'Maut Ke Tohfe' Released

Its a good new news today. Manjul Publishing house, has released the hindi translation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, today (i.e. June 27). It is named Harry Potter aur Maut Ke Tohfe, as I told you before . With 724 pages, it is available for just 325 INR ( 7.6 USD). Grab it today at your nearest bookstore or you can order it by DD/money order to Manjul Publishing House.

Same text in hindi

आप सबके लिए एक नई और अच्छी ख़बर! मंजुल प्रकाशन द्वारा हैरी पॉटर एंड द डेथली हैलोस को हिन्दी में अनुवादित किया जा चुका है । हैरी पॉटर और मौत के तोहफे नाम की यह नई किताब ७२४ पेजों की है और इसका दाम सिर्फ़ ३२५ रूपये है । तो आज ही अपने नजदीकी बुक-स्टोर जाएँ और इसका मज़ा लें । और हाँ , हाफ-ब्लड प्रिन्स फ़िल्म के बारे में अभी कोई ख़ास ख़बर नही है ।

Maut Ke Tohfe...!

There is news coming from Manjul India, the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow's Hindi translation will be called 'Harry Potter aur Maut Ke Tohfe'. Well, the title seems very appropciated but a little funny, don't you think so?

Anyway, 'Maut Ke Tohfe' will be out in your nearest book store in mid of 2008 (i.e. May or June). 'Half Blood Prince' translation is also available for just Rs.275
Hindi Translation
आप सब के लिए एक नई ख़बर! हैरी पॉटर और डेथली हैल्लोस की हिन्दी ट्रांसलेशन का नाम है हैरी पॉटर और मौत का तोहफा । यह शीर्षक थोड़ा हास्यक है लेकिन ठीक है। डेथली हैल्लोस की यह ट्रांसलेशन जून यां जुलाई में रीलिज़ होगी । तब तक आप हाफ ब्लड प्रिन्स का मज़ा सिर्फ २७५ रू में उठा सकते हैं ।

Jo writing 'children's book' in cafes' again

The Telegraph is reporting that she is returning again to write in cafes, just as she did writing the Harry Potter series. Jo says:

“I will continue writing for children because that’s what I enjoy,” reveals Jo, who greatly misses the child wizard. “It’s left me with the biggest emptiness in my life.” She will, however, leave behind the magical world of Hogwarts. “I believe that it’s good for me and good for my readers that I bring myself to work on something different,”

Hopefully the new book will be out soon!

Jo writes new book for auction

The Tales of Beedle the Bard , this is a book, which will be auctioned for charity, The Children's Voice, with a starting price of £30,000. The book is written by Jo herself, with attractive and well as expensive cover.

The book is overall a bunch of short fairytales, namely-

• "The Tale of the Three Brothers"
• "The Fountain of Fair Fortune"
• "The Wizard and the Hopping Pot"
• "Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump"
• "The Warlock’s Hairy Heart"

All these stories' theme is based in Harry Potter's Wizarding World. All these stories, according to Jo were heard by Ron in his childhood and The Tales of Beedle the Bard was left to Hermione by Hogwarts school headmaster Dumbledore. But... The book will be printed in only 7 copies, 6 for some special people and 1 for auction for charity.

Bad Luck guys, you can't own it, but you can take part in auction if you are in London.

Jo reveals shocking news about Dumbledore

Here at at Carnegie Hall, New York Jo said something shocking, but interesting news about the Hogwarts School Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore.

A young fan asked J.K. Rowling whether Dumbledore finds "true love". Rowling said "Dumbledore is gay" and "fell in love with the charming wizard Gellert Grindelwald but when Grindelwald turned out to be more interested in the dark arts than good, Dumbledore was terribly let down and went on to destroy his rival." That love, she said, was Dumbledore's "great tragedy." The audience reportedly fell silent after Rowling's admission, then erupted into applause.

Well this is a bit weird, our who DD point-of-view will change. Anyway, clever Jo. You might have told us years ago. She told :

"If I'd known it would make you so happy, I would have announced it years ago!"

Those who don't know, Jo is on her Open Book Tour answer several questions about Harry Potter.

Half-Blood Prince Hindi translation released

Wait is over and within 2 months of 'Maya Panchchi Ka Samuh', Harry Potter's 6th Book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince's Hindi translation 'हैरी पॉटर और हाफ - ब्लड प्रिन्स' (i.e. Harry Potter aur Half-Blood Prince) has been released. It is available in your nearest book store for just INR 275. Book is of 570 pages and it is translated by Sudhir Dixit.

One thing to be noted is that the title of 'Half-Blood Prince' hasn't been translated. The word Half-Blood has been same in hindi translations, but Pure-Blood and Mud-Blood are known as 'शुद्ध खून' and 'बदजात' , respectively. Although in movies, term Half-Blood is called 'Milla Jula / मिल जुला ' and words same like 'Half-Blood'. Well I must say people who translated this book are not into innovation.

Cover art is available on your left-corner.

Headlines Today aired a special show for HPDH

Yesterday, Headlines Today (news channel) aired a special show about rumors for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It also showed some clips from OOTP movie.

If you have recorded that programme, please let us know - bunty_the_coolest@yahoo.co.in .

Harry Potter aur Aag Ka Pyaala becomes best seller

After its 8 months old release, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire's hindi translation, Aag Ka Pyaala also joins the group, becoming 4th Harry Potter best-seller book. It is available on a very low price of Rs.250 (around $5.2 USD). Sorcerer's Stone is available in the lowest, around Rs. 170 ($3.8 USD). So, grab your potter translation today by sending a form available at Manjul Publishing House's website. You can view GoF's details here .

Harry Potter- You Cannot Live without It

WorldBookDay is today and it has conducted a survey to find books you cannot live without it.
Harry Potter grabs no.4 in the spot (not really very cool news), but however, the list shows this:
1) Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 20%
2) Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkein 17%
3) Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte 14%
4) Harry Potter books - J K Rowling 12%
5) To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee 9.5%
6) The Bible 9%7) Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte 8.5%
8) 1984 - George Orwell 6%
9) His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman 6%
10) Great Expectations - Charles Dickens .55%
Thanks Mugglenet for the tip.

Rowling sues Ebay.in over Pirated editions of Potter

After unscrupulous sellers used the Indian version of the website to sell unauthorised versions of Jo's books, she is suing online auction site eBay.in.

JKR has obtained an injunction which "prohibits eBay from listing illegal copies of her works.The court order is a setback for eBay because it is the first time the company has been obliged to police its sellers’ auctions for copyrighted material."

According to TheTimes,

"Neil Blair, Rowling’s legal adviser at the Christopher Little Literary Agency, said that she welcomed the court order. “Over the years eBay has appeared to be unwilling to control sellers on their site offering pirated or forged Harry Potter items for sale to innocent fans,” he said. “We have asked eBay on numerous occasions to assist by taking preventative steps to avoid these sales – steps that we are aware they can introduce. As these requests were not heeded we had no choice but to seek judicial intervention.
“J. K. Rowling has previously warned fans on her own website about the sale of fake signed books and other pirated Harry Potter e-books on eBay.”

News Tip: TLC , Times Online.co.uk