Harry Potter rules box office
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Harry Potter rules box office
NEWS.com.au - Dec 26, 2007
article-tools –> Des Partridge December 26, 2007 04:00pm HARRY Potter ruled the Australian movie box office in 2007. The fifth film from the J. Rowling best-sellers, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, earned more than $35 million in cinemas. The antics of the animated ogre Shrek, his donkey and Princess Fiona (voiced by Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz) again drew big numbers for the third film in the series, with ticket sales of more than $33 million. Just as popular with audiences, also with takings of more than $33 million, was another third instalment in a well-established movie franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, starring Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley.
Paper crunch hits book value
Toronto Star - Dec 26, 2007
HENRY SANDERSON Associated Press BEIJING–For Chinese fans, the latest Harry Potter book is not so affordable. Neither are the latest Dan Brown novels and classic Chinese fiction. Voracious demand for books and a crackdown on small, polluting paper mills have caused a paper crunch in China, pushing up the price of paper by 10 per cent so far this year and forcing printers to delay books and publishers to raise prices. So far the problems have been largely confined to China, but experts say that if the trend is unchecked, publishers worldwide could find themselves paying higher costs – and consumers facing higher book prices. The Chinese paperback translation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh in the series, sells for $9 (U…
Voracious demand for books and a crackdown on small, polluting paper mills have caused a paper crunch in China, pushing up the price of paper by 10 per cent so far this year and forcing printers to delay books and publishers to raise prices. So far the problems have been largely confined to China, but experts say that if the trend is unchecked, publishers worldwide could find themselves paying higher costs – and consumers facing higher book prices. The Chinese paperback translation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh in the series, sells for $9 (U. ), more than twice the price of its predecessors and a slice out of disposable income that in cities still averages less than $165 a month. "This one is too expensive if you want to buy the whole series," sniffed 21-year-old university student Li Jie as she browsed at a central Beijing bookstore, "especially for a student. ” China is deeply embedded in the international book market.
The Leaky Cauldron
Sci Fi Wire - Dec 26, 2007
the-leaky-cauldron. But news from the print world, such as a discussion of art for special editions and Amazon’s multimillion-dollar winning bid for The Tales of Beedle the Bard, can also be found, as can links to side projects by the stars of the series.