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Here's the Scoop on JK Rowling's New Book

Kevin Spak — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:38:36 CDT

Publisher Little, Brown has finally peeled back the curtain a bit on JK Rowling's much-anticipated foray into adult literature , revealing the title and synopsis of her upcoming book. Entitled The Casual Vacancy , the book will be a "blackly comic, thought provoking, and constantly surprising" tale of political intrigue in the...

Harry Potter E-Books Debut

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:24:05 CDT

Finally, e-reader users can be reunited with Harry Potter. For the first time, e-books of the entire series went on sale today on the Pottermore website, with the first three books costing $7.99 apiece and the last four $9.99 each. The books are compatible with most e-readers, but...

8 Famous Books Still Only on Paper

Dustin Lushing — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 09:50:45 CST

The e-book market has spiked from 0.6% in 2008 to 6.4% in 2010, or $878 million in sales, yet you still won't be able to find certain hugely popular books in the new format. The Street rounded up a list of eight classics that can be found only...

Slim Still World's No.1 Fat Cat

Rob Quinn — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 02:00:00 CST

There are more billionaires than ever in Forbes ' annual list , but no surprises at the top. Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim heads up the list for the third year in a row, with an estimated net worth of $69 billion. Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and French luxury-goods magnate Bernard...

JK Rowling Lands Deal for New Adult Book

Kevin Spak — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:34:28 CST

JK Rowling is back, but if you're hoping for more adventures starring a certain boy wizard—or anything along the lines of those books—you're out of luck. Little, Brown and Company announced today that it had acquired the rights to publish a new book by Rowling, but this one...

Rowling: Reporter Put Note in Daughter's School Bag

John Johnson — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:14:06 CST

The media ethics panel set up in Britain in the wake of the News of the World phone hacking scandal is getting an earful today from some high-profile witnesses: JK Rowling: The Harry Potter author complained that a journalist once slipped a note into her 5-year-old daughter's school bag requesting...

JK Rowling: I Almost Killed Ron

Kevin Spak — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:59:42 CDT

Talk about your unforgivable curses. JK Rowling has revealed that she came very close to tossing an Avada Kedavra Ron Weasley’s way somewhere in the middle of the Harry Potter series. “I did seriously consider killing Ron,” Rowling tells Daniel Radcliffe in an interview on the Harry Potter and the...

Celebs With 2012 Guinness World Records

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 08:51:05 CDT

The Guinness Book of World Records is not just for regular joes who go on epic bar crawls or paddleboard rides . No, it's also for celebrities—and according to Perez Hilton , Gossip Cop , and MTV , a whole slew of them made their way in to the 2012 edition: Lady Gaga...

Cyberscams Surface Over New Potter Site

Matt Cantor — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:54:05 CDT

Potter fans beware: Cybercriminals are looking to hex users of JK Rowling’s new website, Pottermore, a security firm warns. The site, which offers ebooks and new material, is currently in beta, with limited accessibility—and some hackers are trying to sell early-access accounts for up to $100, the Telegraph reports....