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Rowling's enlightening updates and personal reflections have been knitted into three short story collections, released as $2.70 eBooks Tuesday J.K. Rowling's enlightening updates and personal reflections have been knitted into three short story collections, released as $2.70 eBooks Tuesday Pottermore from J.K. Rowling  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Aug 17, 2016 1:20 PM UTC [J.K. Rowling](http://time.com/4445149/harry-potter-cursed-child-jk-rowling/) has written three collections of short stories that take readers deeper into the “dark side” of the Harry Potter wizarding world, publishers confirmed Wednesday. Rowling reveals surprises and intricate details about several characters’ lives in the three new ebooks, which are available next month, Pottermore CEO Susan Jurevics said in a statement to TIME. The collections are presented by Pottermore, the interactive website Rowling created for Harry Potter fanatics, and cost about $3 each and will be released Sept. 6. “Pottermore Presents is intended to supplement the _Harry Potter_ book series with short-form content that is entertaining and thematically curated by the Pottermore editorial team,” Jurevics said. Each book is about 10,000 words long and is being sold on [Pottermore](https://usd.shop.pottermore.com/?utm%5Fsource=PrimaryNav&utm%5Fmedium=Pottermore&utm%5Fcampaign=ShopLinkApril2016) and other online book retailers. [_Power, Politics And Pesky Poltergeists_](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hogwarts-Politics-Poltergeists-Pottermore-Presents-ebook/dp/B01JLXET6C/?tag=timecom-20) gives readers a glimpse into the “ruthless roots” of Professor Dolores Umbridge and the relationship between Professor Horace Slughorn and Voldemort when the Dark Lord was a young student at Hogwarts. The book also provides the history behind the Azkaban prison. [_Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies_](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hogwarts-Hardship-Dangerous-Pottermore-Presents-ebook/dp/B01JLXETNK/?tag=timecom-20.) profiles Minerva McGonagall and Remus Lupin, while [_Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide_](https://www.amazon.com/Hogwarts-Incomplete-Unreliable-Pottermore-Presents-ebook/dp/B01JLXET7G/?tag=timecom-20.) focuses on secrets behind the walls of the wizarding school. The stories, which are available Wednesday for preorder, come after Rowling said the eighth installment in the beloved book series, [_Harry Potter and the Cursed Child_](http://time.com/4452249/harry-potter-cursed-child-tickets-scalpers/), will be the [last story ](http://time.com/4432264/jk-rowling-harry-potter-end-series/)about Potter in the saga. ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] That was my childhood, was Harry Potter. It's what made me love to read. She has become an absolute obsession of my life. He got them passionate about Reading. I have been full and hard saving. That is my first book, I still have it with me.. I think that J. K Rowling is a mastermind so I think that we are gonna be in for a surprise but I trust her completely... I think I don't even understand what is happening until like lights went out and all and probably I started crying. This is the robe I got at Universal studios in Orlando and a wand. [ MUSIC ] Which character are you excited to see? I Love Hermione. Hermione For sure. I'm really excited to see Hermione. No question. Mine's got to be Hermione. She is the epitome of girl power. That felt good. [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4455746/j-k-rowling-pottermore-new-harry-potter-books/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4455746/j-k-rowling-pottermore-new-harry-potter-books/"},"headline":"J.K. 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