So for those of you who do not know yet, the name of the 7th book was released around Christmas and is called 'Harry potter and the deathly hallows' (go figure). the release date for this final harry potter book ( last book, breaks my heart) was announced today at www.jkrowling.com which is the official website of jkrowling and was also awarded the best interactive website of the year when the website was launched; if you wanna look at it you can...........
ok, ok..heres the news. be patient already!
link to the article
"Final Harry Potter book released on July 21" 2007
By Mike Collett-White and Jonathan Cable
LONDON (Reuters) - The fate of fictional boy wizard Harry Potter will finally be revealed on July 21, the publication day for the seventh and last installment of J.K. Rowling's hugely successful book series.
In what promises to be one of the biggest publishing events in recent years, book stores and online retailers are bracing for another outbreak of Pottermania as fans across the world snap up copies of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."
Wayne Winstone, children's manager at British bookseller Waterstone's, predicted the book would become the fastest selling of all time, a record currently held by the sixth installment, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."
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"For the bookselling industry, this is the most exciting day so far this year," said Winstone. "Harry Potter has built book by book into a global phenomenon," he told Reuters.
On the release of the sixth book in July 2005, thousands of young Potter fans queued for hours outside stores in Australia, India, Britain and the United States and reviews hit the Internet within hours of the first copies being bought.
Bloomsbury Publishing, which handles the Potter books in Britain, said on Thursday that the series had sold 325 million copies worldwide.
"It may be a long time before we see another book that commands as much anticipation, attention and demand as this final book," said Christopher North, head of books at online retailer Amazon.co.uk.
Globally, Amazon received 1.5 million advance orders of the sixth Potter book, and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" looks set to beat that record.
PLOT SPECULATION, PRICE WARS
Speculation has been rife that Rowling, who became the world's first billion-dollar author on the back of the success of the Harry Potter books and blockbuster spin-off movies, may kill Harry off at the end of book seven.
She said last year that at least two characters would die in the final book, and that she understood authors' desire to kill off the main character of a successful series.
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Two top U.S. writers, John Irving and Stephen King, were sufficiently concerned about the fictional hero's fate to urge Rowling to spare him.
Retailers fired the opening salvoes in what is likely to be an aggressive price war to ensure customers come to them to buy their Harry Potters.
Waterstone's will be offering the book, with a recommended retail price of 17.99 pounds ($35.40), for 8.99, while Amazon has lowered its price to 9.99 pounds from 13.99 pounds earlier. Experts say that prices may come down further still.
Independent book stores have complained that they cannot compete with reductions offered by the big chains, and so miss out on the financial benefits of the Potter craze.
Bloomsbury, which announced the release date on Thursday, said it remained cautious about its outlook in light of challenging market conditions, but the announcement supported its previously stated view of a satisfactory outcome for 2007.
It's shares were trading at 225 pence at 1411 GMT on Thursday, up around two percent from Wednesday's close. Broader shares were also higher, with the FTSE 100 around 1.5 percent higher by the same time.
© Reuters 2007. All Rights Reserved."
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So there you have it. the book is set to release one week after the release of the 5th movie Harry potter and the order of pheonix. This will create explosive excitement for atleast a month nonstop. I can already imagine the controversy...... kids missing school, parents missing work, people complaining about headaches from long long reading hours, massive release date partie-ssssssss, annoying squealing 13 year olds running around screaming (reminds me of the video of kid who got his Wii for Christmas), harry potter post depression sickness disorder being invented by crazy psychiatrists to generate business, angry dumb religious parents launching another war against harry potter by calling it witchcraft and above all the most important talked topic for months to come........the future of harry potter!
More news about this developing story:
www.jkrowling.com
scholastic link
people going crazy (over 400 comments)
Edited to add my own thoughts about this towards the end/B]
ok, ok..heres the news. be patient already!
link to the article
"Final Harry Potter book released on July 21" 2007
By Mike Collett-White and Jonathan Cable
LONDON (Reuters) - The fate of fictional boy wizard Harry Potter will finally be revealed on July 21, the publication day for the seventh and last installment of J.K. Rowling's hugely successful book series.
In what promises to be one of the biggest publishing events in recent years, book stores and online retailers are bracing for another outbreak of Pottermania as fans across the world snap up copies of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."
Wayne Winstone, children's manager at British bookseller Waterstone's, predicted the book would become the fastest selling of all time, a record currently held by the sixth installment, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."
Reuters Pictures
Photo
"For the bookselling industry, this is the most exciting day so far this year," said Winstone. "Harry Potter has built book by book into a global phenomenon," he told Reuters.
On the release of the sixth book in July 2005, thousands of young Potter fans queued for hours outside stores in Australia, India, Britain and the United States and reviews hit the Internet within hours of the first copies being bought.
Bloomsbury Publishing, which handles the Potter books in Britain, said on Thursday that the series had sold 325 million copies worldwide.
"It may be a long time before we see another book that commands as much anticipation, attention and demand as this final book," said Christopher North, head of books at online retailer Amazon.co.uk.
Globally, Amazon received 1.5 million advance orders of the sixth Potter book, and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" looks set to beat that record.
PLOT SPECULATION, PRICE WARS
Speculation has been rife that Rowling, who became the world's first billion-dollar author on the back of the success of the Harry Potter books and blockbuster spin-off movies, may kill Harry off at the end of book seven.
She said last year that at least two characters would die in the final book, and that she understood authors' desire to kill off the main character of a successful series.
Reuters Pictures
Photo
Editors Choice: Best pictures
from the last 24 hours.
View Slideshow
Two top U.S. writers, John Irving and Stephen King, were sufficiently concerned about the fictional hero's fate to urge Rowling to spare him.
Retailers fired the opening salvoes in what is likely to be an aggressive price war to ensure customers come to them to buy their Harry Potters.
Waterstone's will be offering the book, with a recommended retail price of 17.99 pounds ($35.40), for 8.99, while Amazon has lowered its price to 9.99 pounds from 13.99 pounds earlier. Experts say that prices may come down further still.
Independent book stores have complained that they cannot compete with reductions offered by the big chains, and so miss out on the financial benefits of the Potter craze.
Bloomsbury, which announced the release date on Thursday, said it remained cautious about its outlook in light of challenging market conditions, but the announcement supported its previously stated view of a satisfactory outcome for 2007.
It's shares were trading at 225 pence at 1411 GMT on Thursday, up around two percent from Wednesday's close. Broader shares were also higher, with the FTSE 100 around 1.5 percent higher by the same time.
© Reuters 2007. All Rights Reserved."
_______________________________________
So there you have it. the book is set to release one week after the release of the 5th movie Harry potter and the order of pheonix. This will create explosive excitement for atleast a month nonstop. I can already imagine the controversy...... kids missing school, parents missing work, people complaining about headaches from long long reading hours, massive release date partie-ssssssss, annoying squealing 13 year olds running around screaming (reminds me of the video of kid who got his Wii for Christmas), harry potter post depression sickness disorder being invented by crazy psychiatrists to generate business, angry dumb religious parents launching another war against harry potter by calling it witchcraft and above all the most important talked topic for months to come........the future of harry potter!
More news about this developing story:
www.jkrowling.com
scholastic link
people going crazy (over 400 comments)
Edited to add my own thoughts about this towards the end/B]
