scholsatic is noted in the article as saying the release date will apparate Tuesday morning. …read more!

Warner Brothers has released their newest preview of upcoming films and two new Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire pictures have been released, and we have them for you right here in HiRes. Enjoy! Update: Now they’re available in even higher res. – Harry and Hermione (pre-first-task – the person in the background is …read more!

All right, we couldn’t wait for you all to break into JKR’s study. Jo Rowling has announced on her site that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is FINISHED, and we should hear a release date from her publishers in the next 24 hours. Check back here for updates. Here’s what JKR says about the …read more!

The door is open again on JKRowling.com. Click below to find out what you have to do to open it, and more about what’s inside. Thanks speedy Emily! There is an EXCELLENT message waiting inside but we’re not putting it on the main page for a few more hours yet! Click the Christmas tree in …read more!