While J.K. Rowling is fighting for the integrity of her Harry Potter series in a New York court, ABC is scheming to make a documentary about the Potter author’s very private life. Reuters reports that 20/20 will air the profile some time in November and will include several interviews, scenes from the final Read More
Well, maybe. Brit JK Rowling, the Harry Potter lady, and Warner Bros, the studio behind the movie versions, are suing New York publisher RDR Books over an encyclopedia devoted to the boy wizard and other characters from the series. A witness list needs to be handed to the judge for the New York Federal District Read More
Harvard announced today that J. K. Rowling will deliver the keynote address at this year’s commencement ceremony, which will be held on June 5th. As is customary, the Harry Potter author will receive an honorary degree from the university.
Newly minted Harvard president Drew Faust issued a statement this morning in which she praised Read More
Former Getty Museum antiquities curator Marion True went on trial in Athens yesterday on charges she conspired over a decade ago to acquire for the museum an ancient gold funerary wreath.
After the Battle of Brooklyn: East River Incognita II “further examines [artist Duke Riley's] fascination with and exploration of maritime Read More
J.K. Rowling and Warner Bros. filed a lawsuit at Manhattan federal court today over a book billed as an unofficial encyclopedic companion to the Harry Potter book series, according to Reuters. They claim the book infringes copyright and attempts to cash in on the successful series.
The 400-page book, titled the "The Harry Potter Read More
Variety reports out an interesting take on the record-breaking sales of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:
While the book and movie businesses are structured very differently, dollars the franchise generated domestically this weekend for its creator and distributor surpass what a studio might take in for a hit tentpole. Publishers typically sell books Read More
From a list of five presumably serious story ideas by some clowns who call themselves INNOVATION INTERNATIONAL MEDIA CONSULTING GROUP: “Is still New York the capital of the book publishing world?
“The next Da Vinci Code: The leading best candidates”
“The print book is dead. God save the printing book industry!”
“Why young people Read More
When fans of Harry Potter think back to the year 2000, they might remember it as the year of the big secret. For that was the year the media world serendipitously cast the fourth installment of the seven-part series as the Manhattan Project of the book publishing world.
But, according to insiders, the secrecy was Read More
I was 18,506 this morning. To be more precise, the paperback
edition of my recent novel Two Guys From
Verona was ranked at that number on Amazon.com, the on-line bookseller.
Since Amazon currently claims to have 4.7 million titles in stock, I felt
delighted, braced, a little puffed up, even, to be way up Read More
