US Potter publisher Scholastic has updated their Fun Stuff section with downloads relating to Order of the Phoenix. Additionally, the winners of the Scholastic contest held before the release of Half-Blood Prince have been posted.

The US Harry Potter publisher has now released a Deathly Hallows poster, available for download here. Bloomsbury previously released a UK DH poster which can be saved here.

As part of its There Will Soon Be 7 Deathly Hallows marketing campaign, Scholastic has updated its site with new activities, downloads, bookmarks, posters, e-cards, and much more. Furthermore, the first of seven pressing questions has now been posted: "Who will live, Who will die?" You can vote here. UPDATE: Scholastic now has a profile on YouTube that will play host to several promotional videos asking the seven aforementioned questions.

Scholastic has posted the fifth of their seven pressing questions about Deathly Hallows leading up to the release of the book: Where are the Horcruxes? A downloadable bookmark with this question can be found here.

The seven US contest winners were announced on Scholastic's website today. These lucky fans will fly out to London to attend "J.K. Rowling and the Moonlight Signing" at London's Natural History Museum on July 21, 2007. They will receive a copy of the US edition of Deathly Hallows as well as hear a reading from Jo herself. Congratulations to those who won!

Scholastic has updated its site with the sixth of seven questions they're asking in the lead-up to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Will Voldemort be defeated? The answers available are: 1) Yes and he will die (which is the current favorite) 2) Yes and he will live 3) No way 4) There will be a truce

The seventh and final question in the lead-up to the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has been asked by Scholastic. What are the Deathly Hallows? Readers can answer: 1) We'll find out right away. 2) We'll find out in the middle. 3) We'll find out at the end.

The LA Times is reporting that the US Harry Potter publisher obtained a subpoena to learn the identity of a user who allegedly posted copies of Deathly Hallows on a California website. Scholastic said in a court filing Monday that "materials hosted on Photobucket.com's system" contain materials that infringe copyrights owned by Scholastic and J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books. Photobucket.com, a News Corp. unit, is a website for sharing photos and videos on social networks such as MySpace. The subpoena was sent to Gaia Interactive Inc. in San Jose seeking the identity of a user on gaiaonline.com, a social network, according to the filing in San Francisco federal court. Gaia complied with the subpoena, removed the material and temporarily banned the user from the site, said Gaia spokesman Bill Danon.

Cheryl Klein, notable editor with Arthur K. Levine Books and Scholastic, has made a guest appearance on NPR's program "Talk of the Nation." Cheryl discusses her work as continuity editor of the Harry Potter books and even answers questions asked by various listeners of the show. To hear this brief conversation with Cheryl Klein, click here and be sure to click on the "Listen" button. Thanks to everyone who emailed!

The US book publisher has issued a statement this morning which reveals where a leak of Deathly Hallows occurred: We are taking immediate legal action against DeepDiscount.com and Levy Home Entertainment. The number of copies shipped is around one one-hundredth of one percent of the total U.S. copies to go on sale at 12:01 am on July 21st. Read the full press release at the link below!

According to Ganmag.com, Scholastic, the US HP publisher, plans to print 2 million additional copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In the US, the book sold a staggering 11.5 million copies of those 14 million printed in just 10 days. Sales for the novel elsewhere are currently quite vague, but we hope to have details soon.

Scholastic's official Harry Potter website has been updated with a few new games, including a timely one for Mother's Day. - Magnificent Moms - test your knowledge of mothers in the Potter series. - Polyjuice Pairs and Magical Matches - two simple memory games. Find all of the card pairs on the board in under one minute! - Potter Swap - match up sets of Potter books to eliminate them. Similar to the game Bejewled. Thanks to The Portkey for the tip. And Happy Mother's Day to all of you Potter-crazy Mom's out there!

Harry Potter's birthday is quickly approaching (July 31st), and Scholastic is preparing with a new feature on their official website. Click here to access their Birthday Wish creator, where you can write your own wish to Harry and view all of them in present or list view. Thanks to BlogHogwarts for the tip!

The US Potter publisher's official website has been updated with a nice Q&A with the editor of the Potter series. Arthur Levine talks about his job at Scholastic, his book selection criteria, and much more. Thanks to Sasha for the tip!