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'Beedle the Bard'

'Beedle' preparations; 8 million copies to be released worldwide  
With just a few hours left until the much anticipated release of "Tales of Beedle the Bard," the preparations for this release are in motion. Including the news that eight million copies of the novel are to be released worldwide.
Source: Various
Posted by Jeremy on Dec 3, 2008 at 10:01 PM

'Beedle the Bard'

Arthur Levine comments on 'Beedle the Bard'  
In a new interview with USA Today, Arthur Levine commented on the upcoming "Tales of Beedle the Bard." The article includes several interesting facts about the novel and its release.
Source: MuggleNet
Posted by Jeremy on Dec 1, 2008 at 8:37 PM

'Beedle the Bard'

Scholastic announces 'Beedle the Bard' print run  
It has been announced that Scholastic, the US "Harry Potter" publishers, will open with a 3.5 million print run for J.K. Rowling's "Tales of Beedle the Bard".
Source: Publishers Weekly
Posted by Jeremy on Nov 10, 2008 at 1:55 PM

'Sorcerer's Stone'

New interviews with Scholastic 'Harry Potter' staff  
Scholastic has updated its official "Harry Potter" website with a brand new feature "Quick Quotes Quill," which features several extensive Q&A's with key members of Scholastic's "Harry Potter" team.
Source: MuggleNet
Posted by Jeremy on Oct 19, 2008 at 12:59 AM

'Beedle the Bard'

Holiday sale for 'Potter' merchandise at Scholastic  
In honor of Columbus Day weekend, Scholastic is having a sale at their online store with some items as much 75% off!
Source: MuggleNet
Posted by Jeremy on Oct 12, 2008 at 11:34 PM

10th anniversary cover

Help Scholastic celebrate 10 years of 'Harry Potter'  
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," Scholastic, the U.S. publishers of the series, will hold at their headquarters in New York City, the "Harry Potter Cover to Cover Day" event starting at 8 am on Tuesday, September 23rd. The event will include opportunities for fans to sit in the throne used by J.K. Rowling while she visited New York in 2005 and 2007, view the event on a webcast and for those attending, a even commemorative souvenir.
Source: Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance via Yahoo! News
Posted by Geri on Aug 20, 2008 at 10:45 AM

Scholastic 'Potter' quiz

New 'Potter' quiz from Scholastic  
Scholastic, the publisher's of the "Harry Potter" series have posted a new quiz on their site in honor of Peeves and Fred and George Weasley. Enjoy.
Source: News Tip
Posted by Geri on Apr 3, 2008 at 9:46 PM

J.K. Rowling

Scholastic & Raincoast announce winners of JK's 'Open Book Tour' sweepstakes  
We previously told you of the public schools that would be participating in J.K. Rowling's 'Open Book Tour,' we can now let you know that Scholastic and Raincoast, the U.S. and Canadian publishers of the "Harry Potter" series, have published the winners who will be attending events in New York and Toronto.
Source: The Leaky Cauldron
Posted by Geri on Oct 2, 2007 at 7:27 PM

Scholastic announce New Orleans & LA schools to participate in Rowling's open book tour  
Scholastic, the U.S. publisher of the "Harry Potter" books, announced the final schools that will be participating in J.K. Rowling's "Open Book Tour." Schools from Los Angeles and New Orleans round out the three areas in which students will listen to Ms. Rowling read from the last book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," answer questions about the entire series, and sign a book for every student.
Source: Scholastic
Posted by Geri on Sep 12, 2007 at 4:39 PM

JK Rowling

Scholastic announces NYC schools to participate in Rowling's open book tour  
Scholastic, the U.S. publisher of the "Harry Potter" books, announced today the 40 New York City public schools that will participate in the "J.K. Rowling Open Book Tour." Ms. Rowling will read from the last book in the series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," answer questions about the entire series, and sign a book for every student.
Source: Scholastic
Posted by Geri on Sep 5, 2007 at 8:03 PM

Additional 2 million copies of 'Deathly Hallows' to be printed by Scholastic  
With "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" released a little over two weeks ago, U.S. publishers Scholastic are set to print off an additional two million books to add to the record-breaking first printing of 12 million copies.
Source: HPANA
Posted by Geri on Aug 6, 2007 at 1:53 PM

JK Rowling

Scholastic announces Rowling book tour sweepstakes  
Scholastic, U.S. publisher of the "Harry Potter" books, announced this morning that starting July 30th fans will have a chance to enter a sweepstakes to attend an evening with JK Rowling at Carnegie Hall on Friday, October 19th at 7 pm. One thousand fans will be lucky to hear Ms. Rowling read from "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," answer questions about the entire series, and sign copies of her latest book.
Source: HPANA
Posted by Geri on Jul 27, 2007 at 2:40 PM

Update: 'Deathly Hallows' breaks records; 'OotP' drops a notch    
As expected the release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" broke records this weekend with Scholastic reporting that 8.3 million copies were sold in the first 24 hours in the U.S., while UK publisher Bloomsbury reports that they sold 2.6 million copies in the same time period. The fifth movie "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" fell a notch to the number 2 spot in weekend sales. Update: Over 72 million copies of the book were sold worldwide this past weekend.
Source: HPANA
Posted by Geri on Jul 23, 2007 at 10:21 AM

Signed copy of 'HPDH'

Scholastic unveils first U.S. signed copy of 'Deathly Hallows'    
Earlier this morning HPANA attended Scholastic's unveiling of the first U.S. signed copy of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" in New York City. In attendance were Arthur Levine, artist Mary GrandPré, past winners of Scholastic's "Harry Potter" essay contests and the Knight Bus.
Source: HPANA
Posted by Geri on Jul 20, 2007 at 10:11 AM

Fans dismayed with early reviews of 'Deathly Hallows'    
To the dismay of many fans the "New York Times" has released a review of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." The review appeared on their web site late last night and the author of the review pointed out that the newspaper bought the book at a local New York store. Update: Sad to say, but additional outlets have also published their reviews of the book online.
Source: HPANA
Posted by Geri on Jul 19, 2007 at 8:32 AM

'Deathly Hallows'

Scholastic takes action against early distributions of 'Deathly Hallows'    
Scholastic, the U.S. publishers of the "Harry Potter" series have issued a statement saying that they will take legal action against two companies, deepdiscount.com and distributor Levy Home Entertainment, for distributing and selling copies of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" before the release date.
Source: Reuters via Yahoo! News
Posted by Geri on Jul 18, 2007 at 3:34 PM

'Deathly Hallows'

Scholastic seeks subpoena to identify person who posted scans from final 'Potter'    
Scholastic, the U.S. publisher of the "Harry Potter" series has obtained a subpoena in the hopes of learning the identity of the culprit who posted scans of pages from "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" on the web.
Source: Los Angeles Times via Yahoo! News
Posted by Geri on Jul 17, 2007 at 8:04 AM

Arthur Levine

Interview with Arthur Levine, the man who brought 'Potter' to U.S.  
Arthur Levine, the man who brought the "Harry Potter" series to Scholastic and the U.S. way back in 1997 recently spoke about his career, discovering the books for the first time at the Bologna Children's Book Fair and falling in love with them.
Source: Washington Post via Yahoo! News
Posted by Geri on Jul 11, 2007 at 4:45 PM

Scholastic asks "What are the Deathly Hallows?"    
It would seem that Scholastic, the U.S. publishers of the "Harry Potter" books, have released their seventh and final question in the lead-up to the release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" on July 21st, 2007. The last question asks "What are the Deathly Hallows?"
Source: Scholastic
Posted by Geri on Jul 5, 2007 at 1:21 PM

'HPDH'

TIME magazine's special 'Harry Potter' coverage    
With the release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" just a few weeks away, TIME magazine has put together a special which includes an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the secrecy surrounding the final book and ways for fans to have 'the magic moment' when they open the first page, tips on curing "Harry Potter" withdrawal, how the book went from draft to hardcover book in 10 steps and asks the 5 great unanswered questions in the series.
Source: TIME
Posted by Geri on Jun 29, 2007 at 12:50 PM