This is getting beyond insane.
Steve now says:
I would never have thought that a print version could be judged differently.
lolwhataliar.
Last year, an email he sent to someone called Jessica:
As the editor of the Lexicon, I get email every so often from fans asking me to publish the Lexicon in book form, so I’ve dealt with this question before. Basically, it is illegal to sell a book like that. Jo has reserved all publishing rights to her intellectual property, which means that she’s the only one who may publish any book that is a guide or encyclopedia to her world. And since we’re fans and supporters of Jo, we wouldn’t do anything that would violate her rights, even if we could get away with it. [...]
So while it’s a smashing idea, it simply isn’t something that’s allowed at the moment. Believe me, when the series is finished, I plan to petition Jo to allow the Lexicon to work with her to create the ultimate Harry Potter encyclopedia. In the mean time, we’ll have to use the various online resources.
Thanks for the email!
Steve
~ here
Maybe Scholastic should contact you about publishing a Harry Potter Index!
Thanks for you kind words. From what I hear, JKR herself has talked about doing an encyclopedia of the HP Universe when she gets through all 7 books.
If she decides not to, hey, I'm ready to go! :)
Steve
~ here , July 2000
So why did he change his mind?
Well, apparently, his favourite spell is expelliepilogus.
And here's another one! "I see fanfiction taking off ... because quite honestly, there's a lot of work to be done!" Oh, and also, Jo is like Umbridge.
It all makes sense to me now.
(WARNING: Only watch the above videos if you want to throw up a little in your mouth.)
I have a few other things to say about the SVA action:
1. Poor RDR. They're learning what it is to mess with the Harry Potter fandom. Thought they could pull that ill-advised paragraph where they compared JKR's action to Hiroshima? MORE FOOL THEM. WE. CAP. EVERYTHING.
2. It's really starting to bother me how everyone spells his name differently. He signs himself "Steve Vander Ark" but on the book cover (classy font, btw) he's called "Steve Van der Ark". WHY DOESN'T HE KNOW WHAT HIS NAME IS?
3. I edited this into my entry of Saturday night, but in case anyone has missed this hot goss, his girlfriend (the British fan he supposedly met at a convention and left his wife for) showed up at fandom_wank.
I feel so sorry for fandom people who aren't members of the HP fandom. Nobody does phychotic like we do.
p.s. The HP Wiki FTW.
eta: There's a dating website called richsoulmate.com? GET ME AN ACCOUNT NOW PLEASE Oh my God IT REALLY EXISTS? "Millionaires are verified by our Verification System" LOLOLOLWHAT?
eta 2: OH MY FUCKING GOD THE NAME ON THE BRITISH COVER IS "VANDER ARK" I CANNOT DEAL WITH THIS *PULLS OUT HAIR* WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS MAN
HYPERVENTILATION I CAN'T COPE WITH THIS ANYMORE
I would never have thought that a print version could be judged differently.
lolwhataliar.
Last year, an email he sent to someone called Jessica:
As the editor of the Lexicon, I get email every so often from fans asking me to publish the Lexicon in book form, so I’ve dealt with this question before. Basically, it is illegal to sell a book like that. Jo has reserved all publishing rights to her intellectual property, which means that she’s the only one who may publish any book that is a guide or encyclopedia to her world. And since we’re fans and supporters of Jo, we wouldn’t do anything that would violate her rights, even if we could get away with it. [...]
So while it’s a smashing idea, it simply isn’t something that’s allowed at the moment. Believe me, when the series is finished, I plan to petition Jo to allow the Lexicon to work with her to create the ultimate Harry Potter encyclopedia. In the mean time, we’ll have to use the various online resources.
Thanks for the email!
Steve
~ here
Maybe Scholastic should contact you about publishing a Harry Potter Index!
Thanks for you kind words. From what I hear, JKR herself has talked about doing an encyclopedia of the HP Universe when she gets through all 7 books.
If she decides not to, hey, I'm ready to go! :)
Steve
~ here , July 2000
So why did he change his mind?
Well, apparently, his favourite spell is expelliepilogus.
And here's another one! "I see fanfiction taking off ... because quite honestly, there's a lot of work to be done!" Oh, and also, Jo is like Umbridge.
It all makes sense to me now.
(WARNING: Only watch the above videos if you want to throw up a little in your mouth.)
I have a few other things to say about the SVA action:
1. Poor RDR. They're learning what it is to mess with the Harry Potter fandom. Thought they could pull that ill-advised paragraph where they compared JKR's action to Hiroshima? MORE FOOL THEM. WE. CAP. EVERYTHING.
2. It's really starting to bother me how everyone spells his name differently. He signs himself "Steve Vander Ark" but on the book cover (classy font, btw) he's called "Steve Van der Ark". WHY DOESN'T HE KNOW WHAT HIS NAME IS?
3. I edited this into my entry of Saturday night, but in case anyone has missed this hot goss, his girlfriend (the British fan he supposedly met at a convention and left his wife for) showed up at fandom_wank.
I feel so sorry for fandom people who aren't members of the HP fandom. Nobody does phychotic like we do.
p.s. The HP Wiki FTW.
eta: There's a dating website called richsoulmate.com? GET ME AN ACCOUNT NOW PLEASE Oh my God IT REALLY EXISTS? "Millionaires are verified by our Verification System" LOLOLOLWHAT?
eta 2: OH MY FUCKING GOD THE NAME ON THE BRITISH COVER IS "VANDER ARK" I CANNOT DEAL WITH THIS *PULLS OUT HAIR* WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THIS MAN
HYPERVENTILATION I CAN'T COPE WITH THIS ANYMORE