No More Potter Books Confirms Rowling at Pottermore Unveiling.

J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, has confirmed that she will not be writing any more novels about the world of Harry Potter.

At the Pottermore press conference, where the mystery behind her new website was revealed, Rowling said:

“I have no plans to write another novel.  I’m pretty sure I’m done on the novel front. But it was fun while it lasted.” 

Instead, she revealed that Pottermore was a new project that is purely online focused.

Fans of the wizarding world will be able to interact with the novels in more depth. 

Rowling explained that she'd been hoarding extra information that would interest fans for years which has now been put onto the Pottermore website:

“I generated more material than ever appeared in the books. I thought, ‘Who would ever want to know the significance of all the difference wand woods?’ Now you can go and see. It's such a rich experience to do it this way.”

But the large build-up to the unveiling of the mysterious website has caused some frustration.  Some who were expecting a ground-breaking announcement have instead branded it ‘potterbore’.

The website is also a way for the multi-million pound author to have the sole rights over Harry Potter e-books, which the site will sell exclusively in multiple languages.  Rowling said:

“E-books are here and here to stay. Later than a lot of people, I for the first time downloaded e-books and it's miraculous for travel and for children in particular. I feel great about taking Harry into this new medium.”

People can register to Pottermore from 31^st July, and the website will be fully launched in October.

You can see Rowling's announcement below.

What do you think? Disappointed that there will be no more books?  Will you be signing up to the website?

Want More Potter? JK Rowling Launches Pottermore

JK Rowling has launched an official website and Twitter account called Pottermore.

The website pottermore.com currently shows a simple teaser logo and the words “coming soon” with JK Rowling’s signature below it.

In true potter style Pottermore was unveiled through several clues that fans had to piece together to discover the name of the new website.

The “Secret Street View” challenge placed the clues across ten popular Potter sites, each one given it’s own co-ordinates which pointed to a different letter in Pottermore.

But the mystery hasn’t ended there, what exactly this website is all about is still to be revealed and has had fans in an excitable frenzy over what will appear on it.

A spokesperson from HPANA.com said, upon seeing a sneak preview of the website:

“It is breath taking in scope, detail and sheer beauty.”

Speculation is already mounting about whether this will mean additional books to the Harry Potter saga. However, Rowling has previously made it clear that she is currently working on several new projects and is unsure about whether she would write another Harry Potter book.

A popular belief amongst fans is that this will be a much-welcomed Harry Potter encyclopaedia.

What do you think? Could this be the beginning of more books in the Harry Potter saga? Or is this just going to be an extension of the wizzarding world where fans can enjoy all of Rowlings ideas?

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