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Here's the news on everything Harry Potter!
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Beedle the Bard Movie Ideas and Sales
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The LA Times have come out with some ideas on how they think The Tales of Beedle the Bard should be made into a film. Their ideas include making a Potter prequel using Dumbledore's commentary, expanding "The Warlock's Hairy Heart", and to ask J.K. Rowling to write a few more tales for a spin off for an animated TV series. Read how they back up their ideas here.
Also, reports are coming out that Tales has now sold 2,629,000 copies, coming out to more than £4 million in sales with all proceeds going to the Children's High Level Group (CHLG). On news of this, Jo stated, "I am absolutely delighted that so much money has been raised."
"I would like to thank everyone who has so far purchased a copy of the book," she said.
"All royalties will be going to help children without families, many of them with disabilities, whose voices have been unheard for many years." |
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RDR Books to Publish 'Revised' HP Lexicon
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We told you yesterday that the Christoper Little Literary Agency had announced that RDR Books had withdrawn their appeal against J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros in the decision against them that prevented them from printing Steve Vander Ark's book, The Harry Potter Lexicon. The judge in the case had ruled that Vander Ark took too much information from the Harry Potter books and did not use enough of his own.
However, it has now been announced that RDR Books will now be publishing a revised edition of the book. It's new title is called The Lexicon: An Unauthorized Guide to Harry Potter Fiction and Related Materials. The release date is January 12th. |
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RDR Books Withdraws Appeal for JKR/WB Lawsuit
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RDR Books have withdrawn from the lawsuit against J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. If you'll recall, RDR Books lost the case in which they were trying to publish a book by Steven Vander Ark titled the Harry Potter Lexicon. The judge had ruled that the book took too much information from the Harry Potter books and that the author did not use enough of his own work. RDR then filed a plan to appeal the ruling.
The Christoper Little Literary Agency, who represents J.K. Rowling, have issued a statement that RDR Books have canceled their appeal.
"We are delighted that this matter is finally and favourably resolved and that J.K. Rowling's rights -- and indeed the rights of all authors of creative works -- have been protected. We are also pleased to hear that rather than continue to litigate, RDR have themselves decided to publish a different book prepared with reference to Judge Patterson's decision."
Thanks to TLC. |
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Reports and Photos from Beedle Tea Party
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Some reports and photos are now online from the tea party for The Tales of Beedle the Bard tea party held in Edinburgh in which J.K. Rowling did a reading from the book.
Yahoo! UK is reporting that during her appearance she gave more information on why she decided to write the book.
The idea actually came from you, by which I mean Harry Potter fans," she told the 200 primary school children gathered at Edinburgh's Parliament Hall. "There was quite a lot of high feeling from Harry Potter fans that only someone who had £2 million could afford to read the book. I thought 'fair point', so I thought I'll publish it and then the charity can have that money too."
You can see photos of her at the event in our gallery here (thanks to UHP!).
UPDATE: Mugglenet also have a report. You can see it here. |
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JKR's First Editor Says She Was Fierce But "An Editor's Dream"
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Reuters posted an interview with Barry Cunningham, J.K. Rowlings' first editor at Bloomsbury who published the UK editions of her Harry Potter series. Mr. Cunningham "championed" Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone after several publishers rejected it.
For his efforts, Ms. Rowling presented him with one of the limited hand-written copies of The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
Click here to read more. |
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Update: Beedle Unveil, Donations, and Levine Interview
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One of the original seven hand-written copies of The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling was unveiled today at the New York City's Humanities and Social Sciences Library. This copy belongs to Scholastic's Arthur Levine, who was the editor for the US editions of the Harry Potter books. It will be on display until January 4th.
As part of the celebration for the release of Beedle the Bard tomorrow, Scholastic is donating at least three copies of the book to each of the 87 public library branches in New York.
UPDATE: A video of JK Rowling and Arthur Levine reading from Beedle the Bard will be online tonight at 12:01AM EST at this link.
Read more to see what Mr. Levine had to say about his book. |
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Scholastic's Beedle Tea Party Winners
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Scholastic have announced the five winners who will get to attend the tea party with J.K. Rowling in Edinburgh for the release of The Tales of Beedle the Bard. Each person who entered the contest had to write a 200 words or less essay describing how they have helped others. Each winner will get to bring one adult with them to the event that takes place on December 4th. They winners are...
Olivia
Age 8
FL
Seham
Age 13
CA
Shane
Age 16
TX
Justin
Age 9
GA
Emily
Age 16
PA
Congratulations to all!
Thanks to MN. |
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Sun Contest for Tea with JKR for Beedle the Bard Release
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The Sun have announced a new contest for UK residents aged between 8 and 11 to win a chance to attend the release tea party with J.K. Rowling for the release of The Tales of Beedle the Bard. Five lucky winners will win an all-expenses-paid trip to Edinburgh to attend the party along with one accompanying adult each. The party is being held at the National Library of Scotland on December 4th.
Two runners-up will receive a signed collectors’ edition of The Tales Of Beedle The Bard.
Read more to see how you can enter! |
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RDR Files Notice of Appeal
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We previously reported that RDR Books had planned on appealing the decision in the lawsuit against JK Rowling and Warner Bros.
Judge Robert Patterson stated that too much information was taken directly from the Harry Potter books for Steve Vander Ark's planned book, which RDR Books was publishing, called the Harry Potter Lexicon. He noted that information was especially taken from the two Comic-Relief books, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages and that Vander Ark did not put enough of his own work into the book.
The Notice of Appeal, which you can see here, was filed on November 7th, and means that an actual appeal will soon follow. We will follow up with any other details as they become available.
Thanks to TLC. |
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Photos: Edinburgh Beedle the Bard Contest Begins
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We previously told you of the tea party that JK Rowling will attend to help celebrate the release of The Tales of Beedle the Bard on December 4th. Contests are being held for fans to have a chance to attend the event. One of those contests is in Edinburgh. Photos of the contest, which are being advertised in the newspaper, are now online. We have them in our photo gallery (thanks to TLC) here and here.
Profits from the sales of The Tales of Beedle the Bard will go towards The Children's High Level Group (CHLG).
Two of the original hand-written copies of the book will be on display beginning December 4th until January 4th, 2009. One will be at The New York Public Library and the other will be at the National Library of Scotland.
If you haven't do so already, make sure to pre-order your copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard in our Amazon store here! |
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