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In a recent interview Stephen King tears her a new one… kind of He says, “Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people… The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good. “It’s very clear that she’s writing to […]

Earlier today France bestowed upon Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling  the honorary title of “knight” in the legion.  Rowling was inducted into the Legion of Honour by French President Nicolas Sarkozy during  a ceremony in a gilded hall in the Elysee presidential palace. In 2003,  prior to the publication of the French language edition, Harry […]

Behold, muggles and magicians alike! The new and improved List of Most Expensive Harry Potter Books Ever Sold on AbeBooks is here. From a whopping $37,000 for a first edition of Harry Potter and Philosopher’s Stone to a paltry sum of only $3,000 for a set of all seven American first editions, they’re all here. […]

Calling all JK Rowling fans. AbeBooks.com has a contest just for you. We are offering a collector’s edition of The Tales of Beedle the Bard and a copy of the Sotheby’s auction catalog for the hand-written edition of Beedle the Bard from December 2007. The value of the collector’s edition of Beedle the Bard is […]

A professor at Ulster University claims there are four types of Harry Potter readers, one for each of the four houses at Hogwarts His research found ‘Hufflepuff’ readers take the tales at a slow, steady and systematic pace and enjoy re-reading the books over and over. “People will look back and say ‘Why did we […]