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J. K. Rowling has revealed that
the title of Harry Potter book 7 is “Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows”.
“Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows” tops Amazon book chart – Amazon.co.uk, that
is. 28/12/2006
Final
Potter book could vanish from small shops – a quarter of small
independent British bookshops can’t afford to sell “Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows”. 13/01/2007
“Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows” out this July says J. K. Rowling – July 21st
is the day we’re all waiting for. 01/02/2007
Finish or bust – J.
K. Rowling’s unlikely message in an Edinburgh hotel room – as she finished
writing “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” – we like the humour of her
message, nice one Joanne! 03/02/2007
Is Scholastic Corp. charging
too much for the final Harry Potter? – Carl Howe ponders the $34.99 price
of the book in the U.S. as Scholastic tries to maximise its profits for the
last book. 03/02/2007
Author
continues E-book boycott with final “Harry Potter” book - 05/02/2007
J.
K. Rowling feels ‘heartbroken and euphoric’ over Potter’s end – a report on
J. K. Rowling’s latest comments on her website. 06/07/2007
Final ‘Harry
Potter’ may end era of reading – a rather pessimistic article. 09/02/2007
“Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows” is J. K. Rowling’s favourite – well, she
would say that, wouldn’t she? 06/02/2007
Mugglenet.com’s
‘What will happen in Harry Potter 7’ – an intriguing and convincing
argument about the meaning of the title of “Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows”. 11/02/2007
An
interview with Dan Radcliffe leaves Harry Potter fans with mixed feelings –
including revelations about Dumbledore’s role in “Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows”. 11/02/2007
GrandPre
gives thoughts on ‘HPDH’ - 11/02/2007
Library
begins Potter waiting list – the queue for “Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows” has started. 11/02/2007
New
Potter book to hit US with 12 million copies – Scholastic are going
to break printing records with the release of “Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows”. 14/03/2007
“Harry Potter
and the Deathly Hallows” is Quidditchless – according to CanMag. 04/04/2007
New
Harry Potter book revealed – check out the US cover. The new UK cover will
appear on our amazon store below soon. 28/03/2007
Publisher
protects Potter fate – reveals some of the lengths that Scholastic are
going to prevent any spoilers leaking from “Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows”. 08/04/2007
Amazon.com tracks
Harry Potter Pre-orders in ‘Harry-est Town’ contest - 09/04/2007
“Harry
Potter” breaks records – 500,000 pre-orders for Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows have already been taken by Barnes & Noble. 13/04/2007
High security
for Potter tale – preparations for The Deathly Hallows are
continuing in earnest. 24/04/2007
Latest
Harry Potter conjures 1M advance orders – for Amazon.com. 08/04/2007
Southern
English town most Harry Potter crazy in Britain – Wallingford in
Oxfordshire wins the prize due to having the most people per capita
pre-ordering Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. 08/04/2007
J.
K. Rowling updates diary, warns of spoilers – for Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows. 14/05/2007
Potter’s
'Deathly' Secret– The Times of India claims that the complete text
of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is already online, although, as
the first commentator has pointed out, the text that they’re referring to is
most likely Melindaleo’s fan fiction The
Seventh Horcrux. 19/05/2007
J.
K. Rowling to give midnight reading of ‘Deathly Hallows’ – more details
about how to enter this exciting competition. 23/05/2007
Allen
& Unwin launch Midnight signing sweepstakes for Australia – looks like
Kiwis and Aussies will also be able to attend the midnight signing of Harry Potter
and the Deathly Hallows. 23/05/2007
Amazon.com
announces ‘Harry Potter kid correspondent’ contest – the winners will
participate in media interviews around the release of Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows. 24/05/2007
Harry
Potter book being printed in ‘total darkness’ – which surely causes some
health and safety risks? 26/05/2007
Updates on
‘Order of the Phoenix’, ‘Deathly Hallows’ contests – from Harry Potter
Fan Zone. 30/05/2007
J.
K. Rowling writes to terminally ill fan – J. K. Rowling is getting lots of
requests from terminally ill fans to read Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows, but the publishers can’t release it prior to publication date.
30/05/2007
Harry
Potter plan to help Madeleine search – by putting bookmarks featuring her
into Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. 03/06/2007
Harry
Potter web site guru prepares to weave a publishing spell of his own – an
article about Emerson Spartz, mugglenet.com, and their book What Will Happen
in Harry Potter 7: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Falls in Love and How Will the
Adventure Finally End. 03/06/2007
People: J. K.
Rowling – British bookmakers have received so many bets that Harry Potter
will die in the final book that they have been forced to stop taking bets on
it. 05/06/2007
J.
K. Rowling interviews scheduled before and after HPDH release – she’ll be appearing
on the Jonathan Ross show in the UK, and the Today Show in the US.
13/06/2007
J. K. Rowling to
tour the U.S. – to promote Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
14/06/2007
J. K.
Rowling gadget for Vista users – includes a countdown to the release of Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows. 14/06/2007
Final Chapter: A
guide to prepare you for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows –
19/06/2007
Harry
Potter plot ‘hacked’, posted online – according to hacker Gabriel,
Voldemort kills Hermione, although Gabriel seems to have quite an odd agenda,
so we advise you to treat his revelations with scepticism. 20/06/2007
‘Harry
Potter’ editor says ‘No One’ has ‘Deathly Hallows’ – the US editor responds
to the reported leak of the book. 21/06/2007
Adult
fans taking over Harry Potter – with sales of the adult edition of Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows looking to outstrip demand for the
children’s edition, the cover of which is apparently disliked by many fans.
22/06/2007
J.
K. Rowling finally leaks ending to final Harry Potter book – according to
this website, Daniel Radcliffe has said that he does not know the ending, but
believes that J. K. Rowling has spilled the beans to her husband. 22/06/2007
Shops
facing Harry Potter price war – for UK shops selling Harry Potter and
the Deathly Hallows. 24/06/2007
J.
K Rowling suggested that character be included in Potter movie – Kreacher
will be apparently playing a significant part in Harry Potter and the
Deathly Hallows. 26/06/2007
In the spotlight:
J. K. Rowling – she will be visiting the Kodak theatre in Hollywood in
October as part of her book tour. 28/06/2007
Bloomsbury says
Harry Potter orders rose – for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
28/06/2007
Harry
Potter worm claims that Harry Potter is dead – a particularly nasty piece
of malware poses as a copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in
Word format, with a negative aimed at J. K. Rowling. 29/06/2007
Daniel Radcliffe
wants Harry Potter to die – in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,
although he hasn’t signed up for the final movie yet. 01/07/2007
Record
demand for new Harry Potter – with 1.6 million pre-orders of Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows through Amazon. 03/07/2007
Harry
Potter experts make predictions about final book - 03/07/2007
Spoiler!
How Harry Potter ends – according to this website, Dumbledore is alive, but
Snape is forced to kill him, Ron and Hermione die, and Harry is forced to kill
himself in order to destroy Voldemort (which sounds very unlikely), and that
they all happily unlive ever after in the Harry Potter ghost world. 03/07/2007
Video of
J. K. Rowling’s interview with Jonathan Ross online - 06/07/2007
J.
K. Rowling opens door for more Harry Potter – apparently J. K. Rowling’s
view on doing more Harry Potter books is now “Never say never”. 09/07/2007
Ulster
fans urged to sign up to save doomed wizard – Waterstone’s have an online
petition that seeks to persuade J. K. Rowling to resurrect Harry Potter after
The Deathly Hallows, with 63% of Northern Ireland fans saying that they want
another book in the series. 10/07/2007
J.
K. Rowling to star in new documentary – details about A Year in the
Life… J. K. Rowling, a documentary that followed J. K. Rowling for the last
year, including the writing of The Deathly Hallows, to be shown on the
UK’s ITV1 in the autumn. 12/07/2007
Shops
could break embargo on Harry Potter book – there are some fears that some
non-traditional British booksellers may break the embargo for The Deathly
Hallows as Bloomsbury cannot threaten them by withholding future Harry
Potter books, as this is the last in the sequence. 14/07/2007
Harry
Potter and the Book Seven spoilers? – apparently extracts of The Deathly
Hallows were sent to The Leaky Cauldron, who passed them onto
Scholastic. 14/07/2007
Potter
book under guard at secret US warehouse – apparently lorries carrying the
books from the UK warehouses will be fitted with satellite tracking in order to
prevent any of them from going off route. 16/07/2007
Potter
pre-orders smash all records – with over 2 million pre-orders through
Amazon alone, up on the 1.5 million taken for The Half-Blood Prince.
16/07/2007
Harry
Potter to help in search for Madeleine – photos of missing toddler
Madeleine McCann will be posted in bookshops internationally at the release of The
Deathly Hallows. 17/07/2007
Asda’s Harry
Potter order axed – Asda, owned by Wal-Mart, had its orders cancelled by
Bloomsbury due to unpaid bills. 17/07/2007
Happy
ending to Asda Potter row – Asda has paid the money they owed, and so their
orders for The Deathly Hallows has been restored. According to the BBC, the whole
argument started after Asda accused Bloomsbury of charging consumers too much
for The Deathly Hallows. 17/07/2007
Fans
angry about supposed ‘Harry Potter’ spoilers – the rumour that Harry may
have to kill himself in order to defeat Voldemort has reappeared, with British
bookies changing the odds on this from 33-1 to odds on. 17/07/2007
Could
Irvine Welsh write Potter sequels – in a poll held by Borders in the UK, Trainspotting
author Irvine Welsh was voted as the author that customers would like to see
take on J. K. Rowling’s mantle. 17/07/2007
Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows leaked to
BitTorrent – although the images are reported to be very
difficult to read. 17/07/2007
Harry
Potter book launch causes row in Israel – with the launch date on Saturday,
the Jewish Shabbat, with a
minister threatening to fine any bookstore that forces any of their employees
to work on this day. 18/07/2007
Distributor
mails final Potter book early – with some Potter fans in the US apparently
receiving copies already on Tuesday, and conflicting rumours regarding the
conclusion are abounding on the Internet. 18/07/2007
Blind
Potter readers will no longer have to wait – with the Braille edition also
being available in the early hours of Saturday. 18/07/2007
J. K. Rowling implores
fans to keep Potter secret – as it’s not too long till The Deathly
Hallows is published. 18/07/2007
Potter publisher
sues over breach – Scholastic are suing a US distributor and retailer for
sending out copies of The Deathly Hallows out too early. 19/07/2007
Zomg Harry
Potter spoilers – according to this website, Ron is killed by Bellatrix
Lestrange, who is then finished off by Neville, Lupin dies, Percy dies before
his wedding, Snape killed Dumbledore for his own personal gain, which
infuriates Voldemort, who then kills Snape, and Voldemort himself dies. Harry does finally kill Voldemort,
although it could be that this is due to serendipity. Some of the chapter titles are apparently The Goul in
Pyjamas, The Will of Albus Dumbledore, Kreacher’s Tale, The
Muggle Born Registration Commission, The Goblin’s Revenge, Bathilda’s
Secret, The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore, The Silver Doe,
Xenophilius Lovegood, Malfoy Manor, The Missing Mirror, The
Lost Diadem, The Sacking of Severus Snape, The Battle of Hogwarts,
The Elder Wand, and The Prince’s Tale. 19/07/2007
Childline braced
for Potter calls – from children upset at the deaths of major characters.
20/07/2007
JK
shocked by Potter leaks – the New York Times review confirms that
half a dozen characters we know and love (or loathe) are killed off in The
Deathly Hallows, although they do not name them. 20/07/2007
Midnight party for J.
K. Rowling finale – a report from The Scotsman regarding the
preparations for the big day. 20/07/2007
Harry
Potter mania peaks as hundreds queue – there was apparently a real
international flavour to the queues in London. 20/07/2007
In
pics: J. K. Rowling’s moonlight reading of Potter 7 – an account from the
BBC’s Newsround. 20/07/2007
Boise
girl meets J. K. Rowling, appears on Today Show – 21/07/2007
Chinese
muggles meet Harry Potter together with the world – how the launch went in
China. 21/07/2007
Potter
makes history: 1.7 lakh copies sold in a day – how the launch went in
China. 21/07/2007
Last
Potter books blitzes record – Scholastic say that 8.3 million copies were
sold within 24 hours of the release of The Deathly Hallows. 23/07/2007
A
magical encounter with J. K. Rowling – Sophie Degroot’s account of meeting
J. K. Rowling. 23/07/2007
J. K. ‘will
miss retreat into Harry’s world’ – an account of a recent interview with J.
K. Rowling. 24/07/2007
Canadian
Potter sales up 25% over no. 6 - 24/07/2007
Harry
Potter breaks sales records in Pakistan – 25/07/2007
Latest
Potter book an Amazon record – the 2.2m pre-orders were 47% up on the
previous book. 25/07/2007
Bangladesh
police seize pirated Potter books - 25/07/2007
Pages
missing in hundreds of Harry Potter books – a report from Pakistan.
26/07/2007
Harry Potter
and the Deathly Hallows sells 2.6 million
copies in Britain in 24 hours – 27/07/2007
Potter fans
spark piracy fears in China – there were online translations of Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows within two days of the novel’s release.
01/08/2007
Alarm over final
Potter reading – a headteacher in Somerset caused some distress to her
pupils when she read out the last page of Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows. 01/08/2007
Aussie
TV host suspended over Harry Potter joke – Channel 7 broadcaster has been
suspended for revealing the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
02/08/2007
Rowling
tells fans what happened to characters after final Harry Potter instalment
– during her Bloomsbury web chat. 04/08/2007
Final
chapter of Harry Potter is clearly Christian – according to Jeffrey Weiss.
04/08/2007
City
student spends magical night with Potter author – an interview with Emily
Kennaley, one of the fortunate few to attend J. K. Rowling’s midnight reading
of The Deathly Hallows. 04/08/2007
Harry
Potter print run gets bigger – with 11.5 million copies of The Deathly
Hallows sold in the first ten days, publishers are now going to print an
additional 2 million. 06/08/2007
Youth held for
online Potter – a 16-year-old French boy has been arrested for posting a
French translation online. The
official French translation of The Deathly Hallows is not published till
October 26th. 09/08/2007
Harry
Potter fate costs bookie £90k – 10/08/2007
Stephen
King comments on J. K. Rowling – read his thoughts on The Deathly
Hallows. 12/08/2007
Jonathan
Coleman keeps his job after Harry Potter shock reveal – the Aussie
broadcaster who revealed the end of The Deathly Hallows on air has won a
reprieve. 12/08/2007
Final
Harry Potter book gives boom to UK libraries - 13/08/2007
JK
mercy for Potter pirate – J. K. Rowling has saved the schoolboy who posted
a French translation of The Deathly Hallows online from prosecution.
14/08/2007
Rainy
spell and Potter magic put WH Smith ahead of forecasts – 15/08/2007
J. K. Rowling
condones euthanasia in latest book – according to David Haddon. 15/08/2007
Price
cuts, Harry Potter help UK retail sales soar – 16/08/2007
Fake
Potter books seized – in Calcutta. 23/08/2007
Gonzales
passes Potter in blog traffic – 28/08/2007
Pulped
Faction: top 10 discarded books – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
makes it to number 10 in this survey of books left in Travelodge hotels in the
UK. 29/08/2007
Harry
Potter gives Borders a boost - 29/08/2007
Harry
Potter’s summer magic fails to touch rest of the high street – 31/08/2007
Harry
Potter and the internet pirates – an interview with the Israeli pirated
translating The Deathly Hallows into Hebrew. 31/08/2007
Readers
spellbound by Potter finale – The Deathly Hallows was voted the most
popular by readers in a poll for MSN Entertainment. 03/09/2007
Harry
Potter magic boosts sales for Borders, but no help on profits - 03/09/2007
Harry
Potter lifts HMV’s sales – 07/09/2007
Daniel
Radcliffe talks about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - 10/09/2007
