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Harry Potter book bought for 30p sells for £10,500

It was snapped up after being withdrawn from a library

Wales Online · Jul 10, 2023

Incredibly rare Harry Potter book sells for more than £10,000 after being bought for 30p

A savvy buyer found the book after it was sold for pennies by Wolverhampton Library

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2023

Rare first edition Harry Potter book could be auctioned for up to INR 5,21,578!

JK Rowling's first book in the Harry Potter series was rejected by many publishers before Bloomsbury agreed to print just about 500 copies of it in 1997. The rest, as they say, is history. And now, the news is that a rare first edition copy of the first book in…

The Times of India · Jul 1, 2023

Chef Ravinder Bhogal: Vegetables are the secret to saving money

The Indian-British chef talks to Lauren Taylor about her childhood in Kenya, economical cooking and the comforting power of veg

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2023

The Guardian view on Bloomsbury’s success: publishing wizardry

Editorial: The Harry Potter publisher ascribes its record profits to a hunger for affordable diversion. That’s the magic of books

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2023

Books cheaper than Netflix, says Bloomsbury CEO on 'best performance ever'

Bloomsbury Publishing reported record annual sales and profit Wednesday, crediting them to the return of books as a replacement for more expensive forms of entertainment.

Fortune · Jun 1, 2023

Bloomsbury reports sales surge as people buy books as ‘affordable diversion’

Harry Potter publisher says in challenging economic times books are seen as cheap form of entertainment

The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2023

Bloomsbury Publishing cheers “best ever” financial performance as sales leap

In the year to February 28 sales at Bloomsbury Publishing rose 15% to £264.1 million

Evening Standard · May 31, 2023

Bloomsbury uses AI-generated picture as cover of Sarah J Maas' novel 'House of Earth and Blood', says they were unaware

Sometime back the paperback version of international bestselling author Sarah J Maas' book 'House of Earth and Blood', featuring a wolf on the cover, was released in the UK and India by publisher Bloomsbury. And now, some readers and illustrators have noticed and criticised the publisher for using a picture…

The Times of India · May 20, 2023

Bloomsbury admits using AI-generated artwork for Sarah J Maas novel

Publisher says cover of House of Earth and Blood was prepared by in-house designers unaware the stock image chosen was not human-made

The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2023