News tagged with harry potter

Amazon conjures rights to borrow Harry Potter ebooks

Amazon said Thursday it has signed a deal for the electronic books rights to all seven Harry Potter titles English, French, Italian, German and Spanish for its Kindle lending library.

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Time Warner 4Q earnings edge up, beats Street

(AP) -- Time Warner Inc. got a boost from its movie studio and cable TV networks in the last three months of the year, and the company expects growth to continue in 2012 even with the end of its lucrative ...

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Economics wizards calculate cost to attend Hogwarts

In honor of the release of the final Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, two Lehigh University economics students decided to investigate what it would cost to attend the prestigious Hogwarts ...

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created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 5

Harry Potter e-books plan worries bookstore owners

(AP) -- Author J.K. Rowling has joined the 21st century on her own special terms.

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created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Harry Potter goes digital with e-books

Harry Potter creator JK Rowling on Thursday took her lucrative boy wizard into the digital age, revealing that his adventures will now be sold as e-books through a website that contains new material.

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Harry Potter breaks e-book lockdown

(AP) -- The Harry Potter books are finally on sale in electronic form, and they have a special magical touch to them: In a break with industry practices, the books aren't locked down by encryption, which means consumers ...

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created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Harry Potter e-books coming to schools, libraries

(AP) -- Harry Potter e-books are coming to schools and libraries, at a date to be determined.

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Warner Bros scrambles to pull online Harry Potter clip

Warner Brothers said Thursday it was "working actively" to remove a section of the latest Harry Potter movie which has been "stolen" and illegally posted online, even before the film opens.

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created Nov 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Harry Potter website adds Google magic

Author J.K. Rowling's website devoted to fictional wizard Harry Potter will feature a bit of Google magic when it debuts later this year in the United States, according to the Internet titan.

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Harry Potter likely to endure for generations, says literary expert

With the release of the movie "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1" on Nov. 19, the official telling of the story of the boy wizard is nearing its end. But Steven Herb, director of the Pennsylvania ...

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