More Potter in Pottermore  Wizardry

for some of you who Harry Potter fans… and for some like me (Hermoine Granger fans ) who felt the last movie didn’t quite satisfy our thirst to the fullest… have no fear, there is always Pottermore to further enhance your flavors~ (source) personally directed by Rowling herself, Pottermore promises a brand new online reading experience which involves the readers’ help to build it~ it will also provide opportunities to purchase audio and ebooks too~ lastly, Rowling has decided to release additional information about the books that she had been storing up for the past 13 years~

i’m not sure ’bout you guys but personally, i have never seen an author release something of this scale for free~ i mean, usually they will be keen on sucking more money out from you~ but for one of those rare times, such valuable goodies are free~ hehe~ but for me the most major factor is that the original author is involved~ how many times have you gotten some other dude who tries to free-ride on the establishment and ruins the whole stuff by changing wherever that suits their convenience… or sometimes…. their pockets? i’ve always been a huge sucker for originality – meaning everything that’s not from the creator is almost unjust while anything from the original i’ll slurp it all up~ haha~ so it’s definitely something to look forward to~

currently there’s a beta testing phase from 31st Jul to 6th Aug ’11 (sorry for announcing this late) where you need to solve riddles in order to know the actual link to access the website~ more details can be found here (source) but before you rush off, here’s some insider information which they don’t put in the FAQ:

• magic quill registration starts from 9am – 1pm (BST) – which is approx 4pm – 8pm (SGT)

but should you miss the last remaining 3 days of registration, you can still place your name in an account but it will only be accessible in Oct~ so if 2 months of wait is simply unbearable because the whole Harry Potter mood would have been gone, it’s best you head over to Pottermore at least 30 mins before registration and do your homework on how to win that access account~

next up, is the app called Harry Potter Film Wizardry (source) where you can relish backdoor information of all 8 movies~ the app includes:

• slideshows of previously unpublished photography
• animations (e.g. the Marauder’s Map, the Time-Turner)
• a timeline showing Daniel Radcliffe growing up as Harry Potter (WHY IS THERE NO EMMA WATSON’S TIMELINE?! okay to be honest i dunno cause i haven’t downloaded~ if anyone can lemme know would be awesome )
• 3-D objects (e.g. the Yule Ball invitation, Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes product selection, the Borgin and Burkes auction catalog)
• concept art, interactive audio, behind-the-scenes videos
• 1 gig worth of media

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unfortunately:

• the app is only for iPad users
• it costs US$12.99 (the main reason why i haven’t purchased it yet… haha~)

personally i feel that it’s quite worth it considering it’s 1 gig worth of goodies~ but i feel that the price of US$12.99 is simply too steep to damage my pockets especially since i’m still a student~ where’s my student discount?!

image source: pottermore, wizardryapp, wizardry1, wizardry2, wizardry3,  accessed 4th Jul ’11