Pottermore
Pottermore Information & PreviewIn mid June, 2010, Jo Rowling startled fans by creating up an online game where fans searched maps of the world to find hidden letters. In the end, these letters spelled out "Pottermore". Several days later, a mysterious YouTube video appeared with a countdown until June 23, 2011. Jo kept us all in suspense for days and finally the owls flew off on June 23, 2011 to reveal her video to announce Pottermore will be an "an on-line reading experience unlike any other" starting in October 2011.
We will keep you updated with information as it is released!
Pottermore Announcement Video
With all the speculation about games and scavenger hunts, false leaks and fan guesses, we admit we are happy to hear the Pottermore site will be about reading the books which started the magic in the first place!
Preview Pictures of Pottermore
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Overview of Pottermore:
- Pottermore is an interactive new Web site and reading experience with more than 18,000 new words from J.K. Rowling: Much more to come.- JKR behind the scenes filming the video picture.
- An online experience to read, interact with and share the Harry Potter stories. Exclusive writing from J.K. Rowling and more.
- Pottermore will feature infromation J.K. Rowling has been "hoarding" for years about Harry Potter.
- Pottermore will be the exclusive place to purchase the digital audio books and, at last, eBooks of the Harry Potter series.
- Pottermore was developed in association with the leading digital company, @th_nktweets
- Pottermore was also created in partnership with @sony!
- One million fans will get access to a beta on July 31, Harry's birthday. It will be open for all in October 2011.
- The launch of Pottermore will have more than 18,000 words from J.K. Rowling, but that is only a third of what she has written so far.
- J.K. Rowling said this morning that there is a lot more content to come for the Pottermore site, and she will develop it as it grows.
- This morning J.K. Rowling said that she and Harry have a "casual relationship," instead of the serious kind they once had.
- "I've never cried over a man as much as I've cried over Harry." - JKR
- The idea came from a conv. with her agent about how to help Harry live on in today's digital age.
- JKR downloaded eBooks for the 1st time this year and loved it - "a thousand books in your pocket" - tho she loves paper.
- You will follow the story, get sorted into a house and get a wand (one of 33,000 possible combinations) - all crafted by JKR.
- JKR is excited to include a long backstory on McGonagall - her childhood, ministry career, early heartbreak...
- A lot of the Pottermore team is Hufflepuff, which JKR said is what "you want in a team - they're workers!"
- JKR said if you're not sorted into Gryffindor you get even more exclusive content about your house.
- Chamber of Secrets story to debut in 2012.
- Also shown this morning, there will be info on Minerva McGonagall's long friendship with Dumbledore
- A lot of the Pottermore team is Hufflepuff, which JKR said is what "you want in a team - they're workers!"
- A physical encyclopedia may come one day, JKR said, but she is not positive.
- Also mentioned that Vernon ad Petunia met at work, backstory also on Pottermore.
- JKR on Pottermore: "I've worked with the most incredible team at TH_NK to make it come alive."
Thanks Leaky for this great list!