LISNews: Librarian News

search-engines-web.com send along a couple Harry bits. Wizard News Says something about Gideon and Fabian Prewett being somehow related to someone. A few other bits in there on Godric’s Hollow and other things that make no sense to anyone who hasn't read the books or seen the movives [like me]. I won't post more just in case you don't want any of the story spoiled.
Meanwhile, in Harry-net news, JK Rowling, has won an order for the transfer of two domain names - www.kjkrowling.com and www.-jkrowling.com - that had been registered by Alvaro Collazo, of Uruguay, a known typosquatter.

search-engines-web.com writes "The Sun Reports Harry Potter author JK Rowling has revealed the titles of three chapters from her next book.The names are found on her website – but fans need patience and a bit of wizardry to find them."

Pretty amazing story from the Australia Sun Herald about the borrowing habits of Guantanamo Bay prisoners who are fighting over who gets to read which Harry Potter books.

Ex-US Air Force translator (and former prisoner)Ahmad Al Halabi, librarian at Guantanamo Bay prison, said (accused terrorist) Australian David Hicks was one of several inmates who were "always arguing about which volume of Harry Potter they could have".

Of course the reading matter was highly suspect ...investigators thought a series of numbers next to Hicks's name on a cell block roster were part of a secret coded message between Al Halabi and Hicks. But the "code" was in fact the reference numbers for the Harry Potter books in the library.

You've got to read it to believe it here

Ah, the summer book program, along with summer, are drawing to a close.

In Southern California, a few fortunate children are celebrating their reading accomplishments by being rewarded with school supplies, backpacks and CD players, donated by the La Quinta Senior Center.

Jared Reed read for 32 hours for fun.

His book of choice was "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone."

"The story is really cool," he said.

He enjoyed the book so much that he tried to read as much as he could in one sitting.

"Once I get into the middle of a story, I want to read more," said Reed, 10.

"You want to read till your eyes pop out," he said.The Desert Sun.