An Evening with J.K. Rowling Contest Opens Today
Scholastic is accepting entries, starting today, for 1000 pairs of tickets to "An Evening with J.K. Rowling" at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Entries are due...
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Tag Archives: Deathly Hallows
Top Box Office Grossers: Fourth Week of July
Yet another new week, yet another new release, and yet another new number one. This week, however, it isn't a genre film, but a faux-gay comedy that beats off the young wizard's run (although the release of his seventh book may have been part of what kept them away in droves)...
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More Potter Numbers
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows sold more than 2.5 million copies in its first day in the UK, an increase of...
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Deathly Hallows sells more than 5000 copies a minute
J.K. Rowling's seventh and final Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, sold more than 8 million copies in its first 24 hours on the stands...
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Harry Potter Place opens with festivities and fun
Harry Potter Place is now open in New York City, on Mercer Street between Prince and Spring Streets. The festivities there will run through tonight's midnight release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows...
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More than 600,000 Deathly Hallows audiobooks in first printing
Listening Library is printing 635,000 copies of the unabridged audiobook of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, most CDs but some cassettes. The suggested retail price is $79.95, but its already available for pre-order for $49.97...
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How Much Less Can Amazon Charge for Harry?
In addition to selling Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows for just over half of cover price, Amazon.com is now offering pre-ordering customers a $5 gift certificate...
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“Harry Potter Place” coming to New York City
To kick off the actual publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Scholastic is hosting a street fair at their New York City headquarters on 20 July. "Harry Potter Place" will feature entertainment, magicians, wand-making...
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Harry Potter Necrology Contest
SFScope is running its first contest, a Harry Potter Necrology Contest. In the description, there are minor spoilers about the series of books (news that author J.K. Rowling has already released). The deadline is fast approaching, so read the rules to see how you can enter...
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NBC TV Gets Exclusive J.K. Rowling Interview
NBC says they'll have J.K. Rowling's only television interview following the release of the last Harry Potter novel. The interview will air...
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The Harry Promotion is Getting a Little Hairy
Amazon.com is holding a contest to find the "Harry-est town in America," the town which orders the most pre-publication copies per capita of the last Harry Potter novel. There is a prize, and the list is updated...
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Harry Potter cover and more information
Scholastic (the US publisher) and Bloomsbury (the UK publisher) of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows have released the cover art for the forthcoming final book in the series. There is also some new information on the story...
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Harry Potter: Taking over the World… with a Conscience
Scholastic is taking a more environmentally friendly approach to producing 12 million copies of the final Harry Potter volume. These steps include...
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MANY Harry Potters
Scholastic has announced a truly awesome first printing of the forthcoming final Harry Potter volume, and a very expensive marketing campaign to go with it. Details of both in this article...
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Harry Potter, Volume 7
A release date for the final Harry Potter book has been announced, along with some plot spoilers.
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