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ROWLING BIDS GOODBYE TO HARRY POTTER Wednesday, February 7 2007 
"I
always
knew
that
Harry's
story
would
end
with
the
seventh
book,
but
saying
goodbye
has
been
just
as
hard
as
I
always
knew
it
would
be,"
J.K.
Rowling
has
written
on
her
website,
referring
to
her
completion
of
the
final
Harry
Potter
novel,
Harry
Potter
and
the
Deathly
Hallows.
She
continued:
"Even
while
I'm
mourning,
though,
I
feel
an
incredible
sense
of
achievement.
I
can
hardly
believe
that
I've
finally
written
the
ending
I've
(more)FINAL POTTER NOVEL TO BE PUBLISHED ON JULY 21 Thursday, February 1 2007 Within minutes after reports appeared that the final Harry Potter novel will be published on July 21, online book sellers were posting announcements that they would begin taking pre-publication orders for it. Interest in the last installment was piqued by author J.K. Rowling's recent revelation that two principal characters in the saga will be killed off (possibly Harry himself). Publication of the book will be preceded one week earlier (July 13) by the penultimate Harry (more) |
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A hacker claims to have been able to break into a computer at Bloomsbury Publishing in London, where he downloaded a copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. He in turn posted the copy on the website InSecure.org, saying "We make this spoiler to make reading of the upcoming book useless and boring." The authenticity of the manuscript has not been confirmed. The book is scheduled to be published on July 21, ten days after the next Harry Potter movie, The Order of the Phoenix, is due to be released in theaters. Some Warner Bros. executives had reportedly questioned the timing, expressing private concern that the expected revelation in the final book that at least one of the primary characters will die could affect ticket sales.
