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Harry Potter - News

Last updated 26.08.10

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Bloomsbury plans digital growth after mixed first half

Bloomsbury's pretax profit for the first half of 2010 has more than halved to £949,000, despite a modest sales increase of 4.2% to £36.8m, according to interim results released today. The...

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J K Rowling moves to dismiss plagiarism charge

The battle between Harry Potter and Willy the Wizard moved to the High Court yesterday, where JK Rowling and her publisher Bloomsbury began their first moves to strike out a lawsuit brought by the trustees...

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Rowling's agent denies Wizard claim

J K Rowling's literary agent Christopher Little has flatly denied that he was the agent for Adrian Jacobs, the late author of The Adventures of  Willy the Wizard, whose estate is now intent on suing...

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Harry Potter - In Depth

Last updated 03.08.07

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Bloomsbury plans for a spell without Harry

Bloomsbury is in exclusive talks to buy a “bolt-on” business to help generate growth post-Harry Potter. It is also confident that it will publish J K Rowling’s next title. Chairman and c.e.o. Nigel Newton said: “[The...

Spells behind the scenes: Emma Matthewson

It is three days after the final Harry Potter launch, and J K Rowling’s longstanding editor, Emma Matthewson, is finding it hard to shake off the invisibility cloak she has worn for the past decade. “I’m pretty much torture-proof...

Audio magic: Helen Nicoll

Like so much of the history of Harry Potter, Stephen Fry’s mould-breaking audiobook versions came about through a mix of publishing nous, belief and serendipity. At the centre of it all is Helen Nicoll, founder of audiobooks specialist Cover...


Harry Potter - Blogs

Last updated 02.12.08

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Philip Jones

Lessons from Cork

Four years on from the collapse of Cork, the worry over EUK's administration shows how crucial supermarket now are.

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Neill Denny

Pottering about no longer

Bloomsbury's academic launch is another step away from Harry Potter's shadow.

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Philip Stone

Why Harry missed out

Asda's heavy discounting of the Harry Potter paperback meant that it was excluded from The...

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