"The happiest moment of my life was having my daughter handed to me in the hospital. She described the day she got a book deal as one of the best of her life. Rowling spent five years working on the Harry Potter universe and finishing the first book of the series. Rowling is the only person who could have created Harry Potter It's a very strange thing, but I know I'm not alone in this among writers." "Harry's scar was there and I kind of knew how that had happened.
People like Nearly Headless Nick and Peeves, the inhabitants of the castle were there," she said in a CBC interview, shortly after the fourth book in the series had been published.
The book told the story of Harry Potter, who, on his 11th birthday, learns he is a wizard and has been accepted to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It's no question why universally-approved titles were chosen for the rest of the Harry Potter installments.Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was first published by Bloomsbury on June 26, 1997. The adjustment required more work for the actors since they had to reshoot scenes to add the word "Sorcerer's" each time the Philosopher's Stone was mentioned in the movie.
moviegoers, the movie used the Sorcerer's Stone title to match their version of the best-selling Harry Potter novel. kept Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as the official title except for the U.S. When the first book was adapted into a film in 2001, Warner Bros. For example, "mum" was switched to "mom" and "jumper" was adjusted to "sweater." Rowling put a stop to the British English changes for the following books in the series. Certain British English terms were changed for U.S. The title wasn't the only element changed for the American edition of the first Harry Potter book, though. She wanted to hold onto her original title as she put so much thought into it, but seeing as it was her first novel, she consented to the adjustment. Looking back, Rowling has shared that she wished vetoed the title change. The word "sorcerer" had a clear connotation to magic, something that wouldn't confuse readers.
Scholastic suggested "Harry Potter and the School of Magic" as the new title but Rowling later picked Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. "Philosopher" was not a commonly used term and it was believed that the book would be overlooked if not for a title change. The American edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was released a year later in September 1998 but it came with a few changes, such as a different name.Īrthur Levine, the man behind Scholastic's Harry Potter publication, had reservations about the book's title, more specifically with the word "philosopher." He was worried that the word was too old-fashioned for young readers. Scholastic reportedly paid $105,000 for those rights which were almost unheard of for a children's book.
rights to the first Harry Potter book months before its U.K. Thankfully, Scholastic Corporation had already bought the U.S. The buzz surrounding Harry Potter instantly took off after it hit the U.K. Related: Why Harry Potter Is Set In The 1990s She initially had trouble selling her first-ever book to publisher's but it was eventually accepted by Bloomsbury Children's Books, a decision they would never regret. It took Rowling over five years to write the magical tale about the boy wizard. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone made its debut in June 1997 within the United Kingdom.
Rowling went on to write six Harry Potter sequels that became the basis of a film franchise consisting of eight movies, all of which retained their original titles. Rowling hit shelves in the U.S., the title was adjusted to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. The first Harry Potter book was published as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, so why was the title changed for readers in the United States? When the book by J.K.