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Now You Can Force Your Friends To Finally Read 'Harry Potter' With Kindle Lending
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 10, 2012 3:00 PM   35 Comments
If you're sick of trying to foist various large tomes from the Harry Potter series on your friends so they can finally see for themselves how exciting Quidditch is, there's relief in sight. Amazon announced today that Kindle owners can now borrow Harry Potter e-books from the Kindle Owners' Lending Library. More »

Harry Potter Series Arrives In E-Book Format To The Delight Of Wannabe Wizards
By Mary Beth Quirk on March 27, 2012 5:00 PM   34 Comments
Perhaps lugging around a thick paper copy of any of the seven books in the Harry Potter series has deterred you from indulging in a re-read, or even attempting a first go at the books. But starting today, J.K. Rowling's novels involving the world of wizards are available in e-book format. More »

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Warner Bros. Pulling Harry Potter Videos Out of Circulation On Dec. 29
By Mary Beth Quirk on October 25, 2011 12:49 PM   72 Comments
Attention, Harry Potter fans: If you want individual copies of your favorite films in the series, you better buy them before Dec. 29. On that date, Warner Bros. is ceasing all distribution of the movies, presumably in order to push a comprehensive set of all eight in the franchise. More »

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Google Books Announces E-Reader Deal With Harry Potter Books
By Mary Beth Quirk on July 25, 2011 8:30 AM   43 Comments
If there were ever two unstoppable money-making forces, it would be Google and the Harry Potter franchise. So it makes perfect sense that those two market dominators would team up for Google's eBooks. More »

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Harry Potter Theme Park Modifies Ride To Accommodate Larger Visitors
By Chris Walters on September 20, 2010 9:30 AM   126 Comments
The "Forbidden Journey" ride at Universal Studios' Harry Potter park just got a little less forbidden, at least for some obese tourists. The park has added new larger sized seats to the ride, so at least some of those who were turned away in previous months might have better luck now. More »

Hagrid-Sized Humans Can't Ride New Harry Potter Attraction
By Chris Walters on June 28, 2010 11:30 AM   94 Comments
If you visit the Harry Potter theme park this summer and happen to see a relatively large person poking himself with his brand new wand and muttering reduccio!, don't be confused. He was probably just told he can't ride the Forbidden Journey dark ride at the park. More »

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Harry Potter Theme Park Casts Parental Shakedown Spell In Orlando
By Phil Villarreal on June 21, 2010 9:15 AM   77 Comments
Harry Potter's greatest magic trick is his ability to take money from people in infinite ways. The boy wizard's latest venture is the Universal-owned theme park-within-a-themepark The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, which opened in Orlando this weekend. More »

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Harry Potter Author J.K. Rowling Accused Of Casting Plagiarism Spell
By Chris Morran on February 18, 2010 12:18 PM   65 Comments
Nearly eight months after the estate of late British author Adrian Jacobs filed charges of plagiarism against the UK publishers of Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire, they have decided to add the author of the book, J.K. Rowling, to the list of defendants in what they claim could be a $1 billion case. More »

DVD Price War: Harry Potter, Star Trek For $10
By Meg Marco on November 6, 2009 5:06 PM   83 Comments

—>Walmart announced yesterday that it will be slashing prices to below wholesale on 10 of the most popular DVDs that will be released soon, says the LA Times. Target announced that it will be matching Walmart. Amazon has not yet responded.  More »

This Harry Potter Blu-Ray Set Requires A HD-DVD Player
By Carey Alexander on June 21, 2009 6:00 PM   49 Comments

—>Best Buy is still selling a defective Harry Potter Blu-Ray set that contains a HD-DVD version of the Goblet of Fire. The bumbled bundles were first discovered in 2007, but reader Bill found one sitting on a Best Buy shelf in Grand Junction, CO.  More »

Amazon Fails At Gift Wrapping Your Nephew's X-Mas Present
By Meg Marco on December 9, 2008 3:45 PM   94 Comments

—>Matt would like to let Amazon know that there's no point in gift wrapping a present if you then put the gift wrapped item inside a box that says what the gift is. This should probably be self-evident — but alas — it isn't.  More »

Recalls
By Ben Popken on September 23, 2008 10:02 PM   4 Comments

Recalled: Gotham Lighting Recessed CFLs, Lead-Tainted Harry Potter Bookends.  More »

Explanation For The $307.06 Harry Potter DVD
By consumerist.com on November 30, 2007 4:59 PM   21 Comments

—>On Wednesday, we posted a picture a reader sent us of a Harry Potter DVD priced at $307.06. Not only was it not Photoshopped, several CompUSA employees chimed in to let us know there was actually a very good reason for it to have this huge price. Whenever a movie is supposed to be held until a certain street date, the price for that item is set to the release date. In this case, Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire came out on March, 7th, 2006, 03/07/06. By mistake, this tag was moved out to the floor when it should have been kept in the backroom. Mystery solved!  More »

The $307.06 Harry Potter DVD
By consumerist.com on November 29, 2007 12:22 AM   44 Comments

—>We're guessing that this DVD came bundled with a carved, solid-wood goblet. (Thanks to Chris!)  More »

J.K. Rowling Sues To Stop Publication Of Fan-Written Potter Reference Book
By Meg Marco on November 14, 2007 8:52 PM   91 Comments

—>Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling takes a dim view of independently authored reference books, it seems. She's joined a lawsuit to stop the publication of a fan-written reference book based on a website that she herself admitted to using while fact checking her writing.   More »

Chinese Fake Harry Potter Is Awesome; Also A Dragon
By Chris Walters on August 11, 2007 10:13 PM   22 Comments

—> Officials might consider counterfeit Chinese "translations" of copyrighted work illegal, but we like to think of them as the marketplace's version of outsider art; it's like fanfic and Lulu.com got together and opened up a bookstore in Shanghai. The New York Times teases its readers with awesome excerpts from a handful of recent Harry Potter knockoffs, with titles far better than the real ones:

  • Harry Potter and the Chinese Porcelain Doll
  • Harry Potter and the Leopard-Walk-Up-to-Dragon
  • Harry Potter and the Chinese Overseas Students at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
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Harry Potter And The Missing Pages
By Carey Alexander on July 25, 2007 6:44 PM   49 Comments

—>Several hundred copies of Harry Potter are missing pages; a handful are without entire chapters. We have yet to observe it on the subway, but reports suggest that is a consensus reaction to the absent pages: screaming.  More »

Would UPS Lie About Delivering Harry Potter To Stay In Amazon's Good Graces?
By Carey Alexander on July 23, 2007 6:14 PM   130 Comments

—>Jason Kottke was home Saturday at 3:36 pm when UPS claims they attempted to deliver his copy of Harry Potter. No notice was left on Kottke's door; the neighboring doorman saw no UPS truck; UPS' own website shows that the package never transitioned from the penultimate status of "In Transit To Final Destination" to "Out For Delivery." Why would UPS lie about delivering a copy of Harry Potter?  More »

J.K. Rowling's Airport Voodoo That She'll Do Do
By consumerist.com on September 18, 2006 7:34 PM   13 Comments

—>Thanks to some schmoozing at the airport — or perhaps black magic spells cast on TSA agents — the next Harry Potter manuscript is safe.  More »

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