The Future Of The Harry Potter Franchise

I have made no secret of the fact that I am an avid Harry Potter fan. I consider the series a modern epic in the same sense that Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, Valmiki’s Ramayana, or Vyasa’s Mahabharata are epics. And, aided by modern rich media consumption channels, the Harry Potter films, merchandise, games, and websites

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Hat’s Off, J.K. Rowling!

In its first 24 hours, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the seventh and final installment in the wildly popular series by J. K. Rowling that officially went on sale at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, July 21, 2007, sold 8.3 million copies in the United States, according to Scholastic, the publisher. The book’s official cover price

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Twenty-First Century’s Best Venture

Twenty-First Century’s best venture is the Harry Potter franchise. Starting with a great set of thrilling stories, J.K. Rowling’s marvelous boy-hero has started off a whole generation of youngsters on paths of reading, courage, friendship, adventure, and Rowling herself, on a path of great riches. Traditionally, Venture Capitalists did not finance content plays. But if you look at the numbers, one begins to wonder whether or not they should start … books, music, films, toys, games …