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08-25-2008, 04:35 PM
| | |  J.K. Rowling writes foreword in fandom book
J.K. Rowling has written a foreword for Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon, a book on fandom written by Melissa Anelli. 
An excerpt of Jo's contribution is now online and can be found here. Quote:
Not until sometime in 2002 did I finally crack, and do the thing that people assumed I did daily. I Googled Harry Potter.
I knew, of course, that there were fan sites out there. My postbag was full of mentions of them, my readers assuming that I was au fait with what was happening online. My PA, Fiddy, had had contact with a few of the webmasters. But I was still utterly unprepared what I found during that first, mammoth trawling session.
The fan sites were so professional-looking; easily up to the standard of any of my publishers' sites. And they had tens of thousands of visitors. They had forums, message boards, editorials, rolling news, fan art, fan fiction, quotes of the day from my books... and the shipping wars… my God, the shipping wars…
The book, featuring J.K.'s complete foreword, will be released on November 4th and can be pre-ordered at the following links; Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk  | |
08-25-2008, 04:37 PM
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Very nice, I wanna read that Foreword.
*The shipping wars, funny!
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08-25-2008, 04:37 PM
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 The shipping wars 
"Harry, A History" That's funneh 
I might get this book  | |
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08-25-2008, 04:42 PM
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|  Irish Language ModRamora
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Haha I think I'll get this book too! Most of the "about the series" books are awful... but I think if JK approves enough to write a foreward, it'l be good =D | |
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08-25-2008, 04:43 PM
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Congrats, Melissa, on the book! That's phenomenal, especially to have J.K. Rowling write a forward! I think I'll be purchasing this book.
Lovin' the title too.
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08-25-2008, 04:49 PM
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| | Gnome
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haha shipping wars 
wow i'd really love to buy that book - it sound interesting | |
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08-25-2008, 05:01 PM
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LOL. The shipping wars. They're brutal | |
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08-25-2008, 05:01 PM
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| | Gnome
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omg!!i want it now!!! | |
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08-25-2008, 05:04 PM
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and the shipping wars… my God, the shipping wars…
This bit here made be laugh so hard. | |
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08-25-2008, 05:06 PM
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Lolz shipping wars. Yessss... those are fun. | |
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08-25-2008, 05:09 PM
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Melissa is great. They're Pottercast is awesome too . It's a free podcast that's fun to listen to. | |
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08-25-2008, 05:23 PM
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| | Ashwinder
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Great! I really want that book | |
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08-25-2008, 05:47 PM
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i'll grant it to Mellisa, she sure knows how to pick a title | |
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08-25-2008, 06:02 PM
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Cool! I hope the book is avaliable in the UK... | |
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08-25-2008, 06:03 PM
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That's really nice. It is amazing how many different fan sites are available, and just how into them people get. It's great, and I'm sure it makes her happy to see that so many people care about her characters and her stories. | |
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08-25-2008, 06:05 PM
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Lol shipping wars... ;D
I really want to get that book. | |
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08-25-2008, 06:39 PM
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*chortle* shipping wars! Jo is a funny lady.
I think I may have to have a goosey at this book. What an honour, having Jo write the forward to it. | |
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08-25-2008, 06:59 PM
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I knew she was writing a foreword to Melissa's book and, boy, does that lend a whopping handful of legitimacy to the entire project!! I love Leaky Cauldron as much as I do this website, but my hat is certainly off to Melissa A!!! | |
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08-25-2008, 07:26 PM
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That's good...
I really want to read that book!!! | |
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08-25-2008, 08:00 PM
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Haha! The shipping wars XD I love it, I deffinaetly want that book. | |
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08-25-2008, 08:04 PM
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I'd love to read that foreword. And books on things such as Fandoms fasinate me, but I'd like to know the author's opinion on them before I go and buy that book. | |
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08-25-2008, 08:06 PM
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That's definitely going to be something that I'll have to read. | |
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08-25-2008, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Hermionespell  That's definitely going to be something that I'll have to read. I just noticed that it says she's the webmisstress of The Leaky Cauldron. So I think I'll be getting that. | |
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08-25-2008, 08:11 PM
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that's amazing!!! | |
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08-25-2008, 08:33 PM
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| | Plimpy
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I'll have to get that book. If JK wrote a forward, then she approves of it and it's something we might want to add to our collection. See, we still have Harry Potter stuff to look forward too since we don't get the movie until next summer. lol | |
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