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'The 100 most influential people in the book industry'
The Guardian has published its Book Power 100 list, rankin Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Harry Potter author J K Rowling as the most influential people in the book industry.
Google will sell Harry Potter ebooks
Google has announced that it will be selling Harry Potter ebooks when J K Rowling releases then later this year.
Rowling abandons long-time literary agency
J K Rowling's agent Neil Blair has left the Christopher Little Literary Agency, setting up a new company, The Blair Partnership. Rowling is moving with Blair, having 'terminated her association' wit...
Pottermore website to sell Harry Potter ebooks exclusively
J K Rowling has launched the Pottermore website and intends to sell ebooks of the Harry Potter series for the first time, and only directly from the site, bypassing retailers.
J K Rowling 'considering' ebook offers
After holding out against ebook versions of the Harry Potter books, author J K Rowling is now reportedly 'actively looking' at the options for making ebook versions available.
Bloomsbury faces HP copyright lawsuit
Bloomsbury Publishing is being sued by the estate of children's writer Adrian Jacobs over claims that J K Rowling "copied" his work in one of her Harry Potter books. The estate is also seeki...
'Beedle the Bard' and discounting
Writing in Book Brunch, Nicolette Jones expresses her disappointment that Beedle the Bard will again be a J K Rowling book sold in the millions, but at huge discounts in the UK.
Rowling endorses new Potter fan history
Unlike the Harry Potter lexicon, which she went to court to prevent, J K Rowling will endorse a 'history' of Harry Potter written by 'superfan' Melissa Anelli, who runs the Potter fan web site Le...
Rowling gives a million to UK Labour Party
J K Rowling has donated a million pounds to the UK's Labour Party government to help it address child poverty.
Trollope backs Rowling in 'lexicon' case
'It is a triumph and reassurance for all authors that J K Rowling has won her plagiarism case in New York,' writes Joanna Trollope in The Times.
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