Today we have a brand new exceprt from Harry Potter: Page to Screen, on sale October 25 [the first preview may be seen here] as sent to us by HarperCollins. It is from the “Making of” section, which reflects on each individual movie and includes insights from the creative team, including directors, screenwriters, and production/design. You can pre-order the book over at Barnes and Noble. Use the widget below to scroll through the available pages; you can also zoom in and out to get a better view of the pages.
Also, HarperCollins will be at New York Comic Con this weekend, at booth #944 where they will be giving away Harry Potter bookmarks, and copies of PAGE TO SCREEN will be on display and for sale. If you purchase a book from the booth, you can get a free PAGE TO SCREEN tote bag, seen below!
We will have more news on the books release soon, so stay tuned!
The first interior excerpt of HARRY POTTER PAGE TO SCREEN is now available on Scribd. The book goes on sale on October 25th and you can pre-order over at Barnes and Noble. Use the widget below to scroll through the available pages; you can also zoom in and out to get a better view of the pages. Harry Potter: Page to Screen
Thanks to HarperCollins, the book’s publisher, for emailing!
In a new press release yesterday Sony revealed their new eReader, Reader Wi-Fi, which is the worlds first eReader that will allow you to borrow eBooks from your public library; it is also the lightest eReader on the market! The reader uses Wi-Fi, which gives you the additional freedom to buy, borrow or get eBooks for free wherever there’s a wireless connection available. There is also a special offer that Harry Potter fans will find most enjoyable:
Reader Wi-Fi with Pottermore download offer
Sony’s first offer in its collaboration with J.K. Rowling’s eagerly anticipated Pottermore website (www.pottermore.com) is a specially-created limited edition of Reader Wi-Fi (PRS-T1) which includes a voucher that enables Harry Potter fans to download the first Harry Potter eBook title, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, from Pottermore. Pottermore, a unique website which builds an exciting and immersive online experience around the Harry Potter books and is the exclusive retailer of the Harry Potter digital eBooks, is partnered by Sony.
The eReader is available for purchase right now in Europe for £120.00 and will be released in the USA in the middle of this month [it is unknown whether the free copy of Philosopher’s Stone will be available in the US as well). It is available in multiple countries so just check the website!
The Bloomsbury book store has been updated to show that hardcover versions of the UK ‘Signature Edition’ books will be released this coming November, the exact date has not been revealed. The paperback versions of the Signature Editions came out last November. An image of the box set has also been released and may be viewed below:
Bloomsbury have emailed this morning to inform us that Severus Snape has been voted as the fans Favourite Harry Potter character in a recent poll (that I posted about on a couple of occasions). A snippet from the press release is as follows, read the full release and see the Top 40 characters here.
Snape snatched the top spot from Harry, J.K. Rowling’s personal favourite. When asked about her favourite character J.K. Rowling said: ‘Harry, although I believe I am unusual in this, Ron is generally more popular (I love him too, though) Now that I have finished writing the books, the character I would most like to meet for dinner is Dumbledore. We would have a lot to discuss, and I would love his advice; I think that everyone would like a Dumbledore in their lives.’
The vote was launched in May 2011 and received over 70,000 votes. Severus Snape gained 20% of those votes (just under 13,000) making him a clear winner. Severus Snape has appeared in all seven of the Harry Potter novels and came to be an integral part of Harry Potter’s life.
Hermione Granger took second place and Sirius Black third. Harry himself came in fourth and Lord Voldemort just made the top twenty at number 17. Dobby is the only non-human character to make the top ten and another Slytherin, Draco Malfoy, completes the top characters in tenth place.
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