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Jul 19, 2007 5:55 AM CDT

Whoops! Harry Potter Ships Early!

Last episode of boy-wizard saga cursed by leaks

(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 ...

Potter Pages Leaked in Web Hocus Pocus

Jul 18, 2007 5:24 AM CDT

Potter Pages Leaked in Web Hocus Pocus

Scanned book appears on Internet despite $20M security

(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...

Harry Potter Charms Box Office

Jul 16, 2007 5:26 AM CDT

Harry Potter Charms Box Office

Order of the Phoenix rakes in $330m worldwide

(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...

'Potter' Printers Pay $20M to Protect Finale

Jul 15, 2007 2:52 PM CDT

'Potter' Printers Pay $20M to Protect Finale

Publishers hope guard dogs, armored vans will hex 'Hallows' leakers

(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...

Harry May Not Cast Spell on Young Readers

Jul 11, 2007 9:55 AM CDT

Harry May Not Cast Spell on Young Readers

Series' impact on number of kids who read for pleasure is negligible

(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...

Mesmerizing Harry Potter Sweeps into Movie Theaters

Jul 10, 2007 5:40 AM CDT

Mesmerizing Harry Potter Sweeps into Movie Theaters

Order of the Phoenix casts a spell on critics—well, most of them, anyway

(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 "...

Rowling Finds Last Hurrah Bittersweet

Jul 7, 2007 4:40 PM CDT

Rowling Finds Last Hurrah Bittersweet

'Potter' author ends journey torn between tears and euphoria

(Newser) - Fans aren't the only ones who will mourn the end of the Harry Potter series. Author JK Rowling "absolutely howled" as she wrote one of the concluding chapters of the final volume of the wildly successful seven-book series, the BBC reports. But she was also elated that Harry's adventures...

Harry Potter Work$ His Magic

Jun 29, 2007 4:34 AM CDT

Harry Potter Work$ His Magic

Record orders for boy wizard's final book flood publisher

(Newser) - Advance orders for the final book in the Harry Potter series are up 17% over the last installment, British publisher Bloomsbury reports. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" will bring down the curtain on one of the biggest money makers in publishing history on July 21. The latest Potter...

'Potter' Finale Deathly for
Book Business

Jun 25, 2007 9:06 AM CDT

'Potter' Finale Deathly for Book Business

Final chapter casting spell on readers, but sellers don't feel magic

(Newser) - The final Harry Potter installment will likely fly off the shelves like a Quidditch player, but retailers are feeling decidedly grounded. Facing megasized hype, chains and websites will sell Harry for cost, leaving independent bookstores practically out of the selling loop. And Business Week reports Scholastic's lodestone is diverting attention...

Muggles Save Trees From Harry

Mar 21, 2007 11:15 AM CDT

Muggles Save Trees From Harry

(Newser) - It's almost 800 pages long and everyone you know will buy one, so Scholastic has a big chance to score green points with the printing of the final Harry Potter book this summer. The latest installment will use at least 30% recycled material in the U.S., and a "...