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JK Rowling to Appear on ‘Who Do You Think You Are’
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According to the Who Do You Think You Are website JK Rowling will be appearing on the first episode of the season, the date has not been set.  The description of the episode is as follows:

Best for…French connections

Across the course of seven books and eight films, Jo Rowling’s Harry Potter series has captured the imaginations of millions of people around the world. Who Do You Think You Are? sets out to explore the French ancestry of the author’s mother.

Thanks Snitch Seeker

Filed Under: JK Rowling
Transcript from Pottermore Press Conference
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Thanks to The Leaky Cauldron we have a full transcript from the Pottermore press conference held today. To read the full transcript you can visit this page (or the previous link to Leaky).  You can watch the video of the press conference here.

Q: Can you talk about your decision to go directly to the consumers? I imagine Apple and Amazon are not happy.
“Well I can’t speak for anyone else. The decision was  quite straightforward for me. Firstly It means that – I mean Harry Potter is obviously an international phenomenon and it means that we can now see that people everywhere are having the same experience at pretty much the same time. A large part of the fandom will be able to receive experience at exactly the same time, which was extremely appealing to me.
“I’m phenomenally lucky in that I have the resources to do it myself and therefore I got to do it, I think, right. I think this is a fantastic and unique experience that I can afford in every sense. To take my time and find the right people – TH_NK have been extraordinary – to make this come alive. There was really no other way to do that, for the fans or for, than to just do it myself. Not everyone could do it, I appreciate that, but I think it was right for Harry Potter. It was right for Harry Potter because, Potter fandom was one of the first, I think ti’s fair to say, there was a massive online community and that was such fun for me as an author to be able to have direct contact with my fans, and I already had a direct presence online, I had my own web site already. So it didn’t feel like a massive onwards step. It was an extension of the already existing.

Filed Under: Books, JK Rowling, Pottermore
Video: Pottermore Press Conference with J.K. Rowling
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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 HPANA for the tip!

Filed Under: Books, JK Rowling, Pottermore
Photos from Pottermore Press Conference
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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.

Filed Under: Books, JK Rowling, Pottermore
Photo Preview of Pottermore
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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!

Filed Under: Books, JK Rowling, Pottermore
JK Rowling Updates Official Website
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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.

Filed Under: Books, JK Rowling
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