Search Results by tag: J.K. Rowling

The search for the next J.K. Rowling

In The Independent, Nicholas Tucker writes that the search is on for a J.K Rowling for the new generation. He says currently published children's writers won't hit the mark (not even Stephenie Meyer and her ... Read More »

December 12, 2008 | Filed under: Authors

Court ruling doesn’t faze author of Harry Potter encyclopedia

By Steven W. Beattie

You've got to hand it to Steven Vander Ark: the guy's got chutzpah. In September, a Manhattan judge ruled against Vander Ark in a lawsuit launched by mega-selling author J.K. Rowling over a proposed Harry ... Read More »

December 8, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Bookmarks: J.K. Rowling’s latest tome

By Stuart Woods

Beedlemania: J.K. Rowling's first post-Potter title hits stores. (The Guardian's Alison Flood live blogs it here) Sam Leith, the venerable literary editor at The Telegraph, is informed of his redundancy Just add water? Viking unleashes ... Read More »

December 5, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Depressed economy not all bad news for publishers

By Steven W. Beattie

The economic turmoil in global financial markets is making a lot of folks depressed (ha!), but it apparently hasn't stopped one mega-publisher from handing out generous bonuses to staff. The same week that Houghton Mifflin ... Read More »

December 1, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

J.K Rowling wins lawsuit; no HP Lexicon to be published

By Danielle Ng-See-Quan

Harry Potter really is the boy who lived - on and on, in lawsuits pitting J.K. Rowling against a now former fan. In the latest Rowling-related news, a federal judge blocked publication of The Harry ... Read More »

September 9, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Countdown to Cohen

By Nathan Whitlock

There are a few authors “ J.K. Rowling being the most obvious example “ who can create line-ups at the cash register on the day of publication. For most books, however, even ones by popular ... Read More »

July 14, 2008 | Filed under: Book news

Atwood and Rowling write postcards for charity

By Shannon Jones

The next works from Margaret Atwood and J.K. Rowling won't be page-turners “ they'll be printed on postcards and sold by a major British bookseller named Waterstone's to help raise money as part of the ... Read More »

May 13, 2008 | Filed under: Industry news

Bookmarks: Lonely Planet author was lying when he said he lied, Tom Cruise bio dropped, and Stanford Law School goes up against Rowling

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links: Lonely Planet says author stretched the truth when he claimed to have stretched the truth (International Herald Tribune) Tom Cruise bio dropped “ actor celebrates by continuing to creep us all out ... Read More »

April 14, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

Bookmarks: Rowling’s suicidal thoughts, Clarke’s funeral, and the most annoying people in bookstores

By Nathan Whitlock

We keep meaning to make these cheerier, but they always come out grim.... Some book-related links: J.K. Rowling contemplated suicide after divorce (BBC) Minute of silence in Sri Lanka as Arthur C. Clarke laid to ... Read More »

March 24, 2008 | Filed under: Book links

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Search Results by tag: J.K. Rowling

The search for the next J.K. Rowling

Court ruling doesn’t faze author of Harry Potter encyclopedia

Bookmarks: J.K. Rowling’s latest tome

Depressed economy not all bad news for publishers

J.K Rowling wins lawsuit; no HP Lexicon to be published

Countdown to Cohen

Atwood and Rowling write postcards for charity

Bookmarks: Lonely Planet author was lying when he said he lied, Tom Cruise bio dropped, and Stanford Law School goes up against Rowling

More wardrobe problems for Rowling

Bookmarks: Rowling’s suicidal thoughts, Clarke’s funeral, and the most annoying people in bookstores

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