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| Rowling completes Potter spin-off | Rowling completes Potter spin-off |
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| Author JK Rowling has completed a set of handwritten fairytales which were mentioned in her last book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. | Author JK Rowling has completed a set of handwritten fairytales which were mentioned in her last book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. |
| There will be just seven volumes of The Tales of Beedle the Bard and they will not be published. | There will be just seven volumes of The Tales of Beedle the Bard and they will not be published. |
| One copy will be auctioned to raise money for her charity, The Children's Voice, and the author will give away the rest of them. | One copy will be auctioned to raise money for her charity, The Children's Voice, and the author will give away the rest of them. |
| She said the books were a "wonderful way" to say goodbye to Potter. | She said the books were a "wonderful way" to say goodbye to Potter. |
| "People kept saying to me 'you'll be glad to have a break from writing', when of course I wasn't taking a break at all," added the writer. | "People kept saying to me 'you'll be glad to have a break from writing', when of course I wasn't taking a break at all," added the writer. |
| Handwritten books | Handwritten books |
| "I was literally writing out - as these are handwritten books - these new stories which has been a wonderful way to say goodbye. It's like coming up from a deep dive." | "I was literally writing out - as these are handwritten books - these new stories which has been a wonderful way to say goodbye. It's like coming up from a deep dive." |
| The fairytales, which were illustrated by Rowling herself, are the first works she has written since the Potter novel was published in July. | The fairytales, which were illustrated by Rowling herself, are the first works she has written since the Potter novel was published in July. |
| The Tales of Beedle the Bard was given to Potter character Hermione by Hogwarts school headmaster Dumbledore. | |
| The seven books are all handwritten by the author | The seven books are all handwritten by the author |
| In a recent US book tour, the author revealed that Dumbledore was gay. | In a recent US book tour, the author revealed that Dumbledore was gay. |
| Rowling said she had always seen him as gay in her mind. | Rowling said she had always seen him as gay in her mind. |
| "No-one ever asked me had he ever been in love or fallen in love. People were very focussed on what happens to Harry so I had never been asked a direct question. | "No-one ever asked me had he ever been in love or fallen in love. People were very focussed on what happens to Harry so I had never been asked a direct question. |
| "And because to answer it would immediately flag up an infatuation with what happens in book seven, I never said it." | "And because to answer it would immediately flag up an infatuation with what happens in book seven, I never said it." |
| The new book will be auctioned at Sotheby's in London on 13 December with a starting price of £30,000, although it is expected to sell for a lot more. | The new book will be auctioned at Sotheby's in London on 13 December with a starting price of £30,000, although it is expected to sell for a lot more. |
| Harry Potter book sales already stood at 325 million copies even before the seventh novel came out - it broke records on both sides of the Atlantic by selling 11 million copies in 24 hours. | Harry Potter book sales already stood at 325 million copies even before the seventh novel came out - it broke records on both sides of the Atlantic by selling 11 million copies in 24 hours. |
| It was published simultaneously in more than 90 countries. | It was published simultaneously in more than 90 countries. |
| Legal action | Legal action |
| The legal action claims that RDR Books will infringe on Rowling's intellectual property rights if it publishes the 400-page Harry Potter Lexicon. | The legal action claims that RDR Books will infringe on Rowling's intellectual property rights if it publishes the 400-page Harry Potter Lexicon. |
| It adds that this would interfere with her plans to write her own definitive Harry Potter encyclopaedia. | It adds that this would interfere with her plans to write her own definitive Harry Potter encyclopaedia. |
| RDR Books publisher Roger Rapoport said the suit dismayed him and dismissed any notion it could compete with any official encyclopaedia written by Rowling. | RDR Books publisher Roger Rapoport said the suit dismayed him and dismissed any notion it could compete with any official encyclopaedia written by Rowling. |