Carrie
12-21-2004, 11:53 AM
BBC News.com (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4114713.stm)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, by JK Rowling, will be published in July next year. The BBC News website examines the money-making machine the teenage wizard has become.
When Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone hit the shop shelves in 1997, there was little indication the boy wizard would conjure up a global phenomenon.
But within a few short years, Harry's adventures at Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry would be provoking a frenzy among Potter fans desperate to get their hands on author JK Rowling's latest offering.
Full story (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4114713.stm)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, by JK Rowling, will be published in July next year. The BBC News website examines the money-making machine the teenage wizard has become.
When Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone hit the shop shelves in 1997, there was little indication the boy wizard would conjure up a global phenomenon.
But within a few short years, Harry's adventures at Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry would be provoking a frenzy among Potter fans desperate to get their hands on author JK Rowling's latest offering.
Full story (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4114713.stm)