'Harry Potter' Available for e-lending

Amazon announced on their website today that, beginning June 19, all seven Harry Potter books will be available from the Kindle Owners' Lending Library in five languages!

With an exclusive license from J.K. Rowling's Pottermore, currently the only authorized seller of the Harry Potter e-books, Amazon has made it possible for Kindle Owners to borrow the Harry Potter series among roughly 145,000 other popular titles.

See Amazon.com for more information.

Pottermore Opens!

After a painfully long wait for those that were not part of the beta, Pottermore is finally open to the public!

Come join us in the Great Hall to observe where your house stands in the race for the House Cup, explore Sorcerer's Stone interactively, brew potions in the dungeons, and duel opponents from other houses for house points!

It is important to note that you may not get instant access to Pottermore immediately upon registering. Create an account, and Pottermore will invite you when they are ready for you to access the site. The wait time is not expected to be very long.

'Harry Potter' E-Books Now Available!

In the most exciting announcement since perhaps the launch of Pottermore, the Pottermore Insider announced that, beginning today, eBook editions of the Harry Potter series are available for purchase from the Pottermore Shop. Pottermore says that the eBooks are compatible with most eReaders on the market today.

As the launch of Pottermore for the public draws nearer, this seems like a sign that they are on track and will be ready to sustain more activity in the near future.

Pottermore Announces Second Launch

Today, the Pottermore Insider announced what the millions of fans who were not able to gain Beta Access have been waiting to hear: Pottermore will open to the public in early April!

Pottermore launched last Summer and 1 million users were granted early access to test the site and provide feedback before the site opened to the public. The much anticipated opening was slated for October, 2011 but has been indefinitely delayed do to site performance issues. The delay was necessary so the crew could work behind the scenes on a new "platform" to sustain the immense interest in the site.

Rowling's First 'Post-Potter' Novel Coming

Jo has wrapped up the monstrous Harry Potter series with an impressive 400 million copies floating around the globe, and now, nearly five years later, is setting her sights on completion of a new novel - with a different publisher.

The London based Little, Brown and Company is the lucky new home of the Potter author's new work. Both publisher and author are said to be delighted with this arrangement. Rowling cited the boy wizard's success as a springboard for future endeavors, resulting in the decision to change publishers.

"The freedom to explore new territory is a gift that Harry's success has brought me," says Rowling, "and with that new territory it seemed a logical progression to have a new publisher."

Rowling maintains that although she enjoyed writing the new novel "every bit as much" as the Harry Potter series, it will be distinctly different from her previous works.

More information is expected on the new novel later this year, including a title and release date.

'Harry Potter' No. 6 Great Children's Read

JK Rowling's Harry Potter Series has been named one of top children's reads by a popular Scholastic magazine. In a recently published list of the 100 Greatest Children's Books. In fact, the boy wizard series secured a spot in the top ten ranking in at No. 6. E.B. White's Charlotte's Webtops the list.

Scholastic stated that they are looking to inspire conversation about the choices, indicating purposeful placement of titles that are likely to cause controversial discussion. The list can be found here.

Downtime and Updates Coming

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In addition, please bear with us as we make the necessary updates to make up for lost time due to the outage. Obviously, the ad to the right for DHII is no longer relevant! These updates should be completed over the next few days.

As always, we are so grateful you have turned to MMAP for all your Harry Potter needs!

It All Ends Here...

Tonight's the night and, for the last time, Marauders' Map.org will be covering the midnight release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II at the Liberty Tree Mall in Danvers, MA. If you see us, come say hi!

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Jo Releases 'Pottermore' Details

The wait is over! This morning, Jo announced a little of what fans can expect from Pottermore.com via YouTube. Pottermore, which is scheduled to open to the general public in October, will include an online, interactive experience for reading the Harry Potter series, aided by additional information that Rowling has "hoarded for years." In addition, a shop will provide eBook editions of the series, a concept that, until now, had not reached the giant franchise.

The site is now accepting email addresses for notification of when Pottermore will officially be open to the public. To sign up for this, to see the video announcement, AND to find out how YOU could gain early access to the site to help shape it, visit Pottermore.com.