In order to keep up with demand, Scholastic has ordered yet another print run of Book V to include about 800,000 more copies.

We knew it would happen but here are the numbers anyway – 5 million print sold in a weekend, hundreds of thousands elsewhere – Potter has broken every publishing record in existence, and become the fastest-selling commodity anywhere.

Despite having the biggest one-day sale of a book in history, Forbes reports that Scholastic’s shares fell today.

All right. We lied. We’re back for ONE MORE POST: JK Rowling shows up in Edinburgh for a surprise OotP reading. Lucky, lucky, lucky fans. Is she cool or WHAT? Again: Happy canon, everyone.

Today is a day of beginnings and a day of endings. It’s the end of what has been a three year wait; a wait that has brought us all together in the name of something wonderful. Yes, this is borderline cheese but think about it. Take a moment and think about all the people you’ve …read more!

Hey guys, a couple of interviews to report: On Monday at 7:10am ET (6:10 central) I’ll beon KKAR in Nebraska – if anyone can make an mp3/transcript I’d be very appreciative of it! Also, I’ll be on SPIN 103 in Ireland on Saturday morning at roughly 1pm – if anyone can make an mp3/transcript we’d …read more!

MSNBC has a transcript from tonight’s Rowling interview airing on Dateline (previously aired on the TODAY Show). (Minor Spoilers) Tonight at 9pm, the interview airs on NBC’s Dateline. Transcripts, please!

I’ve updated Quick Quotes with this morning’s London Times interview as well as the one with Jeremy Paxman on BBC Two. Minor Spoilers

Remember Aimée Carter, the teen fanfic author who published her first book, Phoenix Ashes, at 16? Well, Aimée’s been busy finishing her trilogy, and I’ve been busy editing the second book in this talented teen’s set, Words Without Rhyme – we’ll bring you details on when that’s coming out as soon as we know. Check …read more!

I received quite an unexpected email from Arthur A Levine’s assistant a few moments ago. I was so incredibly impressed and feel that his response and action so reflect what it is to be a Harry Potter fan, that I’m printing it in full. I’m Cheryl Klein, Arthur Levine’s assistant, and he asked me to …read more!