Rowling tempted to write eighth Potter book

JK ROWLING has admitted to “weak moments” when she could agree to write another book in the Harry Potter series.

But it is unlikely the young wizard Harry would feature as the main protagonist in an eighth novel, Rowling said, adding: “Let’s give it 10 years.”

Time magazine has placed Rowling at number three in its Person of the Year list.

She told Time: “There have been times since finishing, weak moments, when I’ve said: ‘Yeah, all right’ to the eighth novel.

“If, and it’s a big if, I ever write an eighth book about the [wizarding] world, I doubt Harry would be the central character.

“I feel I’ve already told his story. But these are big ifs. Let’s give it 10 years.”

She is now said to be working on an adult novel and a “political fairy tale”.

Harry Potter dominated both the 2007 book and DVD best-sellers lists released by Amazon.co.uk last week.

The seventh and “final” book in the series sold more units via the online retailer than any other product.

It was followed in second place in the Amazon chart by the DVD of Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix.

The seventh book, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, was both the biggest selling and most positively reviewed product of 2007 on Amazon.co.uk.