Harry Potter update: J.K. Rowling unveils Hogwarts-inspired e-books

After selling millions of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” script books worldwide, British author J. K. Rowling is set to publish a series of short stories, called “Pottermore Presents,” next month.

According to the official website of Rowling’s “Wizarding World,” “Pottermore Presents” is a series of three bite-sized e-books that promises Harry Potter fans with added insights and deeper details on the life inside and beyond Hogwarts.

Pottermore describes “Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide” as a perfect read for Harry Potter fans who are curious about everything that has to do with Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Meanwhile, readers will learn more about Hogwarts Professor Minerva McGonagall and Care of Magical Creatures teacher Silvanus Kettleburn with “Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies.”

Those interested on the “darker roots” of the wizarding world will find the “Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Political and Pesky Poltergeists” a compelling read as the e-book discloses details shady details about the Ministry of Magic and the Azkaban prison.

Pottermore e-book release date

“The three e-books will be released on 6 September – just in time for a new term at Hogwarts – and each explores a different Hogwarts-related theme,” the Pottermore website reads.

This early, however, Harry Potter fanatics can already pre-order the e-books from Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com, Amazon UK, iBooks and Kobo Books.

The “Pottermore Presents” e-books will be available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish versions across different digital e-book retailers worldwide.

On a related development, Scholastic reportedly sold over 3.3 million copies of Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts 1 and 2” script books in North America as of Aug. 10, only a few days after the its July 31 release.

Scholastic also claimed that the first seven Harry Potter books have sold more than 160 million copies in the United States alone between 1998 and 2007. Rowling’s Harry Potter books were translated to 79 languages, sold 450 million copies worldwide, and adapted to the silver screen into eight blockbuster movies.