Bride of Harry Potter Mania!
Now that the movie’s been released, the articles are slowing down a bit, so Harry Potter Mania! will probably go on hiatus for a week or so — but you can be sure that local papers all over the country (and around the world) will be ready to run inane local stories on the 21st, when Deathly Hallows is published. (So, for now, enjoy another picture of Daniel Radcliffe taking note of his co-stars…accomplishments.)
The Hindu Business Line interviewed the CEO of Penguin India to learn about Harry Potter plans in their country. (Which are, honestly, not all that different from anyone else’s.)
AZ Central, not wanting to be left out, talked to some local booksellers (local in Arizona) about their Harry Potter plans and filed Standard Harry Potter Publication Story #3.
SF Scope puts on its reading glasses to parse a long Nielsen report on Harry Potter sales across many media. Short form: it makes a lot of money.
The Washington Post profiles Arthur Levine, J.K. Rowling’s US editor. [via GalleyCat]
Publishers Weekly’s Book Maven blog tries to spark some discussion, and create yet another version of the fabled list of books that teenagers won’t be able to stop themselves from reading, in the wake of yesterday’s big New York Times article about Mr. Potter.