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12-10-2006, 09:44 PM
| | J.K.R. makes Forbes' Top Selling Authors List
J.K. Rowling, who made $75 million last year, came in second on Forbes’ Top Selling Authors list. Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown came in at No. 1. with $88 million. Quote:
Only a decade ago, the world had not yet heard of J.K. Rowling or her boy wizard Harry Potter. Today Rowling is the world’s sole billionaire author. Worldwide sales of her Potter books have topped 300 million copies.
Forbes also rated the Top Grossing Film Adaptations and the Harry Potter series came in at No. 1, making $3.5 billion at the box office. |
12-11-2006, 06:18 AM
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| Puffskein
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: in my room lock up w
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Hogwarts RPG Name: Roezaria Kate Crosweld Sixth Year |
wow!go JK!
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12-11-2006, 06:23 AM
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| Vair StalkerishMissing Sirius Mooncalf
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: In a mental ward wit
Posts: 7,987
Hogwarts RPG Name: Emma McKingley Graduated |
WOW!
Go Jo! |
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12-11-2006, 07:16 AM
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| Pygmy Puff
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: In a pineapple. <3
Posts: 18,309
Hogwarts RPG Name: Emerson Gray. Fourth Year | G1GGL3R! *giggles* My GarBear Wow, Go Jo!
Maybe you'll be able to beat Dan Brown soon... |
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12-11-2006, 07:18 AM
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| Puffskein
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: england
Posts: 1,245
Hogwarts RPG Name: Emma Tonks | Woah! That's an aweful lot of money *dur*
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12-11-2006, 08:38 AM
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| Imp
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: internet
Posts: 435
Hogwarts RPG Name: Gryffindor |
That's great news!!! |
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12-11-2006, 12:02 PM
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| Puffskein
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lancaster, Uk
Posts: 1,285
| Wow! Thats loads of money, but she does deserve it! Without JK and Harry i never would have read a single book, now i am a compleate book worm!LOL! Go Jo! Nicola
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12-11-2006, 12:15 PM
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| Puffskein
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 1,058
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Good for JK. She's great |
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12-11-2006, 01:01 PM
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| Buttered Toast Kiss me, I'm Irish! Puffskein
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: good old ireland!
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Hogwarts RPG Name: logan Zucherro Sixth Year |
my word i hate the da vinci code! what a horrible book!
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12-11-2006, 01:37 PM
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| Puffskein
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: HERE
Posts: 1,591
Hogwarts RPG Name: Bridget Gails♫♪♫ | California Dreamin'
OMG!!! YAY JK!!!!!! Well... i have never read the Da Vinci code... or seen the movie... but it sounds good, if it won first place, and HP second, must be something...
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12-11-2006, 03:21 PM
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| Keeper of the G/H snog Puffskein
Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Cairo , Egypt...
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WOW...75 only last year..:O
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12-11-2006, 04:00 PM
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| Jarvey
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: in my room!
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Wow thats alot of money....
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12-11-2006, 05:03 PM
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| Gnome
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: In a HP book...
Posts: 374
Hogwarts RPG Name: Hermione Graduated |
That is awesome info!!!!!!!!!!! She is a GREAT authoress!!!!!!
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12-11-2006, 05:54 PM
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| Fwooper
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: somewhere
Posts: 21,658
| both awesome books came first...great
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12-11-2006, 06:46 PM
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| Plimpy
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In the TARDIS
Posts: 15,341
| That's great. Congrats Jo!! |
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12-11-2006, 09:33 PM
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| Ashwinder
Join Date: May 2004 Location: USA
Posts: 13,555
| Ultimate Potterite Original original Woot! Congratulations to Jo! We love you, and you should have been first! |
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12-11-2006, 09:48 PM
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| Formerly: Asrai Mooncalf
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 7,835
Hogwarts RPG Name: Roma Galda Sixth Year Ministry RPG Name:
Elijah Wright Department of Mysteries | Bassoons galore! Wow, that's crazy! Go Jo!
__________________ Zoe loves Caitlin the MOST! *glomps* Jess loves and misses Cait more than youuuu!! <33 |
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12-11-2006, 10:06 PM
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| DA's Ultimate Fan Firecrab
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: living in the burrow while I try to find a teaching job in PA, USA
Posts: 889
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Congratulations JKR!! Next year i'm sure you will be even higher on the list! You are already the highest on the fans lists!
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12-11-2006, 10:14 PM
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| Veela
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In a fairytale
Posts: 37,061
Hogwarts RPG Name: Jillian McGuffin Sixth Year | Gryffindor Goddess W0oh0o!!! Go Jo!!! second place!!! That's teriffic!! |
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12-12-2006, 09:34 PM
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| Doxy
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 5,922
| Roro Numero Uno Hogwarts Rules! CONGRTAS!! that is really awesome ...yeah a decade ago...im not exactly sure what i was doing with my life then because HP is my life right now *wonders*
No. 1 in Box Office?!?!?...Way to go , you Rock!
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12-13-2006, 02:52 AM
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| Shrake
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 12,692
| why am I not too surprised to hear that |
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12-13-2006, 02:10 PM
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| Firecrab
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 730
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Way to go girl!!
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12-16-2006, 01:08 PM
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| Jobberknoll
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 4,126
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She could do lots with her fortune
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12-22-2006, 11:12 PM
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| Library WriterSirius AuthorLeftySS100 Triumphant Mooncalf
Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Signing off SS for good…blame the workload and the hectic-ness of life. I’ll miss you all…:cry:
Posts: 6,879
Hogwarts RPG Name: Eunice Murray Fifth |
Good job, Jo!
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01-01-2007, 06:47 AM
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| Jarvey
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hogwarts
Posts: 550
Hogwarts RPG Name: Dina Evans Potter Third Year | Go JK Hail The Power Of The Boy who Lived! |
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