A video for the Pottermore Press Conference held earlier today is now online and may be watched below! For all the news on Pottermore visit this page which will show you all the posts tagged with Pottermore.
Thanks to SnitchSeeker we have a bunch of photos from the Pottermore press conference that was held this afternoon in the UK. View them all in the gallery!
Also, Scholastic has released a statement about Pottermore which you can read below:
Scholastic is proud to be a key partner in the Pottermore project, including connecting teachers and parents from our school and online channels directly to ebook sales via Pottermore and providing marketing and promotion support. We’re excited about the new content from J.K. Rowling to go along with the books. This will surely inspire more interest in the series and bring a whole new generation of readers to Harry Potter. We’re pleased to support Pottermore because we know the power of the Harry Potter books to turn kids into lifelong readers, and we believe every child should experience Harry Potter – whether in ebooks or in print. In addition, Scholastic will receive a royalty on sales of the U.S. editions of the ebooks.
Thanks to HPANA we have some photos of what Pottermore will look like! There are also a couple photos of JK Rowling at the Pottermore Offices and behind the scenes in her video message. See them all in the gallery!
JK Rowling has updated her official website this morning with a bit of information on Pottermore as well as her official site.
You may have recently noticed a number of owls on various websites leading you to a YouTube film, where I have announced my latest, exciting piece of news.
POTTERMORE is a new web site, where you can enjoy an online experience based around the Harry Potter books, which includes exclusive new information from me. If you would like to see the announcement film please click here.
Whilst you’ll hear more from me on pottermore.com at the moment, jkrowling.com remains my own personal website for various content such as updated biography and bibliography, and links to relevant organisations, including the charities I support.
This morning JK Rowling attended a press conference about Pottermore and a report is now online with some quotes.
“I do have closure with Harry,” Rowling told reporters in London at the launch of pottermore.com. “I have no plans to write another novel. I’m pretty sure I’m done on the novel front…But it was fun while it lasted.”
“It is my view you can’t hold back progress,” Rowling said of the electronic launch. “Ebooks are here and here to stay. Later than a lot of people, I for the first time downloaded ebooks and it’s miraculous for travel and for children in particular. I feel great about taking Harry into this new medium.”
Rowling said that Pottermore was about giving something back to her fans around the world, who were among the first to create a large and influential online community. It was also about encouraging people to read more, she added. “We knew there was a big demand for ebooks, but…I wanted it to be something more than that,” the author explained. “I wanted to pull it back to the reading, to the literary and story experience…I’ve had a lot to do with virtually every aspect of it.”
This morning (at precicely 7am) JK Rowling Announced via her YouTube what Pottermore is. She says that “Pottermore is an online reading experience. It’s the same story, but with a crucial change – you.” You will also be able to download the Harry Potter audiobooks e-books exclusively through the site. JK Rowling will also be sharing additional information on the books that she has never shared before! Fans will be able to use the site starting in October (with a select few being able to use it earlier)
A transcript of the video is below:
J.K. Rowling: Thirteen years ago after the first Harry Potter book was published, I’m still astonished and delighted by the responses the stories emit. Even though the seventh book and the eighth film have now been completed, I’m still receiving hundreds of letters every week, and Harry’s fans remain as enthusiastic and as inventive as ever.
So, I’d like to take this opportunity to say thank you, because no author could have asked for a more wonderful, diverse, and loyal readership. I’m thrilled to say that I am now in a position to give you something unique: an online reading experience unlike any other. It’s called Pottermore.
It’s the same story, with a few crucial additions, the most important one is you. Just as the experience of reading requires that the imaginations of the author and the reader work together to create the story, so Pottermore will be built, in part, by you, the reader. The digital generation will be able to enjoy a safe, unique online reading experience built around the Harry Potter books. Pottermore will be the place where fans of any age can share, participate in, and rediscover the stories.
It will also be the exclusive place to purchase digital audio books, and, for the first time, e-books of the Harry Potter series. I’ll be joining in, too, because I will be sharing additional information I’ve been hoarding for years about the world of Harry Potter.
Pottermore is open to everyone from October, but a lucky few can enter early and help shape the experience. Simply follow the owl. Good luck.
There is also a rumor going around that there will be a press conference today.
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