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07-29-2005, 11:45 AM
| | |  Jo Rowling: 40th most powerful woman
Forbes has published their list of the 100 most powerful women and J.K.Rowling is ranked at number 40.
Last year she came in at 85th place and her ranking this year makes her Britain's most powerful woman. Quote: |
Rowling, 40, is a media dynamo. Her Harry Potter books have sold a stunning 270 million copies in 62 languages worldwide. Her sixth installment of the Harry Potter blockbuster series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, sold a breathtaking 6.9 million copies in its first 24 hours of release and is the largest-ever product debut on Amazon.com. Generating more than $100 million in revenue, her new book's debut is not only the richest opening in publishing history but also gave heart palpitations to the makers of the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which debuted the same weekend as the new book. This seven-year phenomenon is not letting up anytime soon, though Rowling has said the seventh installment will be her last. Harry Potter movies, with their antic capers of magic and wizardry at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, have grossed an impressive $2.5 billion to date, including DVDs.
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07-29-2005, 08:35 PM
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|  WafflingChizpurfle
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Congrats on the upping in the list! She does have the ability to sway a large group of people, namely, all Harry Potter fans. | 
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07-29-2005, 10:18 PM
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Great Job JKR, but by the time her next/and hopefully not last book in HP series comes out, i think she'll be some where between the 1st and 10th rank...hehehe | |
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07-29-2005, 11:06 PM
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JK rocks! | |
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07-30-2005, 12:14 AM
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| | Chizpurfle
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270 million copies of her books in 62 languages... WOW! Thats really cool. She really deserves it. | |
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07-30-2005, 12:14 AM
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| | Ramora
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I read HBP sold 10.8 million copies in the first 24 hours. Personally i think she's way more powerful than 40, i mean, what she says has huge influences on kids (and adults). She's way more powerful than 40, and what was with 85 last year? | |
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07-30-2005, 12:24 AM
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She deserves number 1!!!!!! | |
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07-30-2005, 01:48 AM
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wow that's a big leap from last year. She worked hard and she deserve it! | |
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07-30-2005, 09:46 AM
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whistle* and she's still such a humble mild mannered lady=) | |
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07-30-2005, 10:41 AM
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She deserves it! From 85 to 40! Cool! But once the 7th book comes out, I think there is going to be a record! | |
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07-30-2005, 12:19 PM
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I read HBP sold 10.8 million copies in the first 24 hours.
| No, that was the figure for the initial print-run. | |
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07-30-2005, 05:57 PM
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YAY!!! That's pretty good! | |
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07-30-2005, 09:21 PM
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She does deserve it, her books are great. Ranking #40 from #85 is a big step up, WOW!!!!!!!!!!! Go good JKR | |
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07-31-2005, 03:47 AM
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That's Awesome  She deserves it!!!! | |
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07-31-2005, 04:28 AM
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She deserved it!!!! | |
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08-01-2005, 10:48 PM
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*whistles* she's practically royalty! Well, I may be exaggerating a bit...  | |
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08-05-2005, 10:58 PM
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go j.k! | |
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01-04-2006, 02:38 AM
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she so deserves it!!!!! thats great | |
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