Over the last few weeks, the civilized world as we know it has been a-buzz with the Harry Potter phenomenon, culminating tonight with the launch of the final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. With the recently released movie, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, in its second successful week, there is no shortage of discussion surrounding Harry Potter.

Many of our authors on the Know More Media business blog network have written about the Harry Potter topic, analyzing it from angles ranging from the marketing aspect of the Harry Potter movie and books to Harry Potter office supplies. Here is a summary of who’s saying what:

Jason Boog on ThePublishingSpot.com shares how the Harry Potter books may be affecting the publishing industry.

Gary Bourgeault on BizOfShowBiz.com covers the box office launch of the movie Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Bill Belew on TheBizOfKnowledge.com gives 6 great posts on Harry Potter:

• New Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book for summer reading
• The Internet buzz on Harry Potter
• Midnight Madness to get the first copies of the new Harry Potter book
• Advanced copies of the new Harry Potter book for sale online
• 10 spoilers of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
• JK Rowling’s spoiler of the new Harry Potter book

Jennifer Chait on OfficeStuffer.com features the Harry Potter office supplies on the market.

Laura Spencer on WorkFromHomeMomma.com discusses what Harry Potter would do for his own home business.

Susan Gunelius on MarketingBlurb.com talks about the financial success of the Harry Potter series, the incredible marketing frenzy surrounding the series, and asks whether buzz marketing may hurt sales of the new book.

Gary Bourgeault on TheAlphaMarketer.com explains the impact of spoiling the ending of the new Harry Potter book on the involved franchises.

Keisha Kidan on PropertyMaven.com takes a look at the various property holdings of the very wealthy JK Rowling.

Gary Bourgeault on ManagersRealm.com talks about the management of the release of the new Harry Potter book.

Carolyn Manning on ProductivityGoal.com discusses the true anticipation surrounding the new Harry Potter book, despite any leaked endings.

Marshall Sponder on WebMetricsGuru.com supplies us with a great original video of a Harry Potter book release event in Soho, NY the night before the actual book release. 

George Parker on AdHurl.com wrote 3 posts about the price of the new Harry Potter book (how some resellers aren't making a profit on it), the unhelpful state of the different book reviews he's seen, and how a speed reader read the book in 47 minutes to write a publish a review by Saturday morning.

Linda Chan on CompanyCounselor.com asks why so many legal professionals take interest in the Harry Potter books.

What do you think about Harry Potter?