Besides writing these novels, Rowling is equally famous for its history of having grown from a humble to be billionaire in just five years. A 2008 edition of the Sunday Times Rich List estimated Rowling's fortune at £ 560 million, being the twelfth richest woman in Britain. Forbes ranked Rowling in the fortieth place in its list of the most powerful celebrities in 2007, and Time magazine selected her as "Person of the Year 'in the same year, highlighting the social inspiration, moral and political has given the Harry Potter characters. It has become a notable philanthropist, supporting such charities as Comic Relief, One Parent Families, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain
In 1995, Rowling finished her manuscript for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone on an old machine escribir.44 Given the enthusiastic response of Bryony Evans, a reader who had been assigned to review the first three chapters of the book, Christopher Little Literary Agency Agents agreed to represent Rowling in her quest for a publisher. The book was submitted to twelve publishing houses, which rejected the manuscrito.33 A year later, finally received approval (and a £ 1500 advance) editor Barry Cunningham from Bloomsbury, a small British publishing house in London, Inglaterra.45 33 The decision to publish Rowling's book apparently owes to Alice Newton, the daughter of eight-year-old chairman of Bloomsbury, who received the first chapter for review and immediately asked segundo.46 Although Bloomsbury agreed to publish although the book, Cunningham says that Rowling suggested to get a job, as he believed that he had little chance of making money with books niños.47 Soon after, in 1997, Rowling received an £ 8000 grant from the Scottish Arts Council to enable it to continue writing 48 The following spring he held an auction in the United States for the rights to publish the novel, which was won by Scholastic Inc., for $ 105,000. Rowling said she "nearly died" when she heard the noticias.49
In June 1997, Bloomsbury published Philosopher's Stone with a thousand copies, five hundred of which were distributed to libraries. After the worldwide success of the books, those copies went to be worth between £ 16,000 and £ 25.000.50 Five months later, the book won its first award, the Children's Book Award Nestlé. In February, the novel won the prestigious British Book Award, in the category Children's Book of the Year, and later, the Award for Best Children's Book. Its sequel, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was published in July 1998.51 In October 1998, Scholastic published Philosopher's Stone in the United States under the title Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: a change which Rowling has repented, since stated that he had fought more to keep the title if he had been in a better posición.4
In December 1999, the third novel, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, won the Best Children's Book Prize, making Rowling the first person to win three times this premio.52 later delayed the release of the fourth novel Harry Potter to allow other books were appreciated by the public. In January 2000, Prisoner of Azkaban won the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year, but lost the Book of the Year award against Seamus Heaney translation of Beowulf.53
The fourth book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, was released on sale simultaneously in the UK and in the U.S. on July 8, 2000, and broke sales records in both countries. Approximately 372,775 copies of the book were sold in its first day in Britain, almost equaling the number of copies sold of The Prisoner of Azkaban in the first year to venta.54 In the U.S., the book sold three million copies in its first 48 hours, shaking all sales records libros.54 Rowling admitted that during a time of crisis while writing the novel, "When I was in the middle of the room, I realized that there was a serious failure argument. .. I went through one of my darkest moments with this book ... I rewrote a chapter thirteen times, but anyone who has read it can realize what the chapter or realize how difficult it was to create it "55 Rowling was named author of the year at 2000.56 British Awards
There was a wait of three years between the release of Goblet of Fire and the fifth Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This gap led to press speculation that Rowling had developed the "writer's block", which she denied fervientemente.57 Rowling later admitted that writing the book had been like an annoying household chore. "I think the Order of the Phoenix could have been shorter", she told Lev Grossman, "I knew that, and I ran out of time and energy when I reached the end '.58
The sixth book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, was released for sale on July 16, 2005. He also broke sales records, selling nine million copies in its first 24 hours in the mercado.59 While writing, she told a fan, "the sixth book has been planned for years, but before you start writing seriously spent two months revisiting the sketches and making sure he knew fully what he was doing "60 published on its website that the first chapter of the sixth book, which is based on a conversation between the Minister of Magic and the British Prime Minister, was originally to be the first chapter of Philosopher's Stone, then Chamber of Secrets and Prisoner of late Azkaban.61 In 2006, Half-Blood Prince received the award for Best Book of the Year Awards for Best Books Británicos.62
The title of the seventh and final Harry Potter book was revealed on December 21, 2006: Harry Potter and the Deathly Muerte.63 In February 2007 it was reported that Rowling wrote in her room at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh, there was where he had finished writing the seventh book, the 11th of January that año.64 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was released for sale on July 21, 2007 and broke the record of his predecessor , making the book more quickly exhausted all tiempos.65 sold 11 million copies in the first day of release only in the United Kingdom and the United Unidos.65 Joanne said that the last chapter of the book was written "a day 1990 "as part of his early writings serie.66 During the period of a year in which Rowling completed the last book, allowed to be filmed for a documentary which aired in Britain on ITV on December 30, 2007 . It was entitled J.K. Rowling ... A year in the life and was returning to his former home of Edinburgh, where he completed the first book of Harry Potter.67 Returning to his apartment after so many years did mourn, saying it was the place "where the completely changed my life "67
Harry Potter became a trademark globally worth around 7 billion pounds, 68 and the last four Harry Potter books have set records as the fastest selling book of historia.69 65 series, with a total of 4,195 pages 70 has been translated, totally or partially, 74 idiomas.5
In 2007, following the publication of the seventh and final book in the series, Bloomsbury organized a contest in which fans were able to witness a thousand Rowling reading the first pages of the book at the Museum of Natural History Londres.71
The Harry Potter books have also been known to spark interest in reading among the young at a time when they prefer to use their time to watch TV or surf the Internet instead of reading, 72 although the impact of the books on the habits reading children have been questioned
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