Unauthorized Half-Blood Prince(tm) Update: Harry Potter Book Six by J. K. Rowling
This is a work of news reporting and analysis which describes what is currently known and speculated about "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," book six in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. This book is loosely grouped into five major parts: 1) Information specifically about book six, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince";' 2) Information pertaining to Harry Potter Book Six and Book Seven; 3) in formation specifically related to book seven 4) information on books by Rowling beyond book seven; 5) tips on what to do while you wait! The Appendix contains the Usenet newsgroup alt.fan.harry-potter's Frequently Asked Questions file (FAQ), which covers issues ranging from book one through book seven.
As research for this book, I read: 1) every on-line chat that J. K. Rowling has ever done; 2) more than 250 news articles mentioning the quoted phrase "Half-Blood Prince" in a leading news warehouse and more than 320 articles identified by Google News as mentioning the quoted phrase "Half-Blood Prince"; 3) 377 blogs mentioning the quoted phrase "Half-Blood Prince" in the blog search engine Feedster; 4) More than 1000 articles posted on Usenet newsgroup alt.fan.harry-potter; 5) hundreds of posts on dozens of Potter-related websites; 6) dozens of trademark applications at the UK and US patent offices; 7) numerous biographies and critical works about J. K. Rowling; 8) and, of course, the entire series to date!
