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August 2007
- Rowling Goes Easy on Teen Translator
  
  BBC | Aug 13, 07 11:24 AM CDT
  
  (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
  
  (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 • Harry Potter • Sunni • jihad • youth
- Sacre Bleu! Harry Potter Translator Pinched
  
  Associated Press | Aug 8, 07 8:53 PM CDT
  
  (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
  
  (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
  
  (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
  
  (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
  
  (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
- Potter Spell Smashes Records in First-Day Sales
  
  New York Times | 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 Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” which sold 6.9 million copies in 24 hours two years ago. More »
  
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  book • Harry Potter • wizard
- Potter Fans Throw Global Party
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jul 21, 07 7:13 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Eager readers around the globe took part in a massive midnight fete that combined jubilation and bereavement as they snatched up copies of the final installment of the Harry Potter saga. Fans lined up from Ohio to Singapore, many of them in costume, speculating on the fate of their favorite characters and enjoying Potter-themed parties thrown by bookstores. More »
  
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  children • book • Harry Potter • JK Rowling
- Whoops! Harry Potter Ships Early!
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jul 19, 07 5:55 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Despite a massive security program to guard against leaks, an online retailer prematurely shipped out as many as 1,200 copies of the final Harry Potter book, the Wall Street Journal reports. Dozens of people already claim to have Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , including the New York Times book reviewer, who said she picked it up at a local book store. More »
  
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  Harry Potter • JK Rowling • Scholastic Books
- Potter Pages Leaked in Web Hocus Pocus
  
  Boston Globe | 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 file-sharing sites, despite enormous security measures. More »
  
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  Harry Potter • publishing • magic • wizard • Scholastic Books
- Harry Potter Charms Box Office
  
  Box Office Mojo | Jul 16, 07 5:26 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix wrought some serious magic at movie theaters to collect $77.4 million for its U.S. weekend debut and zoom past Transformers, Ratatouille and Bruce Willis's Live Free or Die Hard . That brings Potter's five-day domestic take to $140 million—highest of the series and sixth highest on record. More »
  
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  movie • Harry Potter • movie theaters • Transformers
- 'Potter' Printers Pay $20M to Protect Finale
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | Jul 15, 07 2:52 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Bloomsbury is shelling out millions to keep the latest and final installment in the Harry Potter series a chamber of secrets until its on-sale date next week. The British publishers are installing extra security and even guard-dogs at way stations as the Deathly Hallows ships to booksellers, and have a coven of lawyers ready to pounce on any breach in protocol. More »
  
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  book • Harry Potter • JK Rowling • Children's books
- Harry May Not Cast Spell on Young Readers
  
  New York Times | Jul 11, 07 9:55 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Part of the "Harry Potter" series' claim to fame has been the way it reintroduced kids to reading for pleasure, but some educators are skeptical. The percentage of children who read for fun decreases every year as they age, with no measurable impact from Harry. Still, teachers and parents swear that for individual kids, the boy wizard made reading cool. More »
  
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  children • Harry Potter • reading
- Mesmerizing Harry Potter Sweeps into Movie Theaters
  
  Rotten Tomatoes | Jul 10, 07 5:40 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Holy Quidditch! Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix flies onto the silver screen tomorrow just two weeks before the ballyhooed release of the final book of the wizard saga. It seems to have cast a spell on critics, like Rolling Stone's Peter Travers, who says it will "keep you riveted" with a "pulse-quickening urgency." More »
  
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  movie • film • movie review • New York Times • Harry Potter • theater • movie theaters • Rolling Stone • Newsweek • David Ansen