Search Results by tag: Harry Potter

Finance minister makes a pricing example of Harry Potter

The publishing industry is once again the unhappy poster child for the difference between U.S. and Canadian retail prices, but this time the complaint is coming not from consumers or booksellers but from federal Finance ... Read More »

October 24, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Rowling "pretty and nice" at Toronto reading

By Stuart Woods

A for-kids-only reading by J.K. Rowling at Toronto's Winter Garden Theatre went off without a hitch, according to Quillblog's two exclusive sources, both of whom are nine years old. Rowling reportedly read her favourite passage ... Read More »

October 23, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

The bestselling anti-mother

By Nathan Whitlock

France has discovered an unlikely bestseller. Corinne Maier, a psychiatrist and mother of two children aged 13 and 10, has written a book about why she regrets having children and warning other women away from ... Read More »

October 17, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Rowling comes to Canada

By Nathan Whitlock

Toronto will just have time to catch its starstruck breath after film festival appearances by the likes of Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, and George Clooney before a superstar of another order arrives. J.K. Rowling will ... Read More »

September 17, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

J.K. Rowling is big, but not that big

By Stuart Woods

You know you're big when not having accomplished something is considered news. Not that J.K. Rowling needs any reminder of her fame. Rowling is the focus of a story in The Guardian about the most ... Read More »

September 11, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

You can't take it with you

By Nathan Whitlock

Alastair Campbell's memoir The Blair Years, about his work as communications chief for former British prime minister Tony Blair, has topped a list he would probably rather it hadn't. The hotel chain Travelodge reports that ... Read More »

August 29, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Pottermania lives on

By Leigh Anne Williams

Those who plowed through Deathly Hallows in a matter of days and are now suffering Potter withdrawal might be interested to know that there seems to be some kind of Potter academic/fan conference in town ... Read More »

August 2, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Midnight magic approaches

By Leigh Anne Williams

Well, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is mere hours away. All our past grumbling about embargos notwithstanding, Quillblog wishes good luck and happy Pottermania to all publishers and booksellers – and readers – involved. ... Read More »

July 20, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Fun with Press Releases, or, the latest on the Harry Potter leaks

By Leigh Anne Williams

The Good Ship Harry Potter Information Lockdown continues to spring holes and take on water; now U.S. customers and media outlets have obtained actual physical copies of the book, and a couple -- such as ... Read More »

July 19, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Harry Potter and the Online Leak

By Leigh Anne Williams

In the unlikely event that you missed it, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows appears to have been leaked online. (Note: neither of the stories linked to in the previous sentence actually contain spoilers.) All ... Read More »

July 18, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

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