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See
HPP's exclusive Matt Lewis (Neville Longbottom) interview
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and see what he has to say to HPP visitor's here! |
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Here's the news on everything Harry Potter!
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The Stats and Best Seller Lists for the Harry Potter Books
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A few stats and best seller lists have been released, and Harry Potter is dominating.
Amazon have released their pre-order numbers on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. By midnight, July 20th, Amazon.com had more than 2.2 million pre-orders worldwide (the previous record was 1.5 million). Orders in the U.S. were 1.4 million, and 1.3 million of those were delivered on the 21st. That came out to 18 tons of the seventh book being processed to more than 43,000 zip codes!
Additionally, all of the Harry Potter books are within the top 16 of the best seller lists. Click more to see where our favorite books are on the charts. |
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Bloomsbury Plans for Harry Potter Box Set
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Bloomsbury, the United Kindom Harry Potter publisher, has announced that on October 1, they are planning to release a box set of all seven Harry Potter books.
The BBC also released an article stating that they are now looking for "new authors". Click here to read the whole article.
Thanks to Mugglenet! |
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Win Harry Potter Book Shelf
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Ever wanted a Harry Potter bookshelf? - literally? Well, Abebooks.com have started a new contest that asks for your best Potter poetry. The winner will win a bookshelf that is sculptured purely out of the UK Harry Potter books.
To enter the contest, we want you to compose a poem dedicated to Harry Potter. It can be anything from a limerick to a haiku to a love poem to an elegy to a sonnet. Be creative - the finest poem about the Boy Wizard will win and we'll also publish the best ones on AbeBooks. There is no limitation on length. You can enter up to three times separately but each entry must contain just one poem.
The deadline to enter is July 6th with the winner being announced on July 10th. Good luck! |
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Bidding for Signed Copy of GOF
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According to Mugglenet and HPANA Blackwell, the Knowledge Retailer has donated a first edition UK version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, signed by several GOF movie cast members to members of the National Literacy Trust is being auctioned until March 21st on the online auction site Ebay. You can place your bid here!
Note: Hi everyone and I'm back, two years ago I had my kidney transplant and now after taking care of myself and my family I am ready to start posting again in the News Section. It feels good to be back!
EDIT: Thank you very much Marcus for informing us that HPANA was the first to post this back a week ago, the news has made its way amongst other sources within the following week thereof. Thanks for the tip! :wink: |
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JK Signed Goblet of Fire Book on E-Bay
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CBBC Newsround presenter Lizo Mzimba has kindly donated to the BBC's Children in Need Appeal, a first edition copy of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, autographed by J.K Rowling. The book is up for auction as part of The Great Big Bid on e-bay. It can be viewed here. |
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Harry Potter a "Top Moment"
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The midnight release for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire book was on Entertainment Weekly's Top Moments (or "Key Events", they used both) in the past 25 years. The list was made for an upcoming CNN TV special.
Read the list here, and the full article here! |
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Autographed Goblet of Fire Sweepstakes
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Here's your chance to win a Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire book signed by the stars from the films. Autographs include Dan Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Tom Felton, Jamie Waylett (Crabbe), Devon Murray (Seamus Finnigan), Matt Lewis (Neville Longbottom), Michael Gambon (Dumbledore), Stanislav Ianevski (Viktor Krum), Robert Pattison (Cedric Diggory), Celemence Poésy (Fleur Delacour), Katie Leung (Cho Chang), and Pedja Bjelac (Karkaroff). The sweepstakes is to benefit Kamp Kiwanis, an organization that helps disabled and underpriveledged kids.
You can see a picture of the book here. Tickets go on sale on April 1st, and cost $5 for one chance to win, and $10 for 3 chances to win. |
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