AUTHOR JK Rowling earned £148,767 a day from Harry Potter e-book sales, accounts show.
In the year to the end of March, her firm Pottermore Ltd turned over £54.3million — up from £48.8million.
Annual accounts for the firm, which handles sales of her Potter e-books and audiobooks, revealed more than £41million came from “the Americas” and £12million from the UK and Europe.
Its pre-tax profit was £17.2million, up from £11.4million, with £11.6million paid in dividends — adding to Rowling’s fortune of at least £945million thanks to the Potter books, films and theme parks.
Accountants revealed: “Pottermore Ltd is the global digital audiobook and eBook publisher of J.K. Rowling’s multi-million bestselling Harry Potter series and associated titles.
“Pottermore promotes accessibility, creativity, and innovation as it brings these beloved stories to life for each generation of readers and listeners to discover.
“Pottermore continues to manage the digital publishing of the original Harry Potter series as well as that of the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child play script, the Fantastic Beasts screenplays and the Hogwarts Library Books.
“It also publishes digital non-fiction relating to Harry Potter. Harry Potter digital channels continue to be managed through Wizarding World Digital LLC, a joint venture between Pottermore Inc and Warner Bros. Discovery.
“Pottermore Ltd has had a new record year, continuing to benefit from making its content available through a global distribution network including online retail and library partners such as Amazon, Apple, Audible, Bookbeat, Google, Nextory, Storytel, Overdrive and Hoopla, as well as new content releases and new distribution through Yoto and Spotify.
“Pottermore Ltd expanded its title and language catalogue with the release of From the Wizarding Archive in eBook and audiobook format in 5 languages, Hogwarts Library Books in an additional 4 languages, and, through its partnership with JukeBooks, its first Harry Potter audiobook in Greek.
“The company also extended its distribution with the release of the Stephen Fry narrated audiobook editions in the US for the first time, complementing the existing Jim Dale narrated editions, which continue to sell well.”
It released e-books and audiobooks of From the Wizarding Archive in five languages.
Its first Harry Potter audiobook came out in Greek and it added four more languages to its Hogwarts Library Books.
