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Like the popular 'Potter' movies, the new 'Jackson' film needs to appeal to more than just the kid in all of us Screen adaptations of best-selling series for young readers are a tricky proposition.

Visitors to the Ollivanders wand shop at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter will step into one of the most iconic scenes from the bestselling Harry Potter books and blockbuster feature films.

J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Even when you've read a book a million times, there are still new things to notice and think about.

In 2009, a total of 216,000 copies of vampire books written by the 35-year-old American writer Stephenie Meyer were sold in Finland.

I'll always remember 2009 as the year I met Sporcle. To those of you who spent 2009 doing something productive, let me bring you up to speed: Sporcle.com is an online trivia site jampacked with timed quizzes - almost 2,500 as of this writing - which run the gamut of categories, from geography to sports to literature to pop culture.

"We read to know we are not alone." - C.S. Lewis I recently joined a new group - one whose members number in the millions and are scattered worldwide.

The Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County has released statistics stating users checked out a record number of items in 2009.

Rowling casts spell on collector IT SEEMS wizard writer JK Rowling can do no wrong, even when making mistakes.

2. Contrive to be born as the heir to a large fortune; earn a reputation as a vapid, if willowy, party monster; and appear in a poorly shot, amateur sex tape.

Thomas Mayne is currently 19 years old and studying law at oxford university. He writing articles on, whether about academic subjects or about the less esoteric, incorporating both his law work and outside interests into his writing.

Seuss tale, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," starring Jim Carrey as the Christmas hating protagonist, sold more than "Cast Away," "Gladiator" and "Meet the Parents" in 2000, proving the U.S. is full of holiday spirit.

Bonnie landed her first role as Ginny Weasley in JK Rowling's Harry Potter aged 9, alongside Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.

Title: UAB EXHIBIT SHOWCASES THE SCIENCE, MAGIC AND MEDICINE OF HARRY POTTER'S WORLD "There was a lot more to magic, as Harry quickly found out, than waving your wand and saying a few funny words," writes author J.K. Rowling in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the first of the bestselling books that introduced the magical world of Harry ...

In J.K. Rowling's international bestseller "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," the sinister Professor Dolores Umbridge said, "Progress for progress's sake must be discouraged." When I, 11 years old at the time, first read that, I never thought I'd agree with the witch.

A black character disappeared from a German Harry Potter. Why? Published on January 7, 2010 Now that kids are getting engrossed in the Harry Potter books they got as presents, here is a parable for the holiday season.

Just so we're clear.A People in science fiction are always banging on about how we get no respect and are always seen as being some kind of poor second cousin to literary fiction .A And yet, Time Magazine just published their list of BestA TV, Movies, Books and Theatre of the Decade , and it's full of genre stuff.

Nearly a decade ago, the book world was jolted -- digitally -- by one of its scariest and most popular writers.

You will not be surprised to learn that one author dominated the book industry this decade - but the extent of JK Rowling's success may still take your breath away.

Following is the list of the best-selling books of the 2000's, as provided by USA Today.

We all have one - a book from childhood we hold dear. It could be a magnificent array of illustrations that take us to a glorious place, or perhaps the text rings so right and true, it has a timeless quality.