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Chinese-language publishers have printed more than 1.8 million copies of the final book about boy wizard Harry Potter and are considering issuing more, executives said Wednesday.
After being sued by J.K. Rowling, a publisher has agreed to delay its plans to release an encyclopedic reference work on the fictitious world of the Harry Potter novels.
Weak results from AOL tempered an otherwise strong quarter at Time Warner Inc., the company reported Wednesday, as gains from cable TV and the latest Harry Potter movie helped the media conglomerate meet Wall Street expectations.
J.K. Rowling and the maker of the "Harry Potter" films are suing a small publisher in Michigan over its plans to release a book version of a popular Web site dedicated to the boy wizard.
A copy of J.K. Rowling's first Harry Potter novel sold at auction Thursday for almost $41,000. The copy of the hardback first edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," published in 1997 and signed "Joanne Rowling" on the back of the title page, was sold to an anonymous private bidder for $40,326 at Christie's auction house.
Harry Potter fans, the rumors are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay. J.K. Rowling, author of the mega-selling fantasy series that ended last summer, outed the beloved character Friday night while appearing before a full house at Carnegie Hall.
J.K. Rowling made a rare U.S. appearance, reading at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood in front of scores of wand-clutching would-be wizards and witches.
The shops are full of Western pop music and movies — the latest Harry Potter film, even "The Simpsons." Young women stroll the streets in skinny jeans and short coats, their heads barely covered, arm-in-arm with boys in muscle shirts and spiky hair.
The National Braille Press is auctioning a rare complete set of Harry Potter books autographed by author J.K. Rowling as part of the nonprofit's annual fundraiser.
Sometimes it's a hassle being Harry Potter. Especially when you're a 78-year-old man who happens to share the name of a certain fictional boy wizard who is famous the world over.
Less than a week after the release of the final Harry Potter book, author J.K. Rowling is giving hints about its conclusion.
Harry Potter charmed millions of readers this weekend, but the spell was broken at least briefly for some fans when they found pages missing from their precious copies of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."
You're safe now, Potter people. Open your eyes, unplug your ears. The spoilers can't hurt you. You have the book. The answers are in your hands.
One Oregon couple's wedding night will be especially magical. Courtney Lanahan and Shawn Gordon of Clackamas are heading straight from their wedding reception Friday to a bookstore to get the final Harry Potter book.
Leaks. Lawsuits. Profiteering. What a way to treat such a fine young man like Harry Potter.
Sarah Pratt is a wiz with butter. Just ask her next subject, Harry Potter.
Forget piddling around a mere few days for an iPhone. Two sisters are in the midst of an 11-day vigil for this summer's hottest, "must have" low-tech phenomenon — the latest Harry Potter novel.
Harry Potter seems to be living the same school year over and over. And it's starting to wear thin.
As the Harry Potter series wraps up this summer, we can look back at two remarkable narratives: Potter the boy wizard and Potter the cultural phenomenon.
Universal Orlando Resort is opening a Harry Potter theme park that will let fans visit many of the iconic locations in the books and movies that endeared the boy magician to millions.
The adventures of boy wizard Harry Potter can stay in Gwinnett County school libraries, despite a mother's objections, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Rowling's religious agenda is very clear: she does not have one. "I did not set out to convert anyone to Christianity. I wasn't trying to do what C.S. Lewis did.
JK Rowling has made a tearful return to the flat where Harry Potter came to life. The author was a struggling single mother on benefits when she began writing her first book, Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone.
JK ROWLING has revealed what Harry Potter and Hermione do when they grow up. The Edinburgh author answered ten questions about the boy wizard and his companions in Time magazine after being named runner up for the US publication's prestigious Person of the Year title.
Harry Potter has a new home!
Emma Watson has been in the public eye for what seems like forever. We all became aware of her eight years ago when she was cast as Hermione Granger in the first Harry Potter film, and it has gone on since then.
Online retailer Amazon revealed Friday it was the mystery buyer of British author J.K. Rowling's first book since the phenomenally successful Harry Potter series.
We're incredibly excited to announce that Amazon has purchased J.K. Rowling's The Tales of Beedle the Bard at an auction held by Sotheby's in London.
Harry Potter author JK Rowling has given fans permission to write sequels to the hugely successful boy-wizard books, picking up the action after the series final installment, The Deathly Hallows.
There is a new sport to be found on college campuses this year; Quidditch. Yes, you read that correctly! This is an earth-bound replica of the airbourne game invented by JK Rowling in her Harry Potter books.
A picture I took outside a church in Belmont, California. The cultural impact of cinema on religion or simply an innovative way to get the kids flocking in on Sunday?
The shortlist for the annual Bad Sex in Fiction Award for the most awkward description of an intimate encounter has been revealed. Harry Potter actor David Thewlis is among the authors up for the prize, given for crude and tasteless sexual depictions in published literature.
Two hours from platform 9 3/4 at London's King's Cross station, a cluster of students in starry robes, pointed hats and rep ties are learning how plants grow, but it's not botany; they call it "herbology." In an adjacent classroom a boy with a famous lightning-bolt scar brandishe …
I've received the anti-Golden Compass email several times now. For the few people that haven't received the email, some information about the anti-religious themes of the His Dark Materials Trilogy can be found here.p
Harry Potter has cast his spell over pupils at a once-failing Nottingham school - transforming results. Children dress as their favourite Harry Potter characters, chant spells and use their wands in maths classes at Robert Mellors Primary School.
Much is being made of an article over at Salon's blog (Machinist) which takes J.K. Rowling to task for her decision to sue the The Harry Potter Lexicon (HPL) website over plans to publish a print version of their Harry Potter reference guide.
A follow-up by Salon's Farhad Manjoo (The Machinist) to his column chastising JK Rowling for her recent "slap-down" of a publisher/author attempting to publish a print version of the popular, online Harry Potter Lexicon.
Salon's Farhad Manjoo comments on recent legal efforts by JK Rowling and Warner Bros to stop publication of a print version of the popular online Harry Potter Lexicon, a site that Rowling herself has repeatedly praised as an invaluable resource for the community of Potter fans.
Harry Potter can fly on a broomstick, paralyse his enemies, make himself invisible and talk to snakes. Now, it seems, he can save failing schools, too.
Thousands of girls who auditioned for a part in the next Harry Potter film have been left disappointed after producers named their choice Twenty-year-old actress Jessie Cave has landed the role of Lavender Brown in Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince.
A primary school has been praised as "outstanding" in an official government report after introducing Harry Potter-themed lessons, it has been revealed.
Harry Potter's many young fans could find the sight of Daniel Radcliffe being shot to pieces disturbing. But according to the teenage actor, his new role as Rudyard Kipling's ill-fated son offers an important Remembrance message.
In a recent New York Times article on Dumbledore's homosexuality, critic Edward Rothstein said that J.K. Rowling, Dumbledore's creator, is mistaken about her creations sexuality.
With filming under way on the sixth Harry Potter film, Newsround can exclusively reveal that actress Helen McCrory will play Narcissa Malfoy.
JK Rowling is so impressed by Daniel Radcliffe's nude scenes in 'Equus' that she is tempted to see him strip off for the next instalment of the boy wizard franchise. Radcliffe said that after seeing the West End show, Rowling came backstage to tell him that he was going to be na …
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