So I got this email from Borders that said Rowling wrote a new book called The Tales of Beetle the Bard.

http://www.borders.com/online/store/Art ... 080801_REW

Here be the article on Borders, I'll admit it doesn't make much sense to me. A collection of 5 short stories in the HP universe that tie in with Book 7 I suppose.

thanks kotor yeah it was like blahblah blah to me ecept that i might still buy it so is like harry even going to be in it no right cuz it was when voldermort was younger correct

I meentioned something about ths book in Come Here When You're Bored A few days ago. I saw it on Barnes and Nobles's website. It was the #1 best seller.

Yeah the books like eight bucks.

Beedle the Bard has only a handful of stories, (five in total), all created by
J.K. Rowling.

Following is a newsclip which gives further details on the same. I am also posting pictures drawn by J.K. Rowling; actually the seven original volumes were hand-written and illustrated by her. So yes, she has an apt hand on drawing too!

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New Holy Grail for Potterheads

For all you maniacal Harry Potter collectors out there, that first edition of Philosopher's Stone might no longer be the most valuable Potter-related book: the Telegraph reports today that J.K. Rowling has penned a book of fairy tales to accompany the series, but that just seven copies have been made.

The Tales of Beedle the Bard, which features prominently in Deathly Hallows, features five tales from the days of wizard-yore. Rowling included the text of one of the tales in DH, but the other four are new. Each copy of the new book "is leather-bound and covered in crafted silver and jewels." Six of them have been given "to people who are 'most closely connected to the Harry Potter books'", but the seventh will reportedly be sold at Sotheby's in December, with proceeds going to charity. That's certainly going to be an auction to watch.

I find it difficult to imagine that these tales won't make it into wider circulation, whether through an eventual trade edition or by some other means. But these seven copies will almost certainly be among the most important and highest-value HP items.

Also on the HP front, see Scott Brown's post at FBB for an interesting look at colophon variations in the American edition of Deathly Hallows.

[Update: Here's the Sotheby's page for the 13 December auction, which includes some illustrations of the Rowling artwork and the starting price for the copy to be sold: a hefty $62,000]

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Illustrations in Beedle the Bard, made by J.K. Rowling
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The following is one of the seven originals:

Thanks for the info I was just about to post some of this ,but you all beat me to it.

whoa i never even new about rowling writing the actaul fairy tale book intill like 2 seconds ago. Wow! i miss alot!

oh i hope they copy her hand writing and when was it coming out again?

Yea i might buy this for my kids.