Breaking: Early Access to Pottermore has Begun

Credit: Pottermore/J.K. Rowling/WB

I just woke up to a big surprise in my email. I now have access to Pottermore! My early access account has just been activated.

The Pottermore insider has confirmed this with the following statement:

We’re excited to announce that early access to Pottermore has begun, so if you’re one of the million people who found The Magical Quill and registered for early access, please read the rest of this Insider post carefully.

The most important thing to know is that we need to stagger entry to the ‘Beta’ (early) version of Pottermore so we can properly collect all the feedback. To begin with, we’ll be inviting a very small number of people onto the website, so you may not receive your Welcome email straight away.

We’ll be sending those Welcome emails out over the coming weeks and, once yours arrives, you’ll be able to log in and start helping us develop the Pottermore experience. 

If you want me to continue to update this story with early findings please comments.

See you in Pottermore!

Update: Breaking News: JK Rowling Announces Pottermore

A Pottermore Screenshot
Credit: Warner Bros/JK Rowling

Update Thursday 6/22 1:20 PM: So now we know exactly what Pottermore is. It's essentially an online community for people to read the Potter books. It's going to be the online presence for the series with e-books, audiobook downloads, and most importantly: exclusive, new content from JK Rowling. For more information, MuggleNet has the press release and some photos here.


UPDATE WEDNESDAY 6/22, 9:40PM: The owls are gathering at http://www.youtube.com/jkrowlingannounces/! Can't wait to find out what Pottermore is! Look for a post as soon as I can tomorrow (which may be in the afternoon).

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