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Harry Potter fan fiction, stories based on the series but written and distributed by fans, is the most searched-for subject of all fan fiction on the web.[1] The fandom not only interacts online in Internet forums, but also gathers at scholarly fan conventions, tours of iconic landmarks relevant to the books and production of the films, and parties held for the midnight release of each book and film. Harry Potter fans usually call themselves "Potterheads", though some may refer to themselves as "Witches/ Wizards" or "Pottermaniacs".[citation needed]
By the fourth Harry Potter book, the legions of Harry Potter fans had grown so large that considerable security measures were taken to ensure that no book was purchased before the official release date.[2] Studies on the fandom have shown that both children and adults are fans,[3][4] despite Rowling's original marketing of the books towards children aged nine to twelve.[5]

Contents
  [hide] 1 Pottermania
2 Fan sites 2.1 Podcasts
3 Fan fiction 3.1 Discussion
4 Conventions
5 "Ship debates" 5.1 Other relationships
6 Roleplaying games
7 Iconic landmarks tours
8 Wizard rock
9 Documentaries 9.1 We Are Wizards
9.2 The Fandom Fan Diaries: Wizard's Gone W!ld
9.3 The Wizard Rockumentary
10 Notes
11 External links
Pottermania[edit]



Potter fans wait in lines outside a Borders bookstore for their copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Pottermania is an informal term first used around 1999 describing the craze Harry Potter fans have had over the series.[6] Fans held midnight parties to celebrate the release of the final four books at bookstores which stayed open on the night leading into the date of the release.[7] In 2005, Entertainment Weekly listed the midnight release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire as one of "Entertainment's Top Moments" of the previous 25 years.[8] When the final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was released in the UK, the queues were said to be "massive."[citation needed]
The craze over the series was parodied in Lauren Weisberger's 2003 novel The Devil Wears Prada as well as its 2006 film adaptation. In the story, the protagonist Andrea Sachs is ordered to retrieve two copies of the next installment in the series for her boss's twins before they are published so that they can be privately flown to France, where the twins and their mother are on holiday.[9]
The series has come with its share of criticism as well. Allegations of witchcraft and the Occult found in the text, and legal disputes, one doctor coined the term "Hogwarts headache" in a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine shortly after the release of Order of the Phoenix, the longest book in the series, at 766 pages in the UK edition, 870 pages in the US edition, and over 250,000 words.[10][11] He described it as a mild condition, a tension headache possibly accompanied by neck or wrist pains, caused by unhealthily long reading sessions of Harry Potter. The "symptoms" resolve themselves within days of finishing the book. His prescription of taking reading breaks was rejected by two of the patients on which he discovered this headache.[12] On the contrary, researchers in Oxford found that the admission rate of children with traumatic injuries to the city's ERs plummeted on the publication weekends of both Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince.[13]
Some diehard fans of the series even theme their weddings around Harry Potter, featuring a sorting hat and wands on the escort table, long tables divided into houses, a reception venue that mirrors the Great Hall, a candy bar with treats from Honeydukes, and much more. Bridal Guide featured two real weddings soon before the release of the final movie, which quickly spread through the fandom via Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr.[14]
Fan sites[edit]
There are many fan web sites about Harry Potter on the Internet, the oldest ones dating to about 1997 or 1998.[15][16][17] J. K. Rowling has an open relationship with her fan base, and since 2004 periodically hands out a "fan site award" on her official web site.[18] The first site to receive the award was Immeritus, a fan site mostly devoted to Sirius Black, and about which Rowling wrote, "I am so proud of the fact that a character, whom I always liked very much, though he never appeared as much more than a brooding presence in the books, has gained a passionate fan-club."[19]
In 2004, after Immeritus, Rowling bestowed the honor upon four sites. The first was Godric's Hollow;[20] for some time however, the site's domain name was occupied by advertisers and its content was lost[21] and there is no further record on Rowling's site that Godric's Hollow ever received the award,[18] although in 2010 the website came back online again albeit with a lot of content missing. The next site was the Harry Potter Lexicon, an online encyclopedia Rowling has admitted to visiting while writing away from home rather than buying a copy of her books in a store. She called it "for the dangerously obsessive; my natural home."[22] The third site of 2004 was MuggleNet, a web site featuring the latest news in the Potter world, among editorials, forums, and a podcast. Rowling wrote when giving the award, "It's high time I paid homage to the mighty MuggleNet," and listed all the features she loved, including "the pretty-much-exhaustive information on all books and films."[23] The last site was HPANA, the first fan site Rowling ever visited, "faster off the mark with Harry Potter news than any other site" Rowling knows, and "fantastically user-friendly."[24]
In 2005, only The Leaky Cauldron was honored. In Rowling's words, "it is about the worst kept secret on this website that I am a huge fan of The Leaky Cauldron," which she calls a "wonderfully well designed mine of accurate information on all things Harry Potter."[25] On another occasion, Rowling has called the Leaky Cauldron her "favorite fan site."[26] In 2006, the Brazilian website Potterish was the only site honored, in recognition of its "style, [its] Potter-expertise and [its] responsible reporting."[27] It is the only non-English language website to be awarded.
In May 2007, Harry Potter Fan Zone received the award. Rowling recognised the insightful editorials as well as praised the site for its young and dedicated staff.[28] In December 2007, the award went to The Harry Potter Alliance, a campaign that seeks to end discrimination, genocide, poverty, AIDS, global warming, and other "real-world Dark Arts", relating these problems to the books. Rowling called the project "extraordinary" and "most inspirational", and paralleled its mission to "the values for which Dumbledore's Army fought in the books".[29] In an article about her in Time, Rowling expressed her gratefulness at the site's successful work raising awareness and sign-up levels among antigenocide coalitions.[30]
At one time, Warner Bros., which owns the rights to Harry Potter and its affiliates, tried to shut down the sites. The unsuccessful attempt eventually led to their inviting the webmasters of the top sites to premieres of the films and tours of the film sets, because of their close connection with the fans. Warner Bros. executives have acknowledged that many fans are disappointed that certain elements of the books are left out, but not trying to avoid criticism, "bringing the fan sites into the process is what we feel is really important."[17]
These fan sites contain news updates into the world of the books, films, and film cast members through the use of forums, image galleries, or video galleries.[31] They also host user-submitted creations, such as fan art or fan fiction.[32]
Podcasts[edit]
The Harry Potter fandom has embraced podcasts as a regular, often weekly, insight to the latest discussion in the fandom. Apple Inc. has featured two of the podcasts, MuggleCast and PotterCast.[33] Both have reached the top spot of iTunes podcast rankings and have been polled one of the top 50 favorite podcasts.[34] At the 2006 Podcast Awards, when MuggleCast and PotterCast each received two nominations for the same two categories, the two podcasts teamed up and requested listeners vote for PotterCast in the Best Entertainment category and MuggleCast in the People's Choice category. Both podcasts won these respective categories.[35][36]
MuggleCast, hosted by MuggleNet staffers, was created in August 2005, not long after the release of Half-Blood Prince.[37] Topics of the first show focused on Horcruxes, "R.A.B.", the Goblet of Fire film, which was due for release two months later, and the website DumbledoreIsNotDead.com.[38] Since then, MuggleCast has held chapter-by-chapter discussions, character analyses, and a discussion on a "theory of the week." MuggleCast has also added humour to their podcast with segments like "Spy on Spartz," where the hosts would call MuggleNet webmaster Emerson Spartz and reveal his current location or activity with the listening audience. British staff member Jamie Lawrence tells a British joke of the week, and host Andrew Sims reads an email sent to MuggleNet with a strange request or incoherent talk (dubbed "Huh?! Email of the Week").[39] MuggleCast is currently the highest rated Harry Potter Podcast on the Internet. On August 27, 2013 MuggleCast released it's final episode called "All Was Well." The MuggleCast website will continue to serve as a resource for other Harry Potter fans who want to rediscover the show.
PotterCast was released less than two weeks after MuggleCast's first episode. Produced by The Leaky Cauldron, it differed from MuggleCast with a more structured program, including various segments and involvement of more people on the Leaky Cauldron staff compared to MuggleCast. It also was the first and is still the only Potter podcast to produce regular interviews with people directly involved with the books and films. The first show featured interviews with Stuart Craig, art director of the films, as well as Bonnie Wright, who plays Ginny Weasley. PotterCast has also interviewed Matthew Lewis (the actor who portrays Neville Longbottom), Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood), Jamie Waylett (Vincent Crabbe), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell (directors of the first four films), Arthur A. Levine & Cheryl Klein (editors of the books at Scholastic), and even the author of the book series, J.K. Rowling.[40]
The two sites are friendly rivals and have aired several combined episodes, which they call "The Leaky Mug", a separate podcast released on a separate feed from time to time. Live joint podcasts have been held in New York City, Las Vegas, and California. From time to time, hosts on one podcast will appear on their counterpart.[40]
Although the series is now complete, the podcasting community is still expanding to new generations of podcasters. One example of the aforementioned is Hogwarts Radio. This podcast follows more of a radio show format featuring news stories, interviews, discussion, and wizard rock. The hosts of the show are Terrance Pinkston (lead host), Andy Gathman, Greyson Smith, Jeremy Baril, Rebecca Schroeder, Eric Scull, Mary Terzian, Jennifer Porche, Marissa Reynolds, and Jeanna Marie. Hogwarts Radio was featured on iTunes under the "New and Notable" section during September and October 2008,[citation needed] and held a featured position under "Literature" in July and August 2009.[citation needed] In July 2009, all the hosts from Hogwarts Radio attended HPEF's Azkatraz in San Francisco, California. There, the show featured a live interview with actor Chris Rankin, who portrays Percy Weasley in the Harry Potter films. Hogwarts Radio was also invited to Infinitus 2010 in Orlando, Florida to host a live show for the convention. The full panel reunited for another live show on July 14, 2011 at LeakyCon 2011 in Orlando to discuss the final Potter film, and again in Chicago at LeakyCon 2012.[citation needed]
On December 27, 2011, Hogwarts Radio went on hiatus, with the future of the show unclear. After several months, the show resumed production and is now dedicated to bi-weekly shows about the Harry Potter series.[citation needed]
One other relatively new podcast is one entitled The Potter Pensieve. This podcast focuses solely on discussion of the Harry Potter canon. Beginning on January 2, 2010, the hosts analyzed the series from beginning to end, working together to discover unanswered questions from the series. In January 2011, this podcast was featured as one of the top 10 podcasts in Podomatic.com's literature section.[citation needed]
Fan fiction[edit]
Rowling has backed fan fiction stories on the Internet, stories written by fans that involve Harry Potter or other characters in the books.[41] A March 2007 study showed that "Harry Potter" is the most searched-for fan fiction subject online.[1] Some fans will use canon established in the books to write stories of past and future events in the Harry Potter world; others write stories that have little relation to the books other than the characters' names and the settings in which the fan fiction takes place. On FanFiction.Net, there are over 654,300 stories on Harry Potter as of August 2013. There are numerous websites devoted solely to Harry Potter fan fiction. Of these, FictionAlley.org has grown to be one of the largest: it hosts over 80,000 stories and 20,000 works of fan art,.[42]
A well-known work of fan fiction is The Shoebox Project, created by two LiveJournal users. Over 8500 people subscribe to the story so that they are alerted when new posts update the story. The authors' works, including this project, were featured in an article in The Wall Street Journal discussing the growth in popularity of fandoms.[43]
The current most reviewed piece of fanfiction, with over 21,000 reviews, is Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky writing under the pseudonym of Less Wrong.[44][45]
In 2006, the "popular 'bad' fanfic" My Immortal was posted on FanFiction.Net by user "Tara Gilesbie".[46][47] It was deleted by the site's administrators in 2008,[47] but not before amassing over eight thousand negative reviews.[46] It spawned a number of YouTube spoofs[46] and a number of imitators created "sequels" claiming to be the original Tara.[47]
In 2007, a web-based novel, James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing, was written by a computer animator named George Lippert. The book was written as a supplement to fill the void after Deathly Hallows, and received quite a bit of media attention, much more than Harry Potter fan fiction usually receives.[citation needed]
Rowling has said, "I find it very flattering that people love the characters that much." She has adopted a positive position on fan fiction, unlike authors such as Anne McCaffrey or Anne Rice who discourage fans from writing about their books and have asked sites like FanFiction.Net to remove all stories of their works, requests honored by the site.[41] However, Rowling has been "alarmed by pornographic or sexually explicit material clearly not meant for kids," according to Neil Blair, an attorney for her publisher. The attorneys have sent cease and desist letters to sites that host adult material.[48]
Potter fan fiction also has a large following in the slash fiction genre, stories which feature sexual relationships that do not exist in the books (shipping), often portraying homosexual pairings.[49][50] Famous pairings include Harry with Draco Malfoy or Cedric Diggory, and Remus Lupin with Sirius Black.[50][51] Harry Potter slash has eroded some of the antipathy towards underage sexuality in the wider slash fandom.[52]
Tracey "T" Proctor, a moderator of FictionAlley.org, a Harry Potter fanfiction website, said 'I don't really get into the children's aspect of it, but rather the teachers, the adult characters. I read someone once who said, "If she didn't want us fantasizing about her characters, she needs to stop having these handsome men portraying them." And that's the truth: It's very hard not to look at Alan Rickman [Professor Severus Snape] and Jason Isaacs [Lucius Malfoy] and not get erotic thoughts. I have some fan fiction at Fiction Alley. You want to write stories about the characters that J.K. is not writing, about their love lives that you don't see in the book.'[53]
In the fall of 2006, Jason Isaacs, who plays Lucius Malfoy in the Potter films, said that he had read fan fiction about his character and gets "a huge kick out of the more far-out stuff."[54]
Discussion[edit]

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Prior to the publication of Deathly Hallows, much of the energy of the Potter fandom was devoted to speculation and debate about upcoming plot and character developments. To this end, clues from the earlier books and deliberate hints from J. K. Rowling (in interviews and on her website) were heavily scrutinised by fans. In particular, fan essays were published on websites such as Mugglenet (the “world famous editorials”), the Harry Potter Lexicon and The Leaky Cauldron (Scribbulus project) among others: offering theories, comment and analysis on all aspects of the series. The Yahoo discussion list Harry Potter for Grown Ups (founded in 1999) is also noteworthy for its detailed criticism and discussion of the Harry Potter books.
Speculation intensified with the July 2005 publication of Half-Blood Prince and the detailed post-publication interview given by Rowling to Mugglenet and The Leaky Cauldron.[55] Notably, DumbledoreIsNotDead.com sought to understand the events of the sixth book in a different way. (Rowling later confirmed, however – on 2 August 2006 – that Dumbledore was, in fact, dead, humorously apologising to the website as she did so.)[56] A collection of essays, Who Killed Albus Dumbledore?: What Really Happened in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince? Six Expert Harry Potter Detectives Examine the Evidence, was published by Zossima Press in November 2006. Contributors included the Christian author John Granger and Joyce Odell of Red Hen Publications, whose own website contains numerous essays on the Potterverse and fandom itself.
In 2006, in advance of the arrival of the seventh Potter novel, five MuggleNet staff members co-authored the reference book Mugglenet.Com's What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Falls in Love and How Will the Adventure Finally End, an anthology of unofficial fan predictions; while early in 2007, Leaky launched HarryPotterSeven.com, featuring “roundups and predictions from some of the most knowledgeable fans online” (including Steve Vander Ark of the Lexicon). Late additions to the fan scene (prior to the publication of Deathly Hallows) included BeyondHogwarts.com (the successor to DumbledoreIsNotDead.com), which billed itself as “the only ongoing online Harry Potter fan conference”, as well as Book7.co.uk, which offered a hypothetical “evidence-based synopsis” of the seventh novel. To this day, debate and reaction to the novels and films continues on web forums (including Mugglenet's Chamber of Secrets community and TLC's Leaky Lounge).
Conventions[edit]



 Attendees of Sectus convention in London await the midnight release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Fan conventions have been another way that the fandom has congregated. Conventions such as Prophecy, Leakycon, Infinitus, Azkatraz, and Ascendio have maintained an academic emphasis, hosting professional keynote speakers as well as keeping the atmosphere playful and friendly. They have featured prominent members of the fandom such as Jennie Levine, owner of SugarQuill.net (Phoenix Rising, 2007); Melissa Anelli, current webmaster of The Leaky Cauldron (Phoenix Rising, 2007; Leakycon, 2009/2011/2012); Sue Upton, former Senior Editor of the Leaky Cauldron (Prophecy, 2007); Heidi Tandy, founder of Fiction Alley (Prophecy, 2007), Paul and Joe DeGeorge of the wizard rock band Harry and the Potters (along with several other more well-known Wizard Rock bands, such as The Remus Lupins, The Parselmouths, Ministry of Magic, and The Whomping Willows) (see below)[57] (Prophecy, 2007; Leakycon, 2009/2011/2012), Andrew Slack, runner of The Harry Potter Alliance, and StarKid, the cast of the fan made musicals "A Very Potter Musical", "A Very Potter Sequel" & "A Very Potter Senior Year".
Still, the conventions try to attract the fandom with other fun-filled Potter-centric activities, often more interactive, such as wizarding chess, water Quidditch, the watching of Harry Potter films,[58] or local cultural immersions. Live podcasts are often recorded during these events,[59] and live Wizard Rock shows have become a fairly large part of recent conventions.[60][61] Members of the Harry Potter cast have been brought in for the conferences; Actors such as Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood) and Christopher Rankin (Percy Weasley), along with several others, have appeared to give live Q&A sessions and keynote presentations about the series.[62]
In addition to fandom specific programming, Leakycon 2011 and 2012 have hosted LitDays (as well as incorporating the many fandoms Harry Potter fans have branched into since the ending of the series). LitDays are full of programming with authors, agents, and editors. A few key examples are John Green, author of the award winning young adult novels "The Fault In Our Stars" and "Looking For Alaska", Scott Westerfeld, author of the "Uglies" series and "Leviathan", and David Levithan, author of "Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist" and "The Lover's Dictionary"[63]
These conventions are now incorporating the recently opened theme park "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter"[64] into their itinerary, built inside Universals Island of Adventure in Orlando, Florida. At the Harry Potter fan conferences Infinitus 2010,[65] Leakycon 2011[66][67] and Ascendio 2012,[68] special events were held at the theme park dedicated to the series. These are after hours events for convention attendees who purchased tickets to experience and explore the park by themselves. The event included talks given by creators of the park, free food and butterbeer, and live Wizard Rock shows inside the park.
"Ship debates"[edit]
Further information: Shipping (fandom)#Harry Potter fandom
In the fandom the word "ship" and its derivatives like "shipping" or "shipper" are commonly used as shorthand for the word "relationship."
The Harry Potter series generated ship debates with supporters of the prospective relationship between Harry Potter and his close female friend Hermione Granger at odds with supporters of Hermione ending up instead with Ron Weasley, close friend of both.
Quotes from Rowling which seemed to contradict the possibility of Harry ending up with Hermione were usually countered by claiming them to be deliberate obfuscations designed to lure astute observation off-course (though such claims were far from undisputed, given that these allegedly vague quotes included such phrases as "[Harry and Hermione] are very platonic friends",[69] and were repeated on at least three different occasions).
An interview with J.K. Rowling conducted by fansite webmasters Emerson Spartz (MuggleNet) and Melissa Anelli (The Leaky Cauldron) shortly after the book's release turned out to be quite controversial. During the interview Spartz commented that Harry/Hermione shippers were "delusional", to which Rowling chuckled, though making it clear that she did not share the sentiment and that the Harry/Hermione fans were "still valued members of her readership". This incident resulted in an uproar among Harry/Hermione shippers. Many of them complained that both sites had a Ron/Hermione bias and criticised Rowling for not including a representative of their community, as a way to avoid difficult questions. The uproar was loud enough to merit an article in the San Francisco Chronicle.[70]
Rowling's attitude towards the shipping phenomenon has varied between amused and bewildered to frustrated, as she revealed in that interview. She explained:[71]
“ Well, you see, I'm a relative newcomer to the world of shipping, because for a long time, I didn't go on the net and look up Harry Potter. A long time. Occasionally I had to, because there were weird news stories or something that I would have to go and check, because I was supposed to have said something I hadn’t said. I had never gone and looked at fan sites, and then one day I did and oh — my — god. Five hours later or something, I get up from the computer shaking slightly [all laugh]. ‘What is going on?’ And it was during that first mammoth session that I met the shippers, and it was a most extraordinary thing. I had no idea there was this huge underworld seething beneath me. ”
In a later posting on MuggleNet, Spartz explained:[72]
“ My comments weren't directed at the shippers who acknowledged that Harry/Hermione was a long shot but loved the idea of them together. It was directed at the "militant" shippers who insisted that there was overwhelming canon proof and that everyone else was too blind to see it. You were delusional; you saw what you wanted to see and you have no one to blame for that but yourselves. ”
Rowling has continued to make references, less humorous and more, to the severity of the shipper conflicts. In one instance she has joked about trying to think of ways of proving to Emerson, when inviting him for the aforementioned interview, that it was really her and not "some angry Harry/Hermione shipper trying to lure him down a dark alleyway";[73] In another, she has described her impression of the Harry Potter fandom's shipping debates as "cyber gang warfare".[74]
Other relationships[edit]
On a less intense scale, other relationships have been doted upon in the fandom from suggestive hints or explicit statements throughout canon, such as those between Draco Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson, Harry Potter's parents James Potter and Lily Evans, Rubeus Hagrid and Olympe Maxime, or Percy Weasley and Penelope Clearwater, or Rose Weasley and Scorpius Malfoy.[75] A potential relationship between Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood was originally dispelled by Rowling,[76] though she later retracted this and said she noticed a slight attraction between them in Deathly Hallows.[77] Some couples, besides Harry and Ginny and Ron and Hermione, have been explicitly stated in the series: Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour are married in Deathly Hallows after dating throughout Half-Blood Prince.[78] In Half-Blood Prince, Nymphadora Tonks keeps her feelings for Remus Lupin to herself, but remains depressed when he refuses her advances; he feels that his being a werewolf would not create a safe relationship.[79] Tonks professes her love for him at the end of the book, and she and Lupin have been married by the beginning of Deathly Hallows and have a son 'Teddy' later in the book.[80] Other couples, such as Harry and Draco or Lupin and Sirius Black, are favorites among fans who read fan fiction about them. There is also debate about Lily and Severus vs. James.[50][51]
Roleplaying games[edit]



Millikin University students at their biannual Muggle Quidditch tournament, a form of live action roleplay.
Roleplaying is a central feature of the Harry Potter fandom. There are two primary forms: internet-based roleplay and live-action roleplay, or LARP.
LARPing often involves re-enacting or creating an original Quidditch team. Match rules and style of play vary among fandom events, but they are generally kept as close as possible to the sport envisioned by Rowling. The 2006 Lumos symposium included a Quidditch tournament played in water.[81] More common are ground-based games such as the handball style developed by USA Team Handball and featured at the MuggleNet-sponsored Spellbound event, as well as the Muggle Quidditch style played intramurally at Millikin University (at left).[82] This version of quidditch has grown past intramural play, is far from LARPing, and has an international governing body, the IQA.[83]
Internet-based roleplay tries to simulate the Hogwarts experience. Most[which?] sites are forum-based, emphasizing taking classes taught by staff members in order for the players to earn points for their respective houses. Some[which?] internet-based roleplay sites go more in depth into canon and storylines, and do not specifically rely on posting as the only method for gaining house points while others[which?] have expanded to include activities such as Quidditch, dueling, and board-wide plots. Hogwarts-school.net (est. 2000), for example, is a forum-based roleplaying game which allows players to take classes, engage in extracurricular, and also has many options for adult characters in St. Mungos, the Daily Prophet, and the Ministry of Magic.
2007 saw the launch of World of Hogwarts,[84] a completely free MMORPG Harry Potter roleplaying game in Second Life, set ten years after the Battle of Hogwarts. Here, roleplayers can create an avatar and interact with other students, attend lessons organized by other roleplayers, play Quidditch, sit for their exams, earn and lose points for their house, visit Hogsmeade, Diagon Alley and the Forbidden Forest, get a job at the Ministry of Magic, explore several secret passages within the castle, and even immerse themselves into intricate and well-composed storyline plots that have, through time, grown into the canon rules of the game.
A website created by ISO Interactive, called the Chamber of Chat is a free online interactive virtual world under a MMO format. Although not a full MMORPG format, Chamber of Chat is set up with 3D virtual chatrooms and avatars where fans can socially interact with each other in Pictionary and Harry Potter Trivial games or participate in discussion groups about Harry Potter or Film media or perform plays as a theater group to other fans as audience. They hold special community event such as Harry Potters Birthday or Halloween and have seasonal house competitions. Fans are able to create their own avatars, collect or be rewarded coins to purchase furniture items for their own "clubhouse". However, the website emphasizes more social interaction between fans' avatars to stimulate the Hogwarts student experience. "Chamber of Chat is a graphical Social Virtual World with a few Facebook plug-ins. The Harry Potter Virtual World is designed for fans. This give users the feeling that they are interacting in the actual 3D world. You can hang out with other students, relax in the common room, mingle at the pub, play games like Pictionary and even download cool looking wallpapers."[85] On 19 April 2007, Chamber of Chat was awarded Adobe Site of the day. Chamber of chat has also been awarded a place among the SmartFoxServer Showcase. "Chamber of Chat is an MMO community inspired to the magic worlds of the Harry Potter saga. The application is a great example of integration between Director/Shockwave (client) and SmartFoxServer PRO.".[86] Chamber of Chat has been a long time associated branch of The Leaky network and although as part of the network with The Leaky Cauldron, Pottercast and "Ask Peeves" search engine, it was ranked number two behind Indiana Jones's TheRaider.Net out of 25 essential fansites of "The Best of the Web" by Entertainment Weekly in December 2007.[87]
Other sites use modified versions of phpBB that allow for a certain level of interactive roleplaying and are what is commonly referred to as "forum-based roleplaying". Interactive gaming can include player versus player features, a form of currency for making purchases in stores, and non-player characters such as monsters that must be fought to gain levels and experience points. However, these features are more prevalent in games that are not forum-based. Advancement in such games is usually dependent on live chat, multiplayer cooperation, and fighting as opposed to taking classes or simply posting to earn points for one's "house"; like at Hogwarts, players in forum-based games are sometimes sorted into a different group distinguishing different values within a person.
Iconic landmarks tours[edit]



 The Glenfinnan viaduct, which the Hogwarts Express passes over when it travels to Hogwarts in the films.
Some travel agencies have organised a subdivision to create tours specifically highlighting iconic landmarks in the world of Harry Potter. HP Fan Trips, offered by Beyond Boundaries Travel since 2004 in conjunction with fan site HPANA,[88][89] was designed by and for fans of the series, and tours noteworthy Potter-related locations in the United Kingdom.[90] Since 2004, they have exclusively chartered steam locomotive #5972 Olton Hall, the locomotive used in the films as the Hogwarts Express, as well as the carriages labeled as such and seen in the movies.[91] The travel agency Your Man in Europe began hosting Magical Tours in 2006, in conjunction with fan site MuggleNet.[92] They offer four different tours through England and Scotland.



Alnwick Castle, the castle used for filming exterior shots of Hogwarts in the Potter films.
These tours primarily feature locations used for shooting in the films, though some trips include a Chinese restaurant in Edinburgh, which was once Nicholson's Cafe, where Rowling wrote much of the manuscript for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and Edinburgh Castle, where Rowling read from the sixth book on the night of its release to an audience of children.[89][93] Filming locations visited include Alnwick Castle, where some exterior locations of Hogwarts are shot, places in Fort William, Scotland; Glen Nevis, Scotland; the Glenfinnan viaduct; Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford and the Cloisters located within New College, Oxford.[89][94]
Wizard rock[edit]
Main article: Wizard rock



Harry and the Potters perform at the Horace Mann School in Riverdale, Bronx, New York.
Wizard rock (sometimes shorthanded as Wrock) is a musical movement dating from 2000 in Massachusetts with Harry and the Potters, though it has grown internationally[95][96] and has expanded to at least 750 bands.[97] Wrock bands mostly consist of young musicians that write and perform often humorous songs about the Harry Potter universe,[98][99] and these songs are often written from the point of view of a particular character in the books, usually the character who features in the band's name. If they are performing live, they may also cosplay, or dress as, that character.[100]
In contrast to mainstream bands that have some songs incorporating literary references among a wider repertoire of music (notably Led Zeppelin to The Lord of the Rings),[101] wizard rock bands take their inspiration entirely from the Harry Potter universe.[100] In preserving the promotion of reading, too, bands like to perform in libraries, bookstores, and schools.[102] The bands have also performed at the fan conventions.[103]
Documentaries[edit]
We Are Wizards[edit]
We Are Wizards is a feature length documentary by Josh Koury about the Harry Potter fandom. It features Wizard rock bands Harry and the Potters, Draco and the Malfoys, The Hungarian Horntails, and The Whomping Willows. The film also features Heather Lawver, Melissa Anelli, and Brad Neely.[104] We Are Wizards had its World Premiere at the SXSW film festival in 2008, then traveled to 20 film festivals worldwide. The film opened theatrically in 5 cities on November 14, 2008. The film can be seen on Hulu.com, and DVD.
The Fandom Fan Diaries: Wizard's Gone W!ld[edit]
The Fandom Fan Diaries: Wizard's Gone W!ld is a documentary web series that is based on fandom submissions. The producers Miranda Marshall and Amy Henderson starting accepting video submissions in early March 2009 and plan to accept them through 2013. WiZarDs Gone W!LD is affiliated with The Fan Book of HP Fans, yet another fandom project based on submissions that has recently extended its submission deadline date.[105][106]
The Wizard Rockumentary[edit]
The Wizard Rockumentary: A Movie about Rocking and Rowling is a feature documentary chronicling the rise of Harry Potter tribute bands. Producers Megan and Mallory Schuyler travelled around the United States compiling interviews and concert footage of bands including Harry and the Potters, Draco and the Malfoys,The Remus Lupins, The Whomping Willow and The Moaning Myrtles. The film was released in April 2008 and has screened in libraries around the country. The producers are currently negotiating broadcast and home video rights.[107][108]
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68.Jump up ^ "Night of A Thousand Wizards 2". Ascendio 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
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Harry Potter Fan Zone

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Harry Potter Fan Zone

Web address
www.harrypotterfanzone.com
Type of site
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Owner
Andy McCray
Created by
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Launched
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Harry Potter Fan Zone is an Australian Harry Potter fansite created in 2003 by Australian teenager Andy McCray.[1][2] Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling awarded the website a "Fan Site Award," stating that "[it] is a great Australian site with an impressively young staff who have produced some really insightful editorials."[3][4]
Overview[edit]
Harry Potter Fan Zone's main focus is the coverage of Harry Potter news and Harry Potter related discussion and contents. The site has covered events in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, including book releases, movie releases, premieres and fan gatherings. At the invitation of Warner Bros., it has covered the US and UK premieres of the last six Harry Potter films and has twice visited Leavesden Studios to report on Harry Potter filming.[5] The website has also been selected for preservation in the Pandora Archive by the National Library of Australia.[6]
The site has had the opportunity to interview many of the cast and crew involved in the Harry Potter film franchise, including Daniel Radcliffe,[7] Rupert Grint,[8] Tom Felton,[8] Evanna Lynch,[9] Andy Linden,[10] James Walters,[11] Jamie Waylett[12] and crew members David Yates, David Heyman and David Barron.[13] Additionally, J. K. Rowling answered questions from an open letter written by the site.[14][15]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Dunn, Emily (30 June 2007). "Student hit on Hogwarts heaven". The Sydney Morning Herald.
2.Jump up ^ Price, Jenna (3 February 2007). "Web hit: Harry Potter and the Canberra Kid". Canberra Times. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
3.Jump up ^ Tomlinson, Nicole (20 June 2007). "Harry Potter Trivia: 10 Things to Know about J.K". CTV News.
4.Jump up ^ J. K. Rowling (10 May 2007). "J.K.Rowling Official Site". JKRowling.com.
5.Jump up ^ "About Harry Potter Fan Zone". Harry Potter Fan Zone. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
6.Jump up ^ "Pandora Archive - Preserving and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of Australia". National Library of Australia.
7.Jump up ^ Andy (25 October 2010). "Dan Radcliffe on physical and emotional challenges in 'Deathly Hallows'". Harry Potter Fan Zone. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
8.^ Jump up to: a b Andy (19 November 2010). "Tom Felton and Rupert Grint look back on memorable Harry Potter moments". Harry Potter Fan Zone. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
9.Jump up ^ Andy (7 October 2010). "Evanna Lynch talks Luna Lovegood on the set of 'Deathly Hallows'". Harry Potter Fan Zone. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
10.Jump up ^ Andy (12 October 2010). "Exclusive interview with Andy Linden, Mundungus Fletcher in 'Deathly Hallows'". Harry Potter Fan Zone. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
11.Jump up ^ "Interview with James Walters (Young Sirius Black)". Harry Potter Fan Zone. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
12.Jump up ^ "Interview with Jamie Waylett (Vincent Crabbe)". Harry Potter Fan Zone. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
13.Jump up ^ Andy (16 November 2010). "David Heyman, David Yates on Alexandre Desplat's 'Deathly Hallows' music, John Williams returning". Harry Potter Fan Zone. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
14.Jump up ^ Andy (8 May 2007). "Jo answers questions from Harry Potter Fan Zone's open letter". Harry Potter Fan Zone. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
15.Jump up ^ "Open letter to J.K. Rowling". Harry Potter Fan Zone. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
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The Harry Potter Lexicon

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 Steve Vander Ark, creator of the Harry Potter Lexicon, speaking at the Sectus conference in London in 2007
The Harry Potter Lexicon is a fan-created online encyclopedia of the Harry Potter series.

Contents
  [hide] 1 Overview
2 Lawsuit
3 Publication
4 References
5 External links
Overview[edit]
The site was created by school librarian Steve Vander Ark. It contains detailed information for all seven published Harry Potter books. The Lexicon lists characters, places, creatures, spells, potions and magical devices, as well as analyzing magical theory and other details of the series. The Lexicon is credited as creating one of the first timelines of all events occurring in the Harry Potter universe. A similar timeline of events was adopted by Warner Bros. for inclusion with their Harry Potter film DVDs, and was accepted by author J. K. Rowling as conforming to her works.
The Lexicon is a winner of J. K. Rowling's Fan Site Award. Rowling said:[1]

This is such a great site that I have been known to sneak into an internet café while out writing and check a fact rather than go into a bookshop and buy a copy of Harry Potter (which is embarrassing). A website for the dangerously obsessive; my natural home.
Lawsuit[edit]
Main article: Warner Bros. and JK Rowling vs. RDR Books
On October 31, 2007, J.K. Rowling and Warner Brothers filed a lawsuit against RDR Books over the publication of Vander Ark's Lexicon in book form.[2][3][4] The lawsuit was heard in a New York court on April 14, 2008.[5] Whilst some sources refer to Vander Ark being sued, the lawsuit actually names only RDR books.[6]
The lawsuit states,

The infringing book is particularly troubling as it is in direct contravention to Ms. Rowling's repeatedly stated intention to publish her own companion books to the series.[7]
The result of the lawsuit was that the book could be published, but not in its present form. A modified version of the book was published in 2009. This case went to bench trial in the New York Federal District Court of Judge Robert Patterson on April 14, 2008. RDR Books defense team, which includes solo San Francisco practitioner, Lizbeth Hasse of the Creative Industry Law Group, solo New York practitioner David Hammer, and the Fair Use Project at Stanford University Law School, has replied to the suit arguing:

In support of her position Ms Rowling appears to claim a monopoly on the right to publish literary reference guides, and other non-academic research, relating to her own fiction. This is a right no court has ever recognized. It has little to recommend it. If accepted, it would dramatically extend the reach of copyright protection, and eliminate an entire genre of literary supplements: third party reference guides to fiction, which for centuries have helped readers better access, understand and enjoy literary works.[8]
Rowling stated that her efforts to halt the publishing of the Lexicon have been crushing her creativity, and said that she was not sure if she has "the will or the heart" to now publish her own encyclopedia.[9]
On 8 September 2008, Rowling won her copyright case against RDR Books.[10] Lexicon publisher RDR Books said:

We are encouraged by the fact the court recognized that as a general matter authors do not have the right to stop the publication of reference guides and companion books about literary works.
Judge Patterson said that reference materials were generally useful to the public but that in this case, Vander Ark went too far. He said that "while the Lexicon, in its current state, is not a fair use of the Harry Potter works, reference works that share the Lexicon's purpose of aiding readers of literature generally should be encouraged rather than stifled." He said he ruled in Ms. Rowling's favor because the "Lexicon appropriates too much of Rowling's creative work for its purposes as a reference guide."
Publication[edit]
In December, 2008, a modified (and shorter) version of Vander Ark's Lexicon was approved for publication and was released January 16, 2009 as The Lexicon: An Unauthorized Guide to Harry Potter Fiction.[11]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ J. K. Rowling. "J.K.Rowling Official Site - Section: Fan Sites - The Harry Potter Lexicon". JKRowling.com.
2.Jump up ^ Rowling suing fan over new Potter book. CNN. April 14, 2008. Archived from the original on April 15, 2008. Retrieved April 15, 2008.
3.Jump up ^ Neumeister, Larry (February 29, 2008). "JK Rowling Bashes 'Harry Potter Lexicon'". Associated Press.[dead link]
4.Jump up ^ Crace, John (March 11, 2008). "Harry Potter: the last battle". The Guardian (London). Retrieved May 25, 2010.
5.Jump up ^ "JK Rowling sues to block fan site's Harry Potter book". Out-law.com. March 18, 2008.
6.Jump up ^ "Copy of Complaint" (PDF). October 31, 2007.
7.Jump up ^ Kearney, Christine (October 31, 2007). "Rowling, Warner Bros. sue over Potter book". Reuters.
8.Jump up ^ Falzone, Anthony (February 10, 2008). "RDR Files Opposition To Rowling's Preliminary Injunction Motion". Stanford Law School.
9.Jump up ^ "Rowling testifies in Potter case". BBC News. April 14, 2008.
10.Jump up ^ "JK Rowling Wins Copyright Claim". Sky News. September 9, 2008.
11.Jump up ^ "The Lexicon: An Unauthorized Guide to Harry Potter Fiction and Related Materials". Amazon.ca.
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HPANA

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HPANA
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Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator

Web address
hpana.com
Type of site
Harry Potter fan site
Owner
Jeff Guillaume
Created by
Jeff Guillaume
Launched
October 2002
Alexa rank
negative increase 19,969,527 (September 2013)[1]
Current status
Down
The Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator, or HPANA, as it is better known, was a Harry Potter fansite created in 2002 to monitor news on the Internet about J. K. Rowling's series of novels about the eponymous wizard. As of November 2011, HPANA closed its website due to lack of funding.[citation needed]

Contents
  [hide] 1 History 1.1 Podcast
2 Awards
3 References
4 External links
History[edit]
HPANA was operated by a volunteer staff who monitor and post news items, attend events in order to cover them for the site, and moderate the forums. It is donation and advertiser supported and runs on three physical servers in a Michigan datacenter.[citation needed] Like many other Harry Potter fan sites, HPANA's representatives have been invited to Leavesden Film Studios, the permanent set outside London on which the Warner Bros. movie adaptations are created, as well as the majority of the films' red carpet premieres around the world.[2][3] The site was invited in 2007 to an exclusive web cast during which the studio, along with Universal Orlando Resort, revealed their intentions to build The Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park, which opened in 2010.[4]
The site began working with a travel company in 2003 to offer tours of the United Kingdom with a Harry Potter focus, dubbed HP Fan Trips. Over 100 people joined its initial trip in 2004 and hundreds more in the years since. A staple of these trips is a ride on steam locomotive #5972 Olton Hall, the train used in the Harry Potter films as the Hogwarts Express.[5][6][7]
In July 2005, HPANA and MuggleNet along with publisher Wizarding World Press held Spellbound! 2005, an event to celebrate the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in Mt. Prospect, Illinois.[8] More than 10,000 people attended the free event, played games and watched live stage performances while they waited for the midnight book debut.
As of November 2011, HPANA closed its website due to lack of funding.
Podcast[edit]
The site began featuring Hogwarts Radio as its official podcast in January 2009, featuring news, analysis and editorial content.[9]
Awards[edit]
J.K. Rowling, upon giving HPANA her "Fan Site Award" in December 2004, said it was the first Harry Potter fan site she ever visited.[10] "A fantastically user-friendly fansite," Rowling remarked, "faster off the mark with Harry Potter news than any other site I know, and with all kinds of brilliantly inventive touches." HPANA was featured on USA Today's "Hot Sites" list on November 2, 2004.[11]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Hpana.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
2.Jump up ^ "Harry Potter 5 filming near completion". HPANA. September 1, 2006.
3.Jump up ^ Lavey, Kathleen (July 11, 2007). "New Harry Potter movie, book make July a banner month for fans". Lansing State Journal.
4.Jump up ^ "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter Announcement Webcast". Universal Orlando Resort. May 31, 2007. Archived from the original on August 3, 2008.
5.Jump up ^ Olson, Martha (January 25, 2004). "In Frodo's Footsteps". New York Times.
6.Jump up ^ Heelan, Charis (December 16, 2004). "Loved the Book? Go There, Literally, with a Literary Tour". Frommers.
7.Jump up ^ Delio, Michelle (September 12, 2005). "From Harry Potter to The Da Vinci Code, Lit Tours are All the Rage". Fodor's.
8.Jump up ^ Goodwin, Karin (July 10, 2005). "Edinburgh to host prince of Potter parties". The Sunday Times (London). Retrieved 2010-05-04.
9.Jump up ^ "Hogwarts Radio (iTunes)". Retrieved August 5, 2010.
10.Jump up ^ J.K. Rowling (December 10, 2004). "JK Rowling Fan Site Award". JKRowling.com.
11.Jump up ^ "Hot Sites". USA Today. November 2, 2004. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
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The Leaky Cauldron (website)

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The Leaky Cauldron
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Main page

Type
Private company
Limited liability company
Headquarters
New York, USA
Key people
Melissa Anelli
Owner
Leaky Net, LLC (New York)[1]
Slogan(s)
The Most Trusted Name in Potter
Website
www.the-leaky-cauldron.org
Alexa rank
42,000 (approx.) (as of August 2011)[2]
Registration
Optional
Available in
English (U.S.)
Launched
5 July 2000
The Leaky Cauldron, also called Leaky, TLC, or Leaky News, is a Harry Potter fansite and blog. The site features news, image and video galleries, downloadable widgets, a chat room and discussion forum, and an essay project called Scribbulus, among other offerings. Since 2005, The Leaky Cauldron has also hosted an official podcast called PotterCast.
The current webmaster of The Leaky Cauldron is Melissa Anelli, a former journalist for the Staten Island Advance and author of the 2008 bestseller Harry, A History.[3] The site's creative director is John Noe. The Leaky Internet business is currently incorporated as the for-profit Leaky Net Inc.[1] (to be distinguished from the non-profit arm, Leaky, Inc.[4])

Contents
  [hide] 1 Early history 1.1 April Fools' Day jokes
2 Projects 2.1 PotterCast
2.2 LeakyNews.com
2.3 Relationship with the franchise
3 Charitable initiatives 3.1 LeakyCon
4 Awards
5 References
6 External links
Early history[edit source]
The Leaky Cauldron website was started by Kevin C. Murphy on 5 July 2000, as a Geocities site managed through Blogger. It moved to its own domain on 4 December 2000. with B.K. DeLOng taking control a year later in 2001. Melissa Anelli joined the Leaky staff later that year as an editor and became Managing Editor in 2002. Anelli took full editorial control of the site in 2004. On 28 January 2005, Leaky debuted the Leaky Lounge, a forum for Harry Potter discussion. The forum currently has over 120,000 registered members.
The Leaky Cauldron was also part of the "Floo Network", a collection of Harry Potter sites that also included The Harry Potter Lexicon. The Leaky Cauldron withdrew financial support from the Lexicon and disbanded the Floo Network in 2007 following the legal action pursued by JK Rowling against its creator and webmaster, Steve Vander Ark.
April Fools' Day jokes[edit source]
The site is also known for the April Fools' Day jokes that it pulls annually. In 2003, Leaky posted a copy of 93 words allegedly e-mailed to the site, in reference to a 93-word card auctioned off the previous December with information about the plot of the upcoming fifth Potter book. In 2004, actor Jim Tavaré, who would appear later that year in the film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as Tom the Barman, attempted to oust the "muggles" from the site. In 2005, the site closed down, posting a note about how tired the Webmasters were of handling the foolish questions sent to them by readers each day. As a replacement, the site opened "Ask Peeves," a spoof of the Ask Jeeves search engine. In 2006, both The Leaky Cauldron and fellow Potter fansite MuggleNet shut down and redirected visitors to a new site, The Leaky Mug. The Leaky Mug's first announcement was the marriage of Leaky webmaster Melissa Anelli to MuggleNet webmaster Emerson Spartz. The two claimed to have merged their sites in the same way they had merged their lives. The next day, both sites were running normally; J. K. Rowling discussed the joke later on her official website. In 2007, Leaky posted a news item that it be closing its doors following the upcoming publication of the final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. In 2008, The Leaky Cauldron announced that Sybill Trelawney, a Hogwarts professor of divination in the Potter series, would be joining the site's staff as a news editor. Leaky also announced that Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe would be eschewing his famous nude scenes in the upcoming Broadway debut of his play Equus; and that the wizard rock band Harry and the Potters was disbanding. In 2009, the site automatically redirected to another website, Hooter, a play-on Twitter. In 2010, The Leaky Cauldron became "The Gleeky Cauldron", a fansite for the popular Fox TV show Glee.
Projects[edit source]
PotterCast[edit source]
Main article: PotterCast
PotterCast is the official podcast of The Leaky Cauldron. Launched on 22 August 2005, PotterCast is an hour-long podcast hosted by Anelli, Noe, and Frankie "Frak" Franco III. The podcast includes news updates, discussion of the Potter books and films, interviews with people associated with the Potter franchise (including J. K. Rowling) and other features.
LeakyNews.com[edit source]
Leaky purchased leakynews.com on 20 Nov. 2005 to make their URL shorter and make access to their site easier. In October 2011, LeakyNews split from the main site to form a new entertainment website disconnected from the Harry Potter franchise, the new website allows members to write and contribute their own articles on an area of popular culture they enjoy.
Relationship with the franchise[edit source]
Harry Potter creator J. K. Rowling has praised The Leaky Cauldron on several occasions. On her site, Rowling has said that she visits The Leaky Cauldron and sometimes reads the comments left by visitors, although Rowling does not leave comments there herself; she once wished a reader happy birthday based upon their postings on The Leaky Cauldron.[5] Rowling gave her approval and endorsement to the strong anti-spoiler campaign enforced on Leaky and its forum, the "Leaky Lounge," prior to the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
The Leaky Cauldron and MuggleNet were granted an interview with Rowling at her home in Edinburgh, Scotland in mid-2005, immediately following the release of the sixth Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.[6] In January 2008, Rowling appeared and was interviewed on PotterCast; during the interview, she called Leaky "[her] favorite fan site."[7] Rowling has written the introduction to Melissa Anelli's nonfiction book Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon, which was released 4 November 2008.
The site also has a good relationship with Warner Bros., the studio producing the film adaptations of the Potter books. The studio regularly sent Leaky images from upcoming films before their official release, and gave Leaky a special preview of redesigns of the official Harry Potter website before the releases of the third and fourth films. Leaky was the sole fansite invited to the press junket for the second Potter film, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; the junkets for later films were opened to additional sites. The website has also received information from other sources in the Harry Potter world, including Arthur A. Levine Books and Bloomsbury Publishing.
Charitable initiatives[edit source]
The Leaky Cauldron regularly raises funds to aid world literacy, an initiative begun in 2002 with the auction of a card, handwritten by Rowling, with 93 words regarding the plot of the upcoming fifth Harry Potter book. Leaky gathered funds from its readers to place a collective bid, but when their bid was unsuccessful, the money raised was donated to the charity benefiting from the auction. Leaky now holds a charity drive every holiday season and has raised more than $30,000 in donations to date.
The Leaky Cauldron also participated in the fundraiser "Helping Haiti Heal," which was organized by the Harry Potter Alliance. This fundraiser had the goal of raising money for Haiti after the earthquake that struck in January 2010. In the end, Helping Haiti Heal raised $123,000. This money was used to charter five planes to Haiti, nicknamed "Harry," "Hermione," "Ron," "DFTBA" and "Dumbledore" and carried up to 100,000 pounds of critical, life-saving supplies for thousands of Haitians.
LeakyCon[edit source]
Further information: LeakyCon
In May 2009, Leaky hosted LeakyCon 2009, a Harry Potter fan convention held in Boston, Massachusetts, the proceeds of which went to Book Aid International and The HP Alliance.[8] Leaky hosted a second LeakyCon in July 2011 in Orlando, Florida (in close proximity to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park). Proceeds benefited Book Aid International and The HP Alliance.
In 2012, LeakyCon was held again, taking place in Chicago, Illinois, from 9 August to the 12th.[9]
In 2013, LeakyCon will hold its first international conference in London, England, from the 8th to the 12th of August, as well as the now traditional American conference, to be held in Portland, Oregon in June.[10]
Awards[edit source]
Awards received by the site include the 2005 Yahoo! Search Find of the Year People's Choice Award,[11] a 2002 Bloggie award,[12] a Movies.com Fan Favorite Awards in 2004 and 2005, a Fan Site Award from J. K. Rowling[13] and a 2006 Webby People's Voice Award.[14]
References[edit source]
1.^ Jump up to: a b Leaky Net, LLC Registration with the State of New York. 22 February 2005. Retrieved 11 July 2010
2.Jump up ^ "The-Leaky-Cauldron.org Site Info". Alexa Internet, Inc. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
3.Jump up ^ New York Times Best Sellers, Paperback Nonfiction . 2008 November 23. Retrieved 11 July 2010
4.Jump up ^ Leaky, Inc. Non-Profit Registration with the State of New York. 26 November 2002. Retrieved 11 July 2010
5.Jump up ^ J. K. Rowling (22 December 2004). "'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' to be Published 16th July 2005". JKRowling.com.
6.Jump up ^ J. K. Rowling. "Meeting Melissa and Emerson". JKRowling.com.
7.Jump up ^ J. K. Rowling. PotterCast Interview with J. K. Rowling (MP3 Audio) (in English). PotterCast. "I love everyone who's on The Leaky Cauldron site, which is my favorite fansite."
8.Jump up ^ Melissa Anelli (12 February 2008). "Presenting...LeakyCon 2009!". The Leaky Cauldron.
9.Jump up ^ Melissa Anelli (11 November 2011). "LeakyCon 2012: August 9–12 in Chicago, Illinois". The Leaky Cauldron.
10.Jump up ^ Melissa Anelli (12 August 2012). "LeakyCon to be held in Portland and London 2013". The Leaky Cauldron.
11.Jump up ^ Netimperitive Staff (2 February 2006). "Harry Potter fan portal voted top site of 2005". Netimperative. Archived from the original on 4 February 2006. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
12.Jump up ^ "Second Annual Weblog Awards: The 2002 Bloggies". The Weblog Awards.
13.Jump up ^ J.K. Rowling. "Section: Fan Sites – The Leaky Cauldron". JKRowling.com.
14.Jump up ^ "10th Annual Webby Awards Nominees & Winners". Webby Awards.
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MuggleNet

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MuggleNet
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Type
For-profit domestic corporation
Headquarters
LaPorte, Indiana, USA
Key people
Emerson Spartz
Owner
Emerson Spartz[1]
Website
www.mugglenet.com
Alexa rank
20,000 (approx. as of August 2011)[2]
Registration
Optional
Available in
English (U.S.)
Launched
October 1999[3]
 (Incorporated in 2007)
MuggleNet is a Harry Potter fansite founded by Emerson Spartz. The site is composed of news, editorials and synopses of the Harry Potter books and films, an encyclopedia of the books, an IRC network, in which the fans of Harry Potter can discuss predictions and share thoughts, a discussion forum, and media such as screenshots, theatrical trailers and book covers. There is also a fan fiction section, a weekly caption contest, and other occasional contests and polls. On August 9, 2005, it launched a podcast, dubbed MuggleCast, as well as its own line of clothing, toy wands, other merchandise. In 2006, MuggleNet released a best-selling reference book on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final book in the series. As of 2008, MuggleNet is owned by Spartz, Inc., an Indiana corporation registered by Emerson Spartz in 2007.[1] On May 29, 2010, MuggleNet 2.0, an updated version of the site, went live.[4]

Contents
  [hide] 1 Founder
2 Author and corporate relationships
3 Podcasts 3.1 Academia
3.2 Alohomora!
3.3 MuggleCast
3.4 MuggleNet AudioFictions
4 Features 4.1 MuggleNet Interactive
4.2 MuggleSpace
4.3 MuggleNet Fan Fiction
5 Published works
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Founder[edit source]
Main article: Emerson Spartz
Emerson Spartz serves as the president, founder, and CEO of MuggleNet. As the MuggleNet CEO, he watches over a paid staff and volunteers.
Author and corporate relationships[edit source]
MuggleNet benefits from friendly relations with J. K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books, and the producers of the films. She has praised MuggleNet on her website and has awarded it her "Fan Site Award".[5]
Rowling recounts on her website that she occasionally visits the site and sometimes reads the comments left by visitors, while never commenting herself. The author also stated that she visited the site's chat room and was snubbed when she anonymously joined in a conversation about Harry Potter theories.[6]
In July 2005, Rowling invited Spartz and Melissa Anelli, of The Leaky Cauldron, to Edinburgh, Scotland for an interview at her home on the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.[7] A transcript of the interview was posted on MuggleNet.[8] Warner Bros., the producers of the Harry Potter movies, regularly sends MuggleNet stills taken from the upcoming movies before they are released. The studio also provided MuggleNet staff with advance views of the new official website designs, as well as including staff in a video conference to discuss the new Harry Potter theme park at Universal Studios Florida.
Podcasts[edit source]
Academia[edit source]
Academia is a podcast that is hosted and produced by MuggleNet Senior Staff member Keith Hawk and the Hogwarts Professor, John Granger. Each podcast is referred to as a “Lesson” since the show revolves around a particular aspect of literature found within the Harry Potter book series by author J.K. Rowling.
The idea for the show was presented to the staff of MuggleNet by co-host John Granger, to revive the Potter Pundit podcast series that was originally held on several segments of Pottercast, the Leaky Cauldron website’s podcast. However, in the Academia version, an entire show would be dedicated to one theoretical discussion topic versus just a segment.
Each show features a “special guest” speaker, usually a professor or other specialist. A professional linguist, a judge, and an author have also appeared as the special guest of the show and future shows will continue to add to the variety of topics and lessons learned. Each show also features a “student guest,” which is typically a current student, graduate student, or recent graduate that excels in the field of each particular lesson.
The first lesson was released in April 2012 and the show has quickly climbed to be the second highest educational podcast on iTunes.[9] An iOS and Amazon mobile App are also available, which provide access to all of the normal lessons as well as periodic bonus material, typically in the format of an interview of a college or university professor who teaches a particular Harry Potter-themed course at their school.
Alohomora![edit source]
Founded in April 2012, Alohomora! aims to rekindle the excitement of when the “Harry Potter” series was new, fresh, and unknown.[10] Their slogan, “Open the Dumbledore,” refers to the nature of the project, which is to open doors and thoughts that had previously been locked or untouched.[11] It focuses on the original text of the books and takes segments or passages and analyzes them to a depth that has never been done before.
The initiative includes not only a companion section with forums, visitors essays (“Quibbles”), and thousands of daily debates but also a podcast. The four lead hosts, Noah Fried, Kat Miller, Caleb Graves, and Rosie Morris, release shows every other week to a global audience of tens of thousands. One of the best parts of the show is that every single week the hosts are joined by a “fan guest” – whether it be a twelve-year-old from Israel or a leading fandom guest such as Lev Grossman,[12] Steve Vander Ark,[13] or Warwick Davis.[14] The podcast itself includes in-depth analysis of chapters from the ‘‘Harry Potter’’ series, often paired with analysis of material from JK Rowling's Pottermore, a reading and discussion of listener comments, and various special features created by the hosts. Once a book of the series is finished, the podcast hosts celebrate with a live show and global viewing of the corresponding Warner Brothers film adaptation.[15]
Since its launch, ‘‘Alohomora!’’ has grown to include a store, at which various merchandise can be purchased (most directly related to theories spawned on the podcast), as well as an iPhone and Android app which includes extra content direct from the hosts.[16]
MuggleCast[edit source]
MuggleCast launched in August 2005 when podcasts were still up and coming. Inspired by the passion within the Harry Potter community, MuggleNet staff members Andrew, Ben, and Kevin created a short podcast to discuss some of the recent Harry Potter news and the just-released Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The reception from MuggleNet's audience was great, so the team expanded the shows with a wealth of new co-hosts and content. MuggleCast recorded its final episode on August 26, 2013.[17]
MuggleNet AudioFictions[edit source]
MuggleNet Fan Fiction’s AudioFictions podcast strives to ensure that, as its slogan states, “the magic lives beyond the books.” The show’s readers bring to life the stories written by Harry Potter fans and posted to MuggleNet Fan Fiction, with original, character-based interstitials to interlock the fictions. The show invites listeners to participate in creating its content by nominating fictions and participating in contests. The program releases via iTunes, Libsyn and the Internet Archive on a bi-weekly basis, featuring at least two new readings per episode. AudioFictions can also be found on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Launched on January 3 of 2009,[18] AudioFictions was originally founded by MuggleNet Fan Fiction (MNFF) staff member Rosie Morris (known by her MNFF username, Roxy Black). The program’s goal is to bring Harry Potter fan fiction to fans around the globe in a new way, with recorded readings by the AudioFictions Readers, known as “MerMuggles” (a portmanteau of “Merpeople” and “Muggle,” in reference to the program’s operations being centered in the MuggleNet Fan Fiction Beta Board's Black Lake thread). The original team, led by Rosie, consisted of Clare Mansfield, kiley, Schmerg_the_Impaler, and Weasleykitty (all of whom have since retired), as well as current MerMuggles Equinox Chick, Jessie Lights, Lupinpatronus, and Nixemus (who composed the show’s original music). Other MerMuggles who joined the show later but have since retired include sajomn, Eratosthenese, Faerie Dust, Finest Firewhisky, type-n-shadow, and coolh5000.
AudioFictions experienced a low-key revision in early 2010, with Nixemus stepping into the role of Project Manager. Nixemus also created and filled the new Host role and brought the show closer to its current format. In late 2010, Lupinpatronus was promoted to Project Manager and Host, adding new MerMuggle Readers[19] Apollonious, Chadadada17, and theGreatOm to the lineup. Lupinpatronus also created the Editor role[20] for Audiofictions, bringing Granger7, pinkdude64, and stevenrankin onto the team. Under Lupinpatronus’s direction, and following a lengthy absence and revision, Audiofictions was quietly relaunched in 2011 with a new format and release schedule. This format was, again, modified before the show’s major relaunch in 2012.[21]
Features[edit source]
MuggleNet Interactive[edit source]
MuggleNet Interactive
Mugglenet Interactive (logo).png
Type
Non-profit organization
Website
interactive.mugglenet.com
Registration
Required
Available in
English (U.S.)
Launched
July 1, 2003
MuggleNet Interactive (often shortened to MNI) is a website spin-off of MuggleNet. It is an online forum, where users can interact with other users in a Hogwarts setting. In addition to the general chat areas, the site is known for its diverse offerings, including the roleplaying area, the blog-style Chamber of Secrets, the high-speed trivia games of the Quidditch Pitch, and the professor-led classes taught in a Socratic method. Semiannual House Cup competitions encourage house unity and often allow "students" to compete for honors in contests with essays, graphics, or other media. The MNI community also celebrates many holidays, as well as the shared birthday of Harry Potter and J.K. Rowling, with a "Ball" in the otherwise closed Great Hall. Many site secrets are hidden throughout MNI’s pages, and are often sought for their galleon rewards, but speaking of them on-site is forbidden. The many distinct components of the site contribute to the diverse community that it attracts.
The site was originally formed from "Personality Quiz" made in 2000, which was later adapted for the fuller version of the site as a Sorting Hat. Over the years, sections such as a Diagon Alley shopping area, a Dueling Game, Flourish and Blotts fan fiction library, quizzes, Quidditch and other subsections outside of the forum structure were incorporated into the site. The staff hierarchy was originally modeled after the faculty structure at Hogwarts with Headmaster/Headmistress as the main site administrator overseeing moderating prefects and class-leading professors, but over time, non-canon positions such as programmers, artists, and quiz masters have been added in addition to other Harry Potter-themed appointments.
MuggleSpace[edit source]
Launched during the Christmas holidays of 2008, MuggleSpace is a fan-based social network.[22] The site contains a number of entertaining and engaging features including a live group and private chat (monitored and participated in frequently by site moderators); blogs where users share their personal creations and comment on the works of others, such as novels, poems, fan fiction, or their own thoughts on the Potter world; and groups where users actively role-play or show support for their favorite fandoms, causes, or fellow members. Other features include photos, videos, and discussion forums. Photos and content posted in groups make up 80% of content posted to the site.
The past year has also seen the beginning of regular events, such as Inter-House Trivia and the MuggleSpace Banner Contest.[23] Further projects are expected to be announced soon.
The purpose of MuggleSpace (called "MS" by it members) is to provide a live online community for Harry Potter fans (restricted to 13+ due to potential mature content) all over the world. Moderators and members work together to improve and protect the site, making MS an authentic society. For many, the site is a sanctuary for discussing problems and connecting with like-minded people. On average, MuggleSpace gains four new members a day.
The site is currently under the administration of long-time MuggleSpace and MuggleNet Editorial staff member Brandon Smith. The official moderators are Ren, Adri, Lils, Blaize, and Rae.[24]
MuggleNet Fan Fiction[edit source]
MuggleNet Fan Fiction

Type
Non-profit organization
Website
fanfiction.mugglenet.com
Registration
Optional
Available in
English (U.S.)
Launched
November 2004[25]
On November 14, 2004, MuggleNet opened its fan fiction sub-site MuggleNet Fan Fiction (often shortened to MNFF), following in the footsteps of other Potter-specific fan fiction sites.
In 2006, the site began its annual "Quick Silver Quill Awards," in which authors and readers could nominate their favorite fictions from various categories to receive recognition.
Its forums’ house discussion groups aimed at improving reading and writing skills, as well as community building within the membership of the site. Popular areas include the Susan Bones Book Club (SBBC), where members are encouraged to share and discuss their favorite fictions from the site; Society for the Promotion of Evaluations for Writers (SPEW), where members can improve their critical review writing skills; The Three Broomsticks (TTB) where members can partake in writing challenges; and the Bannermakers Association and Dean’s Corner where members can stretch their artistic muscles and create banners and fan-art that complement the site’s fictions.
MuggleNet Fan Fiction also hosts its own version of Hogwarts within its forums, offering classes to new authors who wish to learn more about writing. These are run by members of the site who volunteer to teach a subject that interests them and are very popular, with more authors taking part each term (run in trimesters). The classes are run in levels: first years, OWLs, and NEWTs, getting progressively more in-depth, allowing the authors to choose at which level they wish to participate.
Published works[edit source]
In 2006, in advance of the arrival of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, five MuggleNet staff members (Ben Schoen, Emerson Spartz, Andy Gordon, Gretchen Stull, and Jamie Lawrence) co-authored the reference book MuggleNet.com's What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Falls in Love and How Will the Adventure Finally End, which was a published collection of unofficial fan predictions. As of July 21, 2007, the book sold 335,000 copies and reached #2 on the New York Times Children's Bestseller List. It spent 6 months on the list.[26] Spartz and his co-authors launched a marketing campaign in June 2007 to promote their work. This included a tour of the United States where they stopped at many bookstores and discussed their various theories and revelations.
In 2009, Emerson Spartz and Ben Schoen penned another book, MuggleNet.com's Harry Potter Should Have Died: Controversial Views From The #1 Fan Site. A cross-country book tour took place in the summer of 2009.
In March 2009, MuggleNet Fan Fiction released a self-help guide to creative writing entitled Sharpen Your Quill[27] The book offers advice on writing plot, characterization, poetry, specific genres and other useful information including grammar and fluent style. As a self-published book, the release made little revenue but the proceeds have been used to fund Audiofictions, the site's audiobook-style podcast.
See also[edit source]
Harry Potter fandom
References[edit source]
1.^ Jump up to: a b "Access Indiana - Business Services Seasrch - Spartz, Inc.". Retrieved April 19, 2008.
2.Jump up ^ "MuggleNet.com Site Info". Alexa Internet, Inc. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
3.Jump up ^ "MuggleNet - About Us". MuggleNet. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
4.Jump up ^ Sims, Andrew (May 29, 2010). "Welcome to the all-new MuggleNet.com!". MuggleNet.
5.Jump up ^ J. K. Rowling. "J. K. Rowling Official Site - Section: Fan Sites - MuggleNet". JKRowling.com.
6.Jump up ^ J. K. Rowling (March 15, 2004). "Mugglenet Chatroom Uninterested in JKR's Theories". JKRowling.com. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
7.Jump up ^ J. K. Rowling. "J.K. Rowling Official Site - Meeting Melissa and Emerson". JKRowling.com.
8.Jump up ^ "MuggleNet and The Leaky Cauldron interview J.K. Rowling". MuggleNet. July 16, 2005.
9.Jump up ^ "MuggleNet Academia Podcasts". MuggleNet. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
10.Jump up ^ Fried, Noah. "First episode of MuggleNet's new podcast 'Alohomora!' now released". MuggleNet. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
11.Jump up ^ Fried, Noah. "'Alohomora!' invades MuggleNet". MuggleNet. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
12.Jump up ^ Graves, Caleb. "Alohomora! Episode 17: 'No One Likes You, Percy Weasley' is now available for download!". MuggleNet. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
13.Jump up ^ Graves, Caleb. "Alohomora! Episode 6: 'A Little Place Called Hoot' now available, with a special guest host!". MuggleNet. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
14.Jump up ^ Miller, Kat. "Alohomora! global movie screening & live call-in show - with special guest Warwick Davis!". MuggleNet. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
15.Jump up ^ Graves, Caleb. "Alohomora! to host LIVE movie viewing & call-in show to wrap up 'Chamber of Secrets'". MuggleNet. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
16.Jump up ^ Graves, Caleb. "Alohomora! smartphone app has now launched, includes episodes and exclusive content!". MuggleNet. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
17.Jump up ^ https://www.facebook.com/mugglecast/posts/10151751542778346
18.Jump up ^ "MuggleNet Fan Fiction releases first AudioFiction". MuggleNet. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
19.Jump up ^ "MuggleNet Fan Fiction's AudioFictions Holding Auditions for New Readers". MuggleNet. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
20.Jump up ^ "MuggleNet Fan Fiction's AudioFictions Looking for Audio Editors to Join Their Team". MuggleNet. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
21.Jump up ^ Miller, Kat. "MuggleNet Fan Fiction Thursday: 'Becoming Rita', AudioFictions, & More!". MuggleNet. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
22.Jump up ^ "MuggleNet now has a social network for HP fans!". MuggleNet. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
23.Jump up ^ Smith, Brandon. "MuggleSpace: Have an artistic eye? Join our Banner Contest!". MuggleNet. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
24.Jump up ^ "Chat Mods". MuggleSpace.
25.Jump up ^ Elysa (November 14, 2006). "MuggleNet FanFiction celebrates its second birthday".
26.Jump up ^ Raine, George (August 22, 2010). "Potter spin-off a hit for tiny Berkeley publisher". San Francisco Chronicle.
27.Jump up ^ Black, Roxy (June 28, 2009). "It's Here - Sharpen Your Quill". MuggleNet. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
External links[edit source]
MuggleNet
MuggleNet Interactive
MuggleNet Fan Fiction
MuggleSpace
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Academia
Alohomora!
AudioFictions
Chamber of Secrets Forums (Official forums of MuggleNet)
 

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PotterCast

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PotterCast

Presentation

Hosting
Melissa Anelli
 John Noe
 Frankie "Frak" Franco III
Genre
Harry Potter
Updates
Infrequent
Publication

Debut
August 22, 2005
Website
www.pottercast.com
PotterCast is the official podcast of the Harry Potter fansite The Leaky Cauldron. Its episodes are posted once per month and are typically about an hour long. In every episode, the hosts discuss particular passages, themes, and questions from the Harry Potter books and films, and they go over the Potter-related news stories reported during the previous week by The Leaky Cauldron. The podcast often includes input from everyday Potter fans, but it has also featured numerous interviews with professionals involved in making the Potter books, films, and video games. PotterCast frequently hosts contests, and it has presented a variety of themed shows, including a special wizard rock video edition and an episode for Banned Books Week 2005, in which staff interviewed representatives from the American Library Association. It also covers breaking news, such as the press conference hosted by Warner Brothers before the release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
PotterCast was launched on August 22, 2005, and with episode 130 it became the first podcast to interview Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling.

Contents
  [hide] 1 Segments 1.1 Current regular segments
1.2 Irregular segments
1.3 Retired segments
2 Hosts 2.1 Former hosts
3 Notable interviews/appearances
4 Audience
5 Awards
6 References
Segments[edit source]
Current regular segments[edit source]
Intro: A pre-recorded introduction of the show and its hosts by J. K. Rowling has been used since her appearance in episode 130. Previously, the introduction was recorded by Rupert Grint (episodes 112-129) and Matthew Lewis (for a few episodes prior to the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows).
News: Led by rotating hosts. Replaced the Leaky Lowdown/Newswrap in September 2007, combining them into one segment relating and discussing the past week's Potter-related news updates. Formerly hosted by Sue Upton, but had a changed title due to Sue leaving the show in late 2009 (episode 211).
Bit by Bit: Premiered in October 2007. In this segment, the hosts discuss Deathly Hallows a small piece at a time (usually less than a chapter each week), progressing through the book.
Wrap-up: The hosts conclude the show, tie off loose ends, announce upcoming events or issue calls to listeners to send videos, voice-mails or other responses related to a given topic. Traditionally takes place over the background music of "The Drums" (actually popular jazz tune, "Sing Sing Sing").
Bloopers: An occasional short segment played after the close of the show, featuring an outtake from the episode's recording.
Quick Fire Canon Concludrums: An on-and-off segment in which the hosts discuss canon related topics.
Irregular segments[edit source]
PotterCast Acting Troupe: A segment that will span multiple episodes, featuring voice actors performing a radio play written by a fanfiction author from "The Sugar Quill." The story focuses on the next generation of Hogwarts students, including Harry Potter's children in a story called, "Albus Potter and the Founder's Fountain".
Fan Thoughts: Premiered in October 2007. Voice messages from listeners with thoughts about the current or previous week's topics of discussion.
Fan Interview ("In the Fan Corner"): An interview with a fan who has an interesting or unusual perspective on the series, often having used the books as personal inspiration (such as for art or music) or to inspire others (such as in the classroom or in their community).
In the Know: An interview with an individual who has not been involved in creating the Potter books or films, but has expertise in these or related industries.
Extendable Ears: Interviews with filmmakers, editors, actors, etc. who have been directly involved with the Harry Potter franchise.
Mailbag: A segment where the PotterCast hosts aired and responded to voicemails from listeners. This segment appeared to have been replaced with "Fan Thoughts" in October 2007, but was re-introduced in April 2008 (episode 149) to discuss the Warner Bros. and JK Rowling vs. RDR Books trial and its media coverage.
Potter Pundits: A segment where more intellectual discussion is held. Hosted by university professors, authors, etc.
Are YOU Smarter Than John Noe?: Premiered in episode 140. A game where listeners call in to compete with John by answering Harry Potter trivia questions, based on the TV show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?. In one episode it was determined that a voicemail was in fact smarter than John.
Canon Conundrums: Premiered in April 2006. The hosts tackle an unanswered question from the Harry Potter series, such as "How does the Fidelius Charm work?". Steve Vander Ark of the Harry Potter Lexicon cohosted these segments until his site and The Leaky Cauldron dropped their association. Since the release of Deathly Hallows, the hosts have renamed this segment Canon Concludrums, using 'concludrums' as a portmanteau of 'conclusions' and 'conundrums'.[1]
Retired segments[edit source]
Leaky Lowdown/Newswrap: Analysis and discussion of the latest Potter-related news. Replaced in September 2007 with "Sue's News."
Phoenix Files: Similar to "Bit by Bit," discussion of the film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix a few minutes at a time. Premiered in August 2007 and concluded in summer 2008.
Modcast: In-depth discussion of one character or theme from the Harry Potter books hosted by the moderators on The Leaky Cauldron's forums. Discontinued in August 2006.
"'Princely Pieces'": In this segment, the hosts discussed the sixth movie.
Scribby 5 - Premiered in March 2007. A five-minute discussion of a recent essay submitted to the Leaky Cauldron's essay project, Scribbulus. It was hosted by Scribbulus editors Melissa Wall, Sloan de Forest, and Nina de Boo.
Hosts[edit source]
Melissa Anelli, webmaster of The Leaky Cauldron.
John Noe, creative director for The Leaky Cauldron.
Frankie "Frak" Franco III, artist for The Leaky Cauldron - Began as guest host while John finished school; became a permanent host in episode 144.
Other staff participants include audio editors, transcription "elves," Scribbulus editors, and moderators from The Leaky Cauldron's forum, the Leaky Lounge.
Former hosts[edit source]
Sue Upton, senior news editor for The Leaky Cauldron (left after episode 211 after Upton resigned from The Leaky Cauldron website duties)
Notable interviews/appearances[edit source]
Notable members of Harry Potter publishing J.K. Rowling (episodes 130 and 131)
Arthur A. Levine - Editor of the American editions of the Harry Potter books and the person widely credited with bringing Potter to America.[2][3] (episodes 22-24)
Cheryl Klein - Continuity editor of the American editions of the Harry Potter books. (episode 47)
Cast of the Harry Potter film series Matthew Lewis - Actor who plays Neville Longbottom. (episode 51-53)
Rupert Grint - Actor who plays Ron Weasley. Voiced the intro for episodes 112-129.
Jamie Waylett - Actor who plays Vincent Crabbe. (episode 31)
Bonnie Wright - Actress who plays Ginny Weasley.
Evanna Lynch - Actress who plays Luna Lovegood. (episode 69)
Chris Rankin - Actor who plays Percy Weasley.
Crew members of the Harry Potter film series Chris Columbus - Director of the first two Potter films.
Alfonso Cuarón - Director of the third Potter film.
Mike Newell - Director of the fourth Potter film.
Stuart Craig - Art director on all Potter films.
Miscellaneous appearances M. Night Shyamalan (episode 48)
Matt Birch and Justin Manning - Producers for the Order of the Phoenix computer game from EA Games.
Danny Bilson - Producer, writer, and director. Worked on the initial creation of the Harry Potter video games.
Laura Mallory - Georgia woman attempting to ban Potter books from school libraries for religious reasons. (episode 119)
Duff Goldman - Owner of Charm City Cakes, who created a cake for the LA premiere of Order of the Phoenix.
John and Hank Green - The VlogBrothers of YouTube fame
Neil Cicierega - Creator of the Potter Puppet Pals
Nick Lang, Brian Holden, and Darren Criss - Creators of A Very Potter Musical.

Audience[edit source]
The show has spawned several fan groups - SQUEE (Sue's Quite Unnervingly Excitable Enthusiasts), The John Noe Fan Club, MAFIA (Melissa Anelli's Fans In Action), Guru's Fans, and PCAA (PotterCast Addicts Anonymous). It has also inspired the creation of a few wizard rock bands, including Sue and the Hufflepuffs, Melissa and the Anellis, and MC Dawlish. Listeners frequently create elaborate videos and filks for PotterCast contests and fan challenges.
Awards[edit source]
iTunes Best of 2007 Podcasts - In the "Classics: Audio" category.[4][5]
2007 Parsec Awards - Nominee for Best (Speculative Fiction) News Podcast, Best Audio Production, and Best Fan Podcast.
2006 Parsec Awards - Nominee for Best Fan Podcast
2006 Podcast Awards - Winner of Best Entertainment Podcast[6]
2006 Podcast Awards - Nominee for Podcast of the Year (People's Choice)
iTunes - Around August 24, 2005 it was ranked as iTunes #1 podcast. Ranked #13 when the interviews with J.K. Rowling were released (PotterCast episodes 130-131).
References[edit source]
1.Jump up ^ Transcript of PotterCast 121: Jingle Spells - pottercast.com
2.Jump up ^ TLC Interviews Arthur Levine, Part I - The Leaky Cauldron
3.Jump up ^ The Wizardly Editor Who Caught the Golden Snitch - washingtonpost.com
4.Jump up ^ PotterCast - The Harry Potter Podcast
5.Jump up ^ http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewCustomPage?name=pageBestPodcasts2007
6.Jump up ^ Podcasting News: People's Choice Podcast Awards Announced
 

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Pottermore
Pottermore.png
Type
Private limited company
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom[1]
Area served
Worldwide
Founder(s)
J. K. Rowling
Key people
J. K. Rowling
Neil Blair
Julian Thomas (CTO)[2]

Owner
J. K. Rowling
Website
www.pottermore.com shop.pottermore.com
Alexa rank
16,037 - 5,775 in the United States - (as of July 2013)[3]
Type of site
Harry Potter website
Registration
Registration Required Past Chaper One
Available in
English, German, Spanish, French, Italian & Only E-Books and Digital Audio books in Japanese.
Current status
Public Access
Pottermore is a website focusing on the unknown parts of the Harry Potter books 1-7 and re-telling the story in an interactive way. The author, J. K. Rowling, partnered with Sony[4] to develop the site. The site features Rowling's thoughts, several pages of unpublished text, and a sales resource for e-book and audiobook versions of the seven Harry Potter novels.[5][6][7]
On 31 July 2011, registration for the limited beta release began. The limited release allowed the first million fans registered to complete The Magical Quill challenge. The original registration was intended to be October, 2011, but was extended to 14 April 2012.[6][8][9][10][11] Currently, the online books are only available for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Sony and J.K. Rowling continue to develop the rest of the series to complete the online experience for the fans.

Contents
  [hide] 1 Development
2 Features 2.1 Exploring the books
2.2 Brewing potions
2.3 Spells 2.3.1 Wizard's duel
2.4 House points and House Cup
2.5 Artwork
3 History 3.1 Early registration: The Magical Quill Challenge
3.2 Philosopher's Stone: beta release
3.3 Public launch
3.4 Chamber of Secrets
3.5 Prisoner of Azkaban
4 References
5 External links
Development[edit]
Pottermore was incorporated in April, 2009, and was in a developmental stage for two years.[1][12] The Leaky Cauldron's webmaster, Melissa Anelli, has been involved with the project since October 2009.[13] On 15 June 2011, various Harry Potter fan sites, began releasing coordinates that led to letters on SecretStreetView.com. This website, created by Rowling, used Google Maps to reveal hidden letters that spelled out the title of her secret announcement.[14] The first webpage to announce the project appeared in June, 2011.[15] The webpage linked to a YouTube channel that featured a countdown.[4][16] Pixelated owls gathered on multiple Harry Potter websites that linked to this countdown page.[14] Rowling also revealed some details about the new site in a YouTube video on 23 June 2011.[6][16]
Features[edit]
Exploring the books[edit]
Pottermore visitors participate in interactive reading. They create an account and are given a unique username. They begin with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone [17] and go through the chapters, following Harry and his friends through several Hogwarts journeys. They collect potion ingredients, books, galleons (a form of wizard currency), candy, and more along the way. These various finds earn users house points after they are sorted by the Sorting Hat. The Sorting Hat places them in one of the four different houses at Hogwarts. The user is given a special quiz to determine what house they belong in. The four different houses are Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, Slytherin, and Ravenclaw. Users can visit Diagon Alley, where they purchase different wizarding supplies for school. They can learn spells, duel with other users, and brew several different potions. Students from different Houses compete with each other for the House Cup by earning House points through dueling, potion making and collecting objects for the first time.[17][18]
Brewing potions[edit]
Pottermore users can make their own potions using three different cauldrons that are made of either pewter, brass, or copper. Each cauldron can make potions at different speeds. Pewter is the slowest cauldron and copper is the fastest cauldron. Pewter cauldrons cost fifteen galleons, brass cauldrons cost 21 galleons, and copper cauldrons cost 25 galleons. Users can make nine different potions with ingredients that can be bought in Diagon Alley or found while exploring the chapters. If completed successfully, each potion earns them House points. However, a potion can fail if the wrong amount of an ingredient is added. It can also ruin the cauldrons. This can happen if a user leaves it to brew for too long, does not keep the temperature within the correct range, stirs the potion the wrong way, or crushes ingredients too finely (or not finely enough) when this happens you may get five house points deducted.
The potions that can be made in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone include the Antidote to Common Poisons, the Cure for Boils, the Forgetfulness Potion, Herbicide, the Sleeping Draught, the Awakening Potion, and the Swelling Solution. Polyjuice Potion becomes available in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Spells[edit]
Users can practice spells and later use them later against other members of Pottermore in the wizard's duels. There are four spellbooks and they are The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1), The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection, Curses and Counter-Curses, and The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 2). Each spell has a different effect on the victim. The spells that are currently available to members of the site include:
the Fire-Making Spell (Incendio) conjures flames;
the Curse of Bogies (Mucus Ad Nauseam) gives the opponent an extremely runny nose;
the Knockback Jinx (Flipendo) knocks the opponent over;
the Full Body-Bind (Petrificus Totalus) paralyzes the opponent;
Jelly-Legs Jinx (Locomotor Wibbly) collapses the opponent's legs;
the Leg Locker Curse (Locomotor Mortis) binds the opponent's legs;
the Pimple Jinx (Furnunculus) causes pimples to erupt on the opponent;
the Stickfast Hex (Colloshoo) sticks the opponent's shoes to floor;
the Tickling Hex (Titillando) tickles the opponent; and
the Tongue-Tying Spell (Mimble Wimble) ties the opponent's tongue in a knot.
Wizard's duel[edit]
Every member of Pottermore can duel with other users. Participants choose a spell to use against their opponent and the winner is determined by how well the spells were cast. In these duels, certain letters in the spells' names are displayed on-screen and the user must click on each one twice before moving on to the next letter. Users can practice against members of their own House, but they can only challenge members of other Houses.The students of Pottermore duel each other by using spells that help them win House points. The winner receives five points for their House, while the loser receives nothing.[9]
House points and House Cup[edit]
Members of Pottermore win and lose House points as they duel, brew potions, and explore the books. These points are then added and subtracted from that member's House (Slytherin, Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, or Hufflepuff) point total.The members of each House work together to gain more points than any of the other Houses. Every so often, a House Cup is awarded to the House with the most points, after which the points are reset. The first House Cup was awarded on 5 July 2012 to Slytherin, who also received early access to the first four chapters of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The second House Cup was awarded to Gryffindor on 21 November 2012, whose members received screen-savers and desktop backgrounds for electronic devices. The third House Cup was awarded once again to Slytherin on 25 April 2013. As a reward, Slytherins gained early access to a Montrose Magpies badge.[19] The fourth House Cup was awarded to Hufflepuff on 12 September 2013. As a reward, all Hufflepuff's will gain early access to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Artwork[edit]
A UK art studio, Atomhawk Design, created scenes for key scenes from the books in two and three-dimensional styles.
History[edit]
Early registration: The Magical Quill Challenge[edit]
When the website was launched on 31 July 2011, an overwhelming number of people tried to access it. Those who could get into Pottermore were informed of The Magical Quill Challenge. Users that completed the challenge could compete for the early registration for the site. The challenge spanned across seven days, with each day corresponding to a certain book in the series. Each day had a clue, which must be solved by the user in order to enable his or her right to register before October. The website picked a user's name randomly. Only a certain number of people each day were allowed to use the Magic Quill clue for registration, but this quickly added up to a total of one million users at the end of the challenge (6 August 2011).[20] While many accounts were created by fans during the early registration phase, many other users created multiple accounts and sold them for high prices on eBay. This was done despite the warning given by the Pottermore blog and the fact that users were assured that the website would remain a free site. Some of these accounts were created by cyber criminals hoping to target Harry Potter fans.[21][22][23] These criminals posted promises of early previews and access to the site, which led people to unintentionally buy malicious software and allowed hackers to gain access to their accounts.[23][24] Clues on the first three days were more difficult than the clues on days four through seven.[25] For North Americans, the final clue was released on 5 August 2011 instead of 6 August 2011. The following table is an overview of the Magical Quill Challenge.

Date
Time
Clue
Answer
Page
References

31 July 9:00 a.m. BST "How many owls are on the Eeylops Owl Emporium sign? Multiply by 49." 245 Sony's US homepage [26][27]
1 August 10:00 a.m. BST "What is the number of the chapter in which Professor McGonagall cancels the Quidditch match between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff? Multiply this number by 42." 588 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, site hidden in the photos of the film. [26][28]
2 August 11:00 a.m. BST "In the Gryffindor versus Slytherin Quidditch match in Harry's third year, how many points ahead is Gryffindor before Harry catches the golden snitch? Multiply this number by 35." 2100 Online article on The Guardian's website [26][27][29]
3 August 3:30 p.m. BST "How many students take part in the Triwizard Tournament during Harry's fourth year? Multiply this number by 28." 112 Sony Harry Potter page, later skipped due to issues [26]
4 August 6:00 p.m. BST "What is the house number of the headquarters for The Order of the Phoenix in Grimmauld Place? Multiply this number by 21." 252 Scholastic's Harry Potter page in an ad space at the top of the page. [26]
5 August 2:00 p.m. BST "How many chapters are there in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince? Multiply this number by 14." 420 The Wizarding World of Harry Potter's website [26]
6 August 1:00 a.m. BST "How many Deathly Hallows are there? Multiply this number by 7." 21 Warner Brothers' Parseltongue Translator [26]

Philosopher's Stone: beta release[edit]


"I think Pottermore has the potential to be a lasting focal point for the "Harry Potter" brand. I think the fact that it incorporates new content, a social networking element, and is also the only place people will be able to buy the eBooks will prove to be quite a potent combination..."
—Charlotte Williams, The Bookseller[30]
On 10 August 2011, Pottermore sent a congratulatory email to registered users that confirmed early entry. This signified that the beta period began once the sign-in button reappeared on the website.[31] On 15 August 2011, the sign-in button reappeared, welcome emails were sent out, and the beta period began.[32] A very small number of users were invited to begin their use of Pottermore on the first day.[32] More users were invited until 27 September, that marked when the final invitation emails were sent.[33] [34] Early users also said that even though the site did not bring back the same feelings of excitement from when the books were released, it did add an extra layer to the reading experience.[35]
Public launch[edit]
Pottermore was originally scheduled to become publicly available at the end of October 2011, but the beta period was extended.[36] The Pottermore Shop (which sells Harry Potter eBooks and digital audio books) became available on 27 March 2012.[9][37] On 8 March 2012, it was reported that Pottermore would open to the public in early April 2012. The website officially opened on 14 April 2012, but the interactive experience was only available for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.[11]
Chamber of Secrets[edit]
On 15 July 2012, the first four chapters of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets were released to only Slytherin House, as their reward for winning the first house cup; it was released to the other Houses on 16 July. On 18 September, chapters five through eleven were released. Accompanying these releases were many new features. These features included badges, the ability for users to see their own all-time House points as well as the number earned since the last House Cup, second-year schoolbooks, more galleons to spend in Diagon Alley, and a status field for user profiles. The final installment of chapters, including chapters twelve through eighteen, were launched on 31 October 2012.
Prisoner of Azkaban[edit]
The first seven chapters of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" were released on 20 December 2012. Chapters eight through fifteen were later released on 10 April 2013. Chapters sixteen through twenty-two were released 31 July 2013. Along with a new layout of Pottermore that includes a new gateway, a separate way of going through Harry's story and your own, and 3 more moments added to Harry Potter and the Phlisopher's Stone.
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