Next for Rowling?

Report: Rowling writing detective novel

By DAVID STRINGER, Associated Press Writer Sun Aug 19, 3:29 AM ET

LONDON - J.K. Rowling has been spotted at cafes in Scotland working on a detective novel, a British newspaper reported Saturday.

The Sunday Times newspaper quoted Ian Rankin, a fellow author and neighbor of Rowling's, as saying the creator of the "Harry Potter" books is turning to crime fiction.

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I wonder how many rumors like this we'll hear until she finally produces another book?

Some Potter Fans Find Pages Missing

Some Potter Fans Find Pages Missing

By DOUG GROSS Associated Press Writer


Harry Potter charmed millions of readers this weekend, but the spell was broken at least briefly for some fans when they found pages missing from their precious copies of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."



The book's publisher, Scholastic Inc., says a few hundred of the 12 million copies of the book are reported to have pages missing. The gaps have left hardcore Potterphiles rushing to stores to exchange them _ or filing them away as mementos of the book's epic release.

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Clearly these people do not know a lot about book collectibles.

"I don't know who would buy it, but maybe when some of these crazy kids grow up, they'll want to have something like that," she said.

Yeah, right.


My favorite line:

"I'm just that psychotic about it," she said.

Deathly Hallows

Pointless Waste of Time has posted a lot of great fake Harry Potter covers for grownups who might not want to be seen reading Deathly Hallows in public. Here's one of the cleaner ones. . . . .