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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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wizard stories: 5 news summaries

Rowling's
Potter Prequel
Conjures Up $49K for Charity

800-word tale features Harry's father

Jun 11, 08 5:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - JK Rowling’s handwritten “prequel” to the Harry Potter books has sold for $49,000 at a charity auction to benefit the PEN writers organization, Reuters reports. In the 800-word story, which takes place before Harry’s birth, the boy wizard’s father and Sirius Black use magic to... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • auction • charity • wizard

 Rowling Casts Spell at Harvard 

Fight the monsters, she urges

Jun 6, 08 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Harry Potter birth mom JK Rowling yesterday urged Harvard graduates at their commencement to use their imaginations on more than wizards and muggles to envision—and create—a better world. She recalled the rewarding time she spent when she was younger working for prisoners of totalitarian regimes for Amnesty International.... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • Amnesty International • wizard • political prisoner • Harvard • Albus Dumbledore • commencement speech

Missing Pages, Printing Errors Hex Potter Fans

At least 200 readers have reported printing errors in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Jul 24, 07 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The seventh Harry Potter book sold 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours in print, but at least 200 fans of the teenage wizard have had less than magical experiences with the saga's finale. An irate group of readers on message boards at Amazon.com and eBay are... More »

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Harry Potter • eBay • JK Rowling • wizard • scholastic • publisher • printing errors • book • Amazon.com

Potter Spell Smashes Records in First-Day Sales

8.3M copies fly off shelves in 24 hours

Jul 23, 07 3:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The internet leaks don't seem to have weakened any of the boy wizard's magic:  "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" sold a record-breaking 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours on sale Saturday. The 7th and final installment in the series bested the 6th, “Harry... More »

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Harry Potter • wizard • book

Potter Pages Leaked in Web Hocus Pocus

Scanned book appears on Internet despite $20M security

Jul 18, 07 5:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - The world's favorite boy wizard flies onto bookshelves for the final time Saturday, but scanned pages of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows—some real, some phony—have already landed on the Internet. Photographs of what seem to be every page of the 784-page tome have been posted on several... More »

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Harry Potter • Scholastic Books • publishing • wizard • Gaia Interactive • magic

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