JK Rowling's charity to publish 'Beedle the Bard'
Even though it's her and Harry's birthdays, JK Rowling is giving us and charity yet another gift. In a press release this morning, Scholastic announced that Jo's children's charity, the Children’s High Level Group (CHLG), will be publishing The Tales of Beedle the Bard.You may recall last December, when Amazon.com bid $4 million to snag one of seven copies in existence at a Sotheby's auction in London. The books will be printed and distributed by Bloomsbury, Scholastic and Amazon.
Jo had this to say: "There was understandable disappointment among Harry Potter fans when only one copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard was offered to the public last December. I am therefore delighted to announce that, thanks to the generous support of Bloomsbury, Scholastic and Amazon (who bought the handwritten copy at auction) – and with the blessing of the wonderful people who own the other six original books - The Tales of Beedle the Bard will now be widely available to all Harry Potter fans. Royalties will be donated to the Children’s High Level Group, to benefit institutionalised children in desperate need of a voice. The new edition will include the Tales themselves, translated from the original runes by Hermione Granger, and with illustrations by me, but also notes by Professor Albus Dumbledore, which appear by generous permission of the Hogwarts Headmasters’ Archive."
Scholastic predicts the book will generate around $8 million in sales - all going to benefit the CHLG.
The Children’s High Level Group works to make life better for vulnerable children across Europe, where over a million children and teenagers are growing up in unacceptable conditions in large residential institutions.
Posted by Ben on Jul 31st |
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this is majorly cool i cant wait arghh!!!!!!!!!!!!! so excited thank u jk.rowling for sharing this with us and happy birthday!!!!! xoxo
YES! Thank you, Jo!!!!
I CAN NOW DIE HAPPY! Oh my gosh, this is amazing! There is no limit to how cool Jo can get! :D
Omg, YES! What a great gift! I can't wait!!
Totally want it!
OMFG my dad just ordered the collectors edition for me for christmas !!!! its so cool it costs like 70 euro as iam in ireland and have to order it on the uk site !!! its so exciting thanks so much jo !!! and my dad who rocks!!! so excited!!!! xoxo
I want one!!!!!! OMG!!!!!!
WWOOH! i really hope there would be a midnight party for this. i missed the deatly hallows party cuz i was on an airplane at the time. T_T
I just ordered mine!!
When I first heard about the Beatle the Bard I was sorely disappointed they were only making seven. My friend and I debated the fact they just had to publish it! They would make so much more money then the couple of million from the original seven Beatle the Bard. Thank God they are , you can count on me being at the midnight release for this and the Hp Encyclopedia!
where the hell do i go to order this?
Jo!! Thank you so much! Happy Birthday!!
Oh man, this is so awesome!! I don't know which edition I want to pre-order though!
OMG THIS IS FREAKIN AWESOME IM GOING TO BUY ONE THE DAY THEY COME OUT!!! FIRST THE HPB TRAILER AND NOW THIS!!!
Thats nice of jkr. Even though shes an attention whore, at least it benefits the kids ;)
Oh, nice! I really want the Collector's Edition, but it's too expensive for me; I guess I'll just have to settle for the standard edition.
OMG OMG OMG!!! I am so excited to read the Beetle and the Bard I had the hope for mouths that it would come out. All I can say is thanks JKR!!! SWUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKK KKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! Can't wait for December!!
If anyone could possibly imagine how insanely excited I was when I heard this news, it's all you guys. This is so incredibly awesome, and totally made my week! I'm hardly grown up yet, but my best friend and I have already decided that in the future, we're totally raising our kids on these stories. Screw Brothers' Grimm, we've got Beedle. :-P
Hymm.. I wonder... If they're going to sell it for translations? Imean.. there's lot people aroud the world who doesn't speaks English. If this is for ALL fans then they should sell the licensce for translations around the world....
woooww!!! this is uper great!!!! i cant wait!!! i'm sooo excited...i just really didn't expect it and its going to sell reallyyy wel!!.wuhuuu!!!
this is amazing best thing to happen all day
Excuse me but how much is the thing??? AHHHH wait I forgot i buy stuff on the spur of the moment.. Oh welllsss its going to a great cause and the best part is I CAN GO TO BARNES AND NOBLE forget how to spell my name and my address like what I did with DH OH THE MEMORIES!!!!!!!!!!
OMG! This is so awesome! I am so glad that we can finally read it! And it's wonderful that the proceeds are going to charity! I can't wait!
This is fantastic news. Now I'll have another book to look forward to. Thank you Jo for considering the thoughts of Harry Potter fans around the world!
HELL YEAH!!!! This is so awesome. I hope it comes out soon.
SCORE!!! :D That's so awesome!
I hoped this would get out since I finished HP7. Best/biggest news in a long time.
when i read the title, i was like YES! well, i'm not going to school on the 8th! I might at least try to attend the midnight party, but its a monday so....we'll see. i cant get the collectors ed tho...100$?
release date pleaseeee =D
Any word on an audio version? I'd love to have Jim Dale Reading this, and Fry for that matter
Earlier today I bought a regular edition for me and the collector's edition for my uncle for Christmas. He's a HUGE Harry Potter fan and he's gonna freak when he sees it!!! This is so awesome!
im soooo going to get it!!!!
okay i dont have 100 dollars unfortunately... early christmas present anyone?
I saw the book online at B&N today at work, and had I not been.. at work, I would have screamed and cheered and jumped around like a crazy person! LOL THIS IS AWESOME!!! :) At any rate, I'm totally preordering!! THANKS JO!!!
OHHHH EMMMMMM GEEEEEEEE, can't wait for it to come out!@!@!@!@! Very nice cover too
i can't wait to get this!!!! eeek!!! who wants to bet theres going to be midnight release parties for this? this is SO going to be treated like harry potter 8 lol
I was hoping this book would be sold publicly. Yes!! I went and pre-ordered it at Amazon. I hope between now and Dec. the price does go down. Even if it doesn't, its for a good cause...Can't wait!!!
YES! I do believe in miracles!!! Best news EVERRRR!
I just wanted to point out that, tonight during work, the co-worker who stated that she will buy me anything within $30, said yes to buying me the 'Beedle the Bard' book, but only in regular edition, not the special edition, but that is fine. I still will have money lefted over to have her buy me, the harry potter book #1 special 10 year edition for me as well!!! Boy am I lucky!!! I don't have to buy a thing and all because of winning a bet!!!
OMG this is so cool!!!!!! It will be released in Australia right?
I just preordered the
AWESOME!!!! I am SO buying this!! :D
This is sooooooooo freakin aswesome! I just ordered the collectors for amazon...it was a wretch but I know it'll be worth it. I know I want it so in the end why fight it?? LOL Rock on JK Rowling and Harry Potter.
You should have seen my face. I wasn't online all day yesterday. I got a notice from B&N about its release. When I saw what book it was, I think my mouth dropped! lol! And right now, my eyes are wide with excitement. I have to go reserve my copy! YAYYYYYYY!!!!!
I just went on B&N's site. I find it vaguely odd and exciting that Beedle and the Bard is first as top seller while Stephenie Meyer's book Breaking Dawn is second. I like both authors, but that is an interesting fact... at least for me!
*Dances* How awesome is that?!?!
OMGOMGOMGOGMOMG!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! i love u jo!!! my grandma and grandpa are buying it for me!!!!! omg im so happy!!!!!:D :D thanks soooooooo much jo!!!!!!!!!!:) december is gonna be great!!!!!! now we need the encyclopedia!
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAY!!!! I KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN!!! jk rowling could NEVER disappoint her fans :D
WOW, half blood prince in November and a new book in December?! This is AWESOME!! :D
Yay! OMG I can't wait!
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