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  • December 2007

    • Amazon Unveiled as $4M Buyer of Rowling Fairy Tales

      Bloomberg  |  Dec 14, 07 3:54 PM CST

      Amazon Unveiled as $4M Buyer of Rowling Fairy Tales

      (Newser) - The Internet giant of book sales revealed today that it was behind the purchase of "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" in auction yesterday. Amazon paid $3.98 million for the handwritten manuscript -- a record for a children's book and for any modern literary manuscript, not to mention JK Rowling herself, reports Bloomberg . The money will go to a charity co-founded by the "Harry Potter" author. More »

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      book  • Amazon.com  • Harry Potter  • JK Rowling  • Jeff Bezos  • The Tales of Beedle the Bard

    • JK Rowling Book Sells for $4M

      Reuters  |  Dec 13, 07 12:15 PM CST

      JK Rowling Book Sells for $4M

      (Newser) - Sotheby’s figured The Tales of Beedle the Bard would fetch about $100,000 at auction—in retrospect, about 40 times too low. The book, a one-of-a-kind piece of the Harry Potter canon hand-written and illustrated by JK Rowling herself, fetched $3.98 million for charity today, Reuters reports. “Christmas has come early for me,” said an ecstatic Rowling. More »

  • November 2007

    • Harry Charms Students Into Success

      Time  |  Nov 22, 07 5:42 AM CST

      Harry Charms Students Into Success

      (Newser) - The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry it is not, but a suburban Nottingham school is using Harry Potter’s magic to get results. Primary students chose JK Rowling’s enchanted novels as their curriculum theme, a system school officials launched to raise lagging test scores. Subjects are laced with riffs on the books, and activities plunge students into Harry’s supernatural world. More »

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      England  • Harry Potter  • school  • JK Rowling

    • Wizard Hits Broadway in the Buff

      BBC  |  Nov 5, 07 7:44 PM CST

      Wizard Hits Broadway in the Buff

      (Newser) - Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe will hit the Great White Way when Equus opens in New York next year. Radcliffe appeared in the 8-week London run of Peter Schaffer's play this year, garnering attention for showing his wand and quaffles in a nude scene. "I'm obviously nervous but I'm very very excited," said Radcliffe. More »

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      Harry Potter  • theater  • Broadway  • Daniel Radcliffe  • Equus

    • Ignore Potter, and Be Doomed to Irrelevance?

      Esquire  |  Nov 3, 07 11:09 AM CDT

      Ignore Potter, and Be Doomed to Irrelevance?

      (Newser) - Lord Voldemort is the Darth Vader of the 21st century—if you don’t know what that means, you could be at a massive cultural disadvantage in a decade or two. Esquire 's Chuck Klosterman claims he hasn’t read a page of the Harry Potter series—hearing Harry didn’t die at series’ end, he “wasn’t even aware he was sick”—and he doesn't want to. But he worries out loud that he'll be punished for opting out when readers grow up. More »

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      Harry Potter  • JK Rowling  • culture  • Star Wars  • Voldemort

    • New JK Rowling Book Headed to Auction Block

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Nov 1, 07 4:26 PM CDT

      New JK Rowling Book Headed to Auction Block

      (Newser) - JK Rowling is about to redefine the meaning of "limited edition," publishing only 7 handwritten and hand-illustrated copies of her new book, The Tales of Beedle the Bard , the Daily Telegraph reports. Six copies of the fairy tale collection by the Harry Potter author will go to friends; the seventh is to be auctioned Dec. 13, with proceeds going to charity.  More »

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      Harry Potter  • JK Rowling  • Sotheby's

    • Rowling Sues Fan Site Author Over Potter Trivia Book

      Reuters  |  Nov 1, 07 6:43 AM CDT

      Rowling Sues Fan Site Author Over Potter Trivia Book

      (Newser) - Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is suing the creator of a devoted online fan site for trying to cash in on her work by publishing a book of Potter information, Reuters reports. Rowling had previously praised the site, the Harry Potter Lexicon, which compiles details from all seven books of the boy wizard's saga into an online encyclopedia. More »

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      Harry Potter

  • October 2007

    • The Greatest Novel Never Read

      Slate  |  Oct 31, 07 8:10 PM CDT

      The Greatest Novel Never Read

      (Newser) - Just because they're accomplished writers doesn't mean they've made it through Ulysses . Slate asks contemporary authors to confess to the must-read classics they've never read: Amy Bloom, Moby Dick Stephen Carter , Harry Potter Jennifer Egan , Buddenbrooks More »

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      list  • book  • literature  • Harry Potter  • great books

    • O'Reilly Frets Over Outing of Wizard

      Media Matters  |  Oct 26, 07 7:58 PM CDT

      O'Reilly Frets Over Outing of Wizard

      (Newser) - Perhaps worried that JK Rowling has opened the closet too widely, Bill O'Reilly has made Albus Dumbledore's outing a frequent topic this week, bemoaning the promotion of “parity for homosexuals with heterosexuals.” Calling the Harry Potter author a “provocateur,” the Fox anchor says adults are worried about the “indoctrination of their children,” Media Matters transcripts reveal. More »

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      homosexuality  • Harry Potter  • Bill O'Reilly  • tolerance  • Albus Dumbledore

    • Why Couldn’t Rowling Just Let Dumbledore Be?

      Time  |  Oct 23, 07 2:15 PM CDT

      Why Couldn&rsquo;t Rowling Just Let Dumbledore Be?

      (Newser) - The outed Dumbledore is loveless and pathetic, says Time ’s John Cloud. He sees no progress for gay equality in JK Rowling's revelation, but rather a role model as problematic as Larry Craig. Shouldn’t the writer be happy with the news about Harry Potter’s heroic mentor? “Yes, except: Why couldn't he tell us himself?” More »

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      homosexuality  • Harry Potter  • Larry Craig  • JK Rowling  • Star Wars  • Star Trek  • Albus Dumbledore  • outing  • Mark Foley

    • Dumbledore Is Gay: Rowling

      Associated Press  |  Oct 20, 07 7:02 AM CDT

      Dumbledore Is Gay: Rowling

      (Newser) - "I always thought of Dumbledore as gay," J.K. Rowling confided last night to cheers from a sellout crowd in New York, reports the AP. "If I had known this would have made you this happy, I would have told you years ago," said the author of the Harry Potter series, on the outing of Harry's mentor Albus Dumbledore. More »

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      Harry Potter  • JK Rowling  • gay  • Albus Dumbledore

  • August 2007

    • Chinese Follies Are All Too Familiar

      Boston Globe  |  Aug 27, 07 9:28 PM CDT

      Chinese Follies Are All Too Familiar

      (Newser) - Before Americans get on their high horse about China’s recent lapses into substandard products—not to mention those fake Harry Potter translations—they should look long and hard at their own history, the Boston Globe suggests. In the 19th century, it was the US that was considered the nation that cut corners. It’s a normal, if not necessarily forgivable, phase Stephen Mihm calls “adolescent capitalism.” More »

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      China  • Harry Potter  • exports  • contamination  • capitalism  • knockoff  • Charles Dickens

    • Harry Potter and the Murdered Heiress?

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 19, 07 12:27 PM CDT

      Harry Potter and the Murdered Heiress?

      (Newser) - J.K. Rowling has been spotted writing something in an Edinburgh cafe like the one where she penned the first Harry Potter book, and fellow author Ian Rankin says she's moving in on his territory—crime fiction. Rankin admits he hasn't personally talked to Rowling about her next project; it was his wife who saw her "scribbling away." More »

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      book  • literature  • Harry Potter  • JK Rowling  • Scotland  • author  • fiction  • Edinburgh

    • Rowling Goes Easy on Teen Translator

      BBC  |  Aug 13, 07 11:24 AM CDT

      Rowling Goes Easy on Teen Translator

      (Newser) - JK Rowling has agreed not to prosecute a 16-year-old who got the jump on France’s October “Deathly Hallows” release date by posting his own translation online. The young Frenchman said he never attempted to make money from his work, the BBC reported . More »

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      book  • teenagers  • Harry Potter  • JK Rowling  • translation

    • A Prison Aims to Deprogram Young Jihadists

      Newsweek  |  Aug 10, 07 3:25 PM CDT

      A Prison Aims to Deprogram Young Jihadists

      (Newser) - The high-security Iraqi prison that once held Saddam Hussein now hosts a pilot program to reeducate jihadist youth. Newsweek visited Camp Cropper, which for the past two months has offered classes and psychological guidance aimed at deprogramming would-be suicide bombers. But the teachers have struggled because the hatred in the mixed Sunni and Shia students runs deep—and it's often aimed at each other. More »

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      Iraq  • prison  • Shiite  • Sunni  • Harry Potter  • jihad  • youth

    • Sacre Bleu! Harry Potter Translator Pinched

      Associated Press  |  Aug 8, 07 8:53 PM CDT

      Sacre Bleu! Harry Potter Translator Pinched

      (Newser) - A French boy suspected of posting a translation of the latest Harry Potter novel was arrested Monday, the AP reported today. The 16-year-old didn't appear to have financial gain in mind, a prosecutor said—with the French version not due until October, "he just wanted to get the book online." More »

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      France  • book  • literature  • teenagers  • Harry Potter  • intellectual property

    • Harry Potter and the Chinese Knockoffs

      New York Times  |  Aug 1, 07 10:02 AM CDT

      Harry Potter and the Chinese Knockoffs

      (Newser) - The titles are unintentionally hilarious— Harry Potter and the Big Funnel, Harry Potter and the Chinese Porcelain Doll —but China's thriving piracy industry is no laughing matter. The Times looks at the phenomenon of "Harry" knockoffs, a problem so widespread that one estimate puts the percentage of illegal books for sale at 40%. More »

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      China  • book  • Harry Potter  • JK Rowling  • piracy  • knockoff

  • July 2007

    • Look Out, Barbie: Here Comes Moses

      BBC  |  Jul 30, 07 4:05 PM CDT

      Look Out, Barbie: Here Comes Moses

      (Newser) - Faith-based action figures will soon compete with the latest Bratz and Transformers dolls on the shelves of a Wal-Mart near you. Tales of Glory figurines, including Samson, Jesus and Daniel (complete with the Lions’ Den), are being promoted as "God-honoring toys" in a market full of figures that "glorify evil, destruction, lying, cheating." More »

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      religion  • Wal-Mart  • Harry Potter  • toys  • faith  • Barbie

    • Amazon Stock Soars on Booming Sales

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 25, 07 4:50 AM CDT

      Amazon Stock Soars on Booming Sales

      (Newser) - Amazon.com shares shot up 21.4% in after-hours trading yesterday following a report that profits more than tripled in the second quarter thanks to booming sales and a new membership program that offers express shipping for a flat fee, reports the Wall Street Journal . The bump boosted the stock price from $69.25 to $84.09. More »

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      Internet  • stock market  • book  • Amazon.com  • Harry Potter  • website  • online retailers  • shares  • sales  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

    • Missing Pages, Printing Errors Hex Potter Fans

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Jul 24, 07 3:26 PM CDT

      Missing Pages, Printing Errors Hex Potter Fans

      (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 already reporting printing errors and missing pages in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. More »

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

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