Will J.K. Rowling Find Success Beyond 'Harry Potter'?

by SodaHead News Posted 2012/09/22 19:03:52

Related Topics: J.k. Rowling, Harry Potter

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Best-selling author J.K. Rowling will forever be synonymous with Harry Potter. Rowling's most famous series of books and characters has made her a multi-millionaire, entrepreneur, and an inspiration to anyone that knows her rags to riches story. After seven Harry Potter books, eight movies, and countless merchandise, Rowling is ready to take the next step in her career.

That next step comes in the form of Rowling's upcoming adult novel titled "The Casual Vacancy." While Rowling had enormous success with Harry Potter in a number of demographics, this will be the first book she will be releasing for a specific age group. According to Rowling, it will be a completely different book from the Potter series, in a whole other world. No Muggles and Wizards in her newest read, kids.

Two million copies of "The Casual Vacancy" will be shipped to U.S. bookstores on September 27. It will also be simultaneously released digitally and in hardcover in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Even if Rowling's newest read is a well-written masterpiece, it may be nearly impossible to match the success of Potter. But that doesn't mean "The Casual Vacancy" won't be successful at all.

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anne.k.murphy 2012/09/22 20:32:59

Yes

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Considering her new book is already #7 on Amazon's bestselling list, and it hasn't even been released yet... I should think she'll find success!

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Dyonus 2012/09/22 21:30:44

Yes

Not that she needs it. The woman probably doesn't need to work ever again.

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ssmithix 2012/09/22 21:05:48

No

Nowhere near what she had w potter

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Klaudia c: 2012/09/22 20:51:21

Yes

she's a great writer i have faith in her that she will c': she's amazing!

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Alexander T Steward 2012/09/22 20:45:58

No

She'll never get the same level of success she did with Harry Potter. Just like when St Peter wrote the Bible. Best selling book of all time and yet he never wrote a follow-up book.

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Christopher Kirchen 2012/09/22 20:38:05

Yes

But does she really need to? She can live on what she's made from Harry Potter for the rest of her life, and ten generations more could as well. That being said, I support any future endeavors she may make and will at least check them out,

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anne.k.murphy 2012/09/22 20:32:59

Yes

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Considering her new book is already #7 on Amazon's bestselling list, and it hasn't even been released yet... I should think she'll find success!

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TRT David 2012/09/22 20:26:40

Yes

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Her present achievements will endure beyond the grave ... But who gives a DIckens ?

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Sister Jean 2012/09/22 20:24:25

Yes

yes

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Nadda El-Faham 2012/09/22 20:23:27

Yes

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she's a good writer with an extremely wide imagination..why wouldn't she think of something else as creative ?

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Junior-BN-0 2012/09/22 20:21:09

Yes

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There are great and excellent storytellers out there. She's one of them.

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mrperson 2012/09/22 19:51:57

Yes

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She is already a success!

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alex 2012/09/22 19:46:07

Yes

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She doesnt NEED to.

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SOUL4REAL 2012/09/22 19:44:14

Yes

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Yes,J.K. Rowling can find success in another field,this woman is very "Intelligent"!!

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Papillon 2012/09/22 19:42:36

Yes

Yes, but she needn't.

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dennisg40 2012/09/22 19:42:24

No

I think every writer finds their niche when they are successful. For example Steven King has found that books about horror are what he does best. Readers do not want to read historical fiction novels about love or anything else written by him. He keeps trying to stretch beyond what made him rich and famous. Just as Clint Eastwood found that crime and westerns are what made him rich and famous but now he keeps wanting to do something else now.

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Dyonus to dennisg40 2012/09/22 21:34:24

I actually prefer King's sci-fi novels such as Dreamcatcher, Under the Doom, and The Stand to his horror novels.

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StocktonJoe 2012/09/22 19:36:19 (edited)

Yes

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Yes AND No. It all depends on HOW you define "success." Will her future books sell? Yes. Will her future books make money? Yes. Will her future books come anywhere NEAR the popularity of the Harry Potter books? No. I suspect that for J.K. Rowling - andfor children who grew up making the Harry Potter movies and the women and men who starred in them - "the best" is now behind them. I don't think any of them will ever again catch that "lightening in a bottle". Just as Sir Alec Guinness was best known as Obi-Wan Kenobe from Star Wars even though he had a long and distinguished career on stage and in film.

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Rdtourist 2012/09/22 19:35:25

Yes

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Once a marque is well established, it is almost hard to fail to find a similar market.

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cynical.not.sinister 2012/09/22 19:33:39

Yes

I for one am curious what else comes out of her imagination! She's amazing!

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SofiSlashes™~ 2012/09/22 19:25:45

Yes

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i think yes AND no,because shes already made so many Harry Potter books,and movies.If it wasn't for her writing Harry Potter books,she wouldn't be as succesful now.If she does start something new,it must be way different from Harry Potter then.

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You Know IT 2012/09/22 19:24:29

Yes

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Does it really matter? she should be well off enough not to care,

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dr blais 2012/09/22 19:23:17
Kigan 2012/09/22 19:17:51

Yes

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She's a skilled writer.

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Sagan 2012/09/22 19:16:44

Yes

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She's a brilliant writer, why not?

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shellyBlink182ToMark17 2012/09/22 19:15:38

Yes

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maybe

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FayeCatherineDevine 2012/09/22 19:10:27

Yes

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Yes, although it would sell a lot more if it were titled 'Harry Potter and the Casual Vscancy'

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volodymyr sereda sereda 2012/09/22 19:05:29

Yes

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I would certainly believe so. Such popularity would definitely assure at least a certain amount of success.

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