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- Harry Potter 6 to Return to Lacock Abbey
- JK Rowling’s new literary work: ‘Hogwart’s Great Hall of…
- Tony Blair’s book to trigger publishing battle
Movers; Companies in the news
International Herald Tribune – Aug 24, 2007
8 million copies of J. Rowling's “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” in the 48 hours after the July 21 release, a record for any book. Shares rose 95 cents to $35. 87 in late trading in New York. – Carol Wolf Lower taxes buoy results at PetroChina PetroChina, the biggest oil company in Asia, posted an unexpected gain in first-half earnings as the company's refining operations returned to profit and income tax payments fell.
Harry Potter 6 to Return to Lacock Abbey
ComingSoon.net – Aug 24, 2007
In the most recent film, Harry Potter and the Order of The Phoenix, the cloisters courtyard is enhanced using computer animation and featured as a courtyard in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But the filming crews want to return to Lacock with many of the main characters to capture a series of spooky night scenes for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Daniel Radcliffe, who plays the protagonist Potter, is set to be involved in the local filming. The movie-making teams now have permission to return for four days in October and film scenes between 5pm and 5am.
JK Rowling’s new literary work: ‘Hogwart’s Great Hall of…
The Spoof – The Spoof (satire) – Aug 24, 2007
Rowling has surprised everyone with her recent announcement that she has sent her latest completed literary work to her publisher. Copies of the new dieting book are soon to hit the shelves in bookstores all across American as early as next month; however, not without controversy. The main criticism is that J. Rowling is dumbing down the title for release into the American market like she did with her first Harry Potter book titled: 'Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone' in England. But then re-titled it for release in the American market as, 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'. "That was down right insulting to the American intellect," said Roger Mudraker, American literary critic.
Tony Blair’s book to trigger publishing battle
Telegraph.co.uk – Aug 24, 2007
iframe{padding-bottom:10px}. Bloomsbury, the publisher of J K Rowling’s Harry Potter books, and Simon & Schuster have both said they will bid for the book, but the UK’s largest publisher, Hachette Livre, is understood to have ruled itself out of the competition. The memoirs were previously expected to launch a two-sided battle between HarperCollins and Random House, whose chiefs both have personal ties to Mr Blair. Estimates of the advance that Mr Blair can expect range from £5m to £8m for world and full serial rights – depending on how much detail he is prepared to reveal and how soon the book will be published…
But even if they are genuine, Mr Blair is unlikely to attract much money from Bloomsbury. In a letter to Mr Barnett, chief executive Nigel Newton promised that Mr Blair “will absolutely not receive the highest advance” from Bloomsbury but that the company “might generate more income” than other publishers. Bloomsbury paid a £2,500 advance to Ms Rowling for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and a £25,000 advance to Ben Schott for his bestselling book of trivia, Schott’s Miscellany. The company’s non-fiction publishing director, Michael Fishwick, also comes with a good pedigree: he edited the memoirs of both John Major and Margaret Thatcher at HarperCollins and “did some work” on James Callaghan’s autobiography before that. According to The Bookseller magazine, Bloomsbury has been in talks with the American publisher Miramax to launch a joint bid and strengthen its transatlantic appeal.