rowling is the author of the blockbuster harry potter books. which start when harry, a trainee wizard, catches the train from london's king cross station bound for magic school. even now tourists line up there to have their pictures taken. harry potter is such a powerful brand that to turn the page and try something new rowling invented a whole new eye department tee. she wrote the cuckoo's calling and called herself as the author robert galbraith. but last week richard brooks, art editor for the sunday times got suspicious after receiving an anonymous tip on twitter. a little detective work revealed galbraith and rowling had a bit too much in common. >> right away i thought to myself, the same agent. the same publisher. the same editor. hmmm. this is more than a coincidence >> reporter: so brooks sent copies of the new book along with harry potter to the u.s. for computer analysis. and bingo! they were very similar. both in vocabulary and style. it was time to confront the publisher. >> i thought i would get a denial or a no comment. 10:30 her

. >> the author of the harry potter series, j.k. rowling, reveals she has been moonlighting as a most writer. >> leigh: i'm meteorologist leigh glaser. some locations today, temperatures came down thanks to the low clouds and fog racing over the bay. how does that affec >> a fifth straight day of searching has revealed now clues to the whereabouts of a missing oakland gov. daphne webb was last seen in the back of her dad's car wednesday morning. officials told us that's where webb took his daughter for walks, in the park. witnesses reported seeing someone walk away with a girl reaching daphne's description. >> survivors of the flight 214 are back home. they began at the middle school where their odeal began. a trip to the bay area camp to be exposed to english turned into the nightmare. classmates had signs that read, welcome back safely. >> the group was also touched by personal sadness. three of their classmates died in the crash. >> coming up next as 6:00, a look at how much one book's sales have surged a day after harry potter a

. >> the author of the harry potter series, j.k. rowling, reveals she has been moonlighting as a most writer. >> leigh: i'm meteorologist leigh glaser. some locations today, temperatures came down thanks to the low clouds and fog racing over the bay. how does that affect your >> a fifth straight day of searching has revealed now clues to the whereabouts of a missing oakland gov. daphne webb was last seen in the back of her dad's car wednesday morning. officials told us that's where webb took his daughter for walks, in the park. witnesses reported seeing someone walk away with a girl reaching daphne's description. >> survivors of the flight 214 are back home. they began at the middle school where their odeal began. a trip to the bay area camp to be exposed to english turned into the nightmare. classmates had signs that read, welcome back safely. >> the group was also touched by personal sadness. three of their classmates died in the crash. >> coming up next as 6:00, a look at how much one book's sales have surged a day after harry po

thwling is the author of the blockbuster harry potter books. which start when harry, a trainee wizard, catches the roain from london's king cross station bound for magic school. aven now tourists line up there to have their pictures taken. harry potter is such a powerful powed that to turn the page and try something new rowling selfnted a whole new eye identity. she wrote the cuckoo's calling and called herself as the author robert galbraith. but last week richard brooks, art editor for the sunday times got suspicious after receiving an anonymous tip on twitter. a little detective work revealed galbraith and rowling had a bit too much in common. mm right away i thought to myself, the same agent. ae same publisher. the same editor. hmmm. this is more than a coincidence. orteeporter: so brooks sent thpies of the new book along with harry potter to the u.s. for computer analysis. and bingo! they were very similar. both in vocabulary and style. it was time to confront the publisher. d> i thought i would get a denial or a no comment. om:30 her perso

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rowling is the author of the blockbuster "harry potter" books, which start when harry, a trainee wizard, catches the train from london's king cross station bound for magic school. even now, tourists line up there to have their pictures taken. "harry potter" has such a powerful brand that to turn the page and try something new, rowling invented a whole new identity. she wrote "the cuckoo's calling" and called herself as the author robert galbraith. but last week, richard brooks art editor for "the sunday times" got suspicious after receiving an anonymous tip on twitter. a little detective work reveals galbraith and rowling had a bit too much in common. >> same agents, same publisher. aim editor. hmm, this is more of a coincidence. >> reporter: so brooks sent copies of the new book along with "harry potter" to the u.s. for computer analysis. and bingo. they were very similar. both in vocabulary and style. it was time to confront the publisher. >> i thought right out denial or no comment. the personal publicist came right out and said, okay, you've got it, it's j.k. rowling. >> reporter: r

. >> reporter: harry potter made j.k. rowling a famous name around the world. but that famous name was nowhere to be seen when this murder mystery came out in april. "the cuckoo's calling" by robert galbraith, said to be a former military police investigator. some thought he was just too good to be a first-time author. >> i thought this was a fascinating new writer and i think has a lot of future. >> reporter: last week, an anonymous tweet, galbraith is role -- rowling, it said. the paper launched an investigation. >> there's something we need to find. >> reporter: hired a language expert to compare the writing and found literary gold. >> in this case, what happened when i ran the statistics, every one of them pointed towards j.k. rowling. >> reporter: rowling confessed i hoped to keep the secret a little longer, she said. it's been wonderful to publish without hype or expectation. roweling started as an unknown. she showed this documentary crew this tiny apartment in scotland where it all began. fame became a burden at times but she vowed to keep writing, even

. >> reporter: harry potter made jk rowling a household name around the world. but that was nowhere to be seen when this came out in april. "the cuckoo's calling" by robert galbraith, thought to be a former military investigator, some thought he was just too good to be a first-time author. >> i wrote this great review about what i thought was a great new writer and he has got a lot of future. >> reporter: last week, an anonymous tweet, galbraith is rowling. the paper launched an investigation. >> there's something we need to find. >> reporter: hired a language expert to compare the writing and found literary gold. >> in this case, what happened when i ran the statistics, every one point jk rowling. >> reporter: rowling confessed. i hoped to keep the secret a little longer, it has been wonderful to publish without hype or expectation. she started as an unknown, showed this documentary crew this tiny apartment in scotland where it all began. fame became a burden at times, but she vowed to keep writing, even after harry potter. >> i will always write. i can't imagi

. >> reporter: harry potter made jk rowling a famous name around the world. but that was nowhere to be seen in april. "the cuckoo's calling" by robert galbraith, thought to be a former military investigator, some thought too good to be a first-time author. >> i thought a new writer and i he has got a lot of futu. >> reporter: last week, an anonymous tweet, galbraith is rowling. the paper launch and investigation. >> there's something we need to find. >> reporter: hired a language expert to compare the writing and found literary gold. >> in this case, what happened when iran the statistics, every one point jk rowling. >> reporter: rowling confess $. i hoped to keep the secret a little longer, it has been wonderful to publish without hype or expectation. she started as an unknown, showed this documentary crew this tiny apartment in scotland where it all began. fame became a burden at times but she vowed to keep writing, even after harry potter. >> i will always write. i can't imagine stopping writing. >> reporter: harry potter sales are close to half a billion.

galbrath shared a publisher with rawling who wrote harry potter. the the two writers were actually one in the same writer. the book soared to number one on amazon ease reading list. >> i think it's possible she might pick up new fans, people who like to read classic mystery stories, people who are a little too old for harry potter. >> the book is rawlings' second attempt for adult readers. >> i will be happy to be writing. i need to work, need to write. >> reporter: the cuckoo's calling is proof rawlings' pen can still work its magic. >> a reprint of the book is under way and will include a different author biography. >>> a man sets up a rollercoaster in his own front yard. >>> a missing toddler in california, where police are concentrating their efforts. >> this is only the beginning of the nasty heat and humidity. it's going to be with us for a while, stick around. ,,,,,,,, [ female announcer ] at your local subway, summer flavors are served up fresh. like the crisp, delicious orchard chicken salad. you loved it so much, we brought it back as a f

. >> coming up, a look how much book sales have surged one day after harry potter jk rowling says she used an alias to write the book. and if you like it hot, you are in luck. >> and padres manager said his team was mad by getting no hit by tim lincecum so they took it on zito today. josh dona >> ama: journalist that first reported the nsa leak by edward snowden says he possesses dangerous information about the u.s. government. the guardian journalist who first wrote the story says he had thousands of documents how the nsa is built. journalist doesn't think they have risk to national security but it could be harmful to the u.s. government's reputation. >>> jk rowling the author of harry potter reveals she is writing new genre of literature. she did her last one under the name of robert galbraith. she wanted to publish a book without all the hype and fans from her fans. it went from 4,700 to amazon number 3 best-seller. >> new millionaire somewhere in the bay area. someone matched five of the six numbers. winning ticket was sold at cable car wine and spirit grocery on clement street in

jk rowling, the woman who created harry potter, creating new magic tonight. but her fans had no idea until now. here is nick schriffen. >> reporter: inside this london store, the shelves bend under the books of jk rowling. but robert galbraith? >> reporter: do you know who robert galbraith is? >> i have no idea. >> reporter: i looked and couldn't find galbraith's debut novel released in april. >> no galbraith. >> it hadn't really caused a blip on the radar, a large scale sales or interest. >> reporter: in three months, "cuckoo's calling" sold 3 million. today it sold 100,000. why? she sold 450 million books. has aban order of the british empire. spawned an $8 billion franchise. jk rowling wanted to write unanimously so she could know what the reviewers really thought. >> it's very appealing, the idea of writing under a pseudo name, realistically, my chances of getting away with that are incredibly remote. >> reporter: she did get away with writing this book until the london journalist followed the clues. >> same agent, same publisher, same editor. crucially,

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i need to write. >> reporter: the "harry potter" southeast, seven volumes sold over 700 million. for "cbs this morning," elizabeth palmer, london. >> that story, the second season of hbo's "the newsroom" featured last night. the biggest drama is behind the scenes. >> you'll have to tell me what the story is. >> no. >> she can lead us to someone who needs to apologize. >> what does she want an apology for? >> being smug. >> really. >> i know. i can't -- >> you're full of beans today, aren't you? >> that's a no, isn't it? >> aaron sorkin is promising big changes in the new season. welcome. >> good to be here. >> big changes. what do you mean? more romance and less news? >> no no. what's great about hbo is each season can be like a different vacuum of the same books tlch's one overarching story that takes us through the entire season that all the other stories are hung on and these guys have -- it's based on something called tail wind that hamid in 1998. >> a libel action is sort of the center for everything else. >> yes. >> you admit agonizing a lot over season 2. in fact, going ba

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why the author of harry potter penned a book that few people read. until now. it's monday, july 15th. >>> good morning. i'm diana perez. >> hi, everybody. i'm rob powers in for john muller. >> and rob powers is a face that some of you may recognized. you worked in new york, doing "sports now." but you've worked around the country. >> hello, everybody. nice to see you. it's nice to be with you, as well. >> great. it's been great so far. >>> let's get started with what we have this morning. we're going to begin with demonstrations across the country, following the george zimmerman verdict. this morning, los angeles protesters rallying against the verdict are gathering in the streets. here in new york, there were several arrests overnight. >> in trayvon martin's hometown of miami there were peaceful calls for change. here's carlos suarez, from our miami station. >> reporter: the cries were justice rang loud. they remembered trayvon martin. the scene at times was all-too familiar. the group began their march at the torch of friendship in downtown miami. there, the

i'm with bloomberg who published harry potter. i think they took a chance on me because they had money on harry potter. so any book is -- [inaudible] chances. and i really appreciate the american critics, the quality of their -- people they sent to me. and my for example -- [inaudible] he asked me the first question. ultd like to discuss you on the topic for a writer's pen name the free villagers who instigated the cultural revolution. i go, where do you go to school? what was your major? he said culture revolution. [inaudible] >> we have four minutes here to take a couple of questions from the audience. we have 0 microphones there in the middle of the aisle. >> it's a pleasure and honor to meet you. i'm a native of your chicago. your story is very moving. my first view to china is a famous fictional account about an american in china. she presents two views of china that she was amazed how exotic it is. but she characterized the main protagonist, the laborer and how harsh it was to. did you ever read that? what was your reaction

and also my other books, i'm with publisher of "harry potter." i think they took a chance on me because they had money with "harry potter." my books are all like edge and chances. and i really appreciate the american critics. the quality of their interview. people they send to me. so have you. my first experience, for example, with madam mao, this was sent to me and he asked me the first question, open his mouth, he said i would like to discuss with you on the topics writers pen name, three villages who instigated the cultural revolution. and i go, where did you go to school? he says columbia. i said what was your major? he said. , cultural revolution. in the right hand. >> we have four minutes here to take a couple questions from the audience. got microphones right there in the middle of the aisle. >> it's a pleasure and honor to meet you. i'm a native of chicago. your story is very moving. my first view into china was the famous fictional account, the good earth, pearl buck about an american in china. she presents two views of china. she was am

his co-stars are speaking out this morning. >>> the "harry potter" whodunit. a surprising secret revealed by jk rowling, unmasked as the real author behind a new crime novel. why she says it's liberated her. >>>

. >>> the harry potter whodunit. a surprising secret revealed by jk rowling, the real author behind a new crime novel. why she says it's liberated her. >>> are you ready for the sweetest comeback ever? twinkies make a triumphant return to supermarket shelves this week, and we have a thousand twinkies right here in times square for a taste test. >>> twinkies for my friends. josh is back. good morning, america. we have a lot to get to this morning. you're look at video from overnight of those demonstrations in new york, oakland and los angeles. people all across the country react to the george zimmerman verdict. >> we'll get the reaction to that and the latest on george zimmerman and how he's doing from his attorneys here in times square live but first let's bring in abc's matt gutman in sanford, florida, covering the trial from the start. you sat down with the prosecutors. their only interview since the verdict. >> reporter: that's right, george, it was their first time talking one on one in 16 months since they got t

i need to write. >> reporter: the "harry potter" southeast, seven volumes sold over 700 million. for "cbs this morning," elizabeth palmer london. >> that story, the second season of hbo's "the newsroom" featured last night. the biggest drama is behind the scenes. >> you'll have to tell me what the story is. >> no. >> she can lead us to someone who needs to apologize. >> what does she want an apology for? >> being smug. >> really. >> i know. i can't -- >> you're full of beans today, aren't you? >> that's a no, isn't it? >> aaron sorkin is promising big changes in the new season. welcome. >> good to be here. >> big changes. what do you mean? more romance and less news? >> no no. what's great about hbo is each season can be like a different vacuum of the same books tlch's one overarching story that takes us through the entire season that all the other stories are hung on and these guys have -- it's based on something called tail wind that hamid in 1998. >> a libel action is sort of the center for everything else. >> yes. >> you admit agonizing a lot over season 2. in fact, going bac

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. >>> the "harry potter" whodunit. a surprising secret revealed by jk rowling, unmasked as the real author behind a new crime novel. why she says it's liberated her. >>> and are you ready for the sweetest comeback ever? twinkies make a triumphant return to supermarket shelves this week, and we have a thousand twinkies right here in times square for a taste test. >>> twinkies for my friends. josh is back. good morning, america. we have a lot to get to this morning. you're looking at video from overnight of those demonstrations in new york, oakland and los angeles. as people all across the country react to the george zimmerman verdict. >> and we'll get the reaction to that and the latest on george zimmerman and how he's doing right now from his attorneys here in times square live. >>> but first, let's bring in abc's matt gutman in sanford, florida, covering the trial from the start. you sat down with the prosecutors. their only interview since the verdict. >> reporter: that's right, george, it was their first time talkin

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potter a new correction, you and i would have ran out to buy them to begin with. melissa: i guess. >> i don't think it was a ploy. melissa: okay. i want to ask you, talk about marketing who you are, a lot of people are talking about the new wendy's wendy, the new image. i think we have it. i've got to show it to you. so they changed her collar a little bit. we've got to look close i at her collar. -- closely at her collar. and that black writing underneath her face seems to maybe spell a word that might make moms feel better about taking their kids to wendy's. what do you think about that? first of all, do you see what i'm talking about there? >> i do see it. melissa: see how the black, what is supposed to be her collar -- >> right, and the button makes the o. melissa: now it looks like it spells the word "mom," almost like she's wearing one of those necklaces like carrie bradshaw. do you think this is is subliminal marketing, a coincidence? what do you think, bruce? >> my absolutely positive answer is i don't think so. melissa: really? >> the book came out in --

. >>> you know, the woman who brought harry potter to life is the secret author of a new book that's about to get a lot more popular. j. j.k.rowling admits she wrote a new book under a new name. >> reporter: of all the spells author j.k. rowling has cast in her popular "harry potter" series, this may be the one piece of wizardry she couldn't pull off. it turns out it's the work of rowling. >> oh, wow. okay. that's awesome. >> exciting for all the fans now that there's a new book. >> reporter: the book called "the coo coo's calling" was released in april and hailed a scintillating debut, astonishingly mature, and this on amazon, a book so well written i suspect some years down the read we'll hear the author's name is a pseudonym of some famous writer. it didn't take long. london's "the sunday times" got suspicious, did some digging, and found out rowl iing and the book's author shared an agent and publisher and outed the author. rowling told cnn, i hoped to keep this secret a little longer because it's been such a liberating experience. it has been wonderful to publish without hype or

. >> also, a look at how much one book sales have surged a day after the harry potter author j.k. rowling said she used an alias to write the book. that does for us at 5:00. for leigh glaser, colin rush, thanks for joining. >>> this is "world news." tonight, team coverage. george zimmerman found not guilty. acquitted in the death of trayvon martin, now a free man. >> we the jury find george zimmerman not guilty. >>> tonight from the white house, new reactions from preponderate to the verdict. >>> plus an abc news exclusive one on one with zimmerman's defense team. will he get his gun back? >>> trayvon martin's parents, reaction from his mother and father. the demonstrations coast to coast. and what we've just learned from the justice department. will there now be a civil rights case? >>> the sudden farewell. a young and beloved actor has been found dead. ♪ oh, why you look so sad what we're learning about the death of "glee" star cory monteith. >>> the extreme weather -- the heavy rain and flooding,

. >>> happy birthday to harry potter author j.k. rowling, wesley snipes, mark cuban, 55. >>> here's what's coming up lat later, a-rod's fall from grace. now keep it right here for more news, weather, and sports. thanks for watching "early today." you have a great day ahead. >>> shame, shame, shame. >> new, oakland council members working well into the morning, making decisions on on two controversial issues. we'll have the overnight developments, next. >>> election results are in. who will be replacing disgraced south bay supervisor. >>> plus, now open. the major change on the south bay freeway if time for the morning commute. >>> how's this for up to the minute the minute you're up? live look outside. that is the bay bridge. doesn't look like fog. mike has your roads on wednesday, july 31st. this is "today in the bay."

in happy birthday to harry potter star daniel radcliffe, 24 years old. monica lewinsky turns 40 and philip seymour hoffman is 46. >>> here's what's coming up on the "today" show, see where u.s. treasure hunters hit the jackpot with a multimillion-dollar discovery off the coast of ireland. >>> and a woman hearing impaired since birth turns on her cochlear implant for the first time. keep it here for more news, weather and sports. i'm richard lui along with bill karins. have a good day. >>> i heard the car coming, and it was coming fast. >> the hunt for a hit-and-run driver who put two south bay cyclists in the hospital, one with a fractured skull. >>> plus, taking action. the new step students and their parents are considering this morning after they were told their ap test scores would not count. >>> a close encounter. divers nearly swallowed by a pair of whales off the coast of california. more of this amazing video coming up. >> that deserves a wow. right now we take a live look outside. that is your sparkling bay bridge to get things going. a beautifu

he read the harry potter series and held office hours where he lectured agency officers on various topics. i am not joking. former cia officials say this was an attempt to keep him from go quote, nuts after harsh interrogations. >>> a developing story in london. six environmental protesters are attempting to climb the shard and refusing to come down. at 72 stories and 1,016 feet, it's the tallest building in western europe. >>> one lucky girl is getting her dream car a little early. at 14 months. sarella stout was playing with her father's smartphone when she pressed all the right buttons and bought a 1962 austin healy sprite. the seller offered to cancel the sale, but paul says he looks forward to working on the fixer-upper with his daughter some day. i guess he's going to give it to her for her 16th birthday. >> oh, she's going to learn to work on cars. she is definitely going to be hands-on on that project. it's not going to be a surprise. it's a gift that you bought when you were little. >>> time for a look ahead and a look back. in texas, the controversial abortion bill moves to the

rowling, creator of the "harry potter" industrial complex. after being outed rowling said it has been a pure pleasure to get feedback from fans and critics unaware of her identity, and the book's amazon sales have increased by over 500,000 percent. and emily kraus and her boyfriend were russiaing to see the dave matthews bond in concert over the weekend when they spotted a stranded cyclist with a flat tire. they stopped. and good thing. because the guy with the flat was dave matthews. no word whether he sang "where are you going" on the way to the show. but he did repay his good samaritan fans with front row seats. >> i woke up this morning, i said, okay, yeah, that really happened yesterday. >> and the moral of the story? always pick up hitchhikers. as long as they are dave matthews. and thank you for watching abc news. "world news now" coming up soon. overnight break stuff. tune in to "gma" in the morning. and as always, we're online at abcnews.com. have a great night. >>> "omg! insider," the top trending stories you need to know. >> the sh

rowling, author of the harry potter series, was emascula emasculating. now, the cat is out of the bag. nick schifrin has the story. >> reporter: inside this london story, the shelves bend under the books of j.k. rowling. but robert galbraith? i couldn't find the debut novel released in april. >> it hasn't really caught on the radar of large-scale sales or interest. >> in three months "kcukcoo's calling." it was by the woman who spawned an $8 billion franchise. j.k. rowling wanted to write anonymously so she could know what reviewers really thought. >> it's very appealing, the idea of writing under a pseudonym. realistically, my chance of getting away with that are incredibly remote. >> reporter: she got away with it until this london journalist followed the clues. >> same agent. same publisher. same editor. some of the same phrases. similar style of writing. >> reporter: can you show me where the harry potter books are? we found rowling founds that say galbraith fans. you want to read any j.k. rouling? >> yes. >> even one about a mystery? >> reporter: an

arm of a company located in england best known for publishing harry potter, originating all very power books, the u.s. operation was started in 1998 and grown steadily since then. that is 15 years and we are a general-interest publisher here, midsize general-interest publisher, fiction, nonfiction variety of different kinds of books. >> host: what are the challenges facing a mid-sized publisher these days? >> guest: between small and large. of your small you can be very reactive and personal and if you are a large you have a lot of resources and a reasonable level of resources with a lot of personal touch and try to publish books in as personal way as we can involving authors and authorized in the publishing of books so they get the best publishing experience. >> host: how important book tours? >> they can be very important, more challenging to put on now than they used to be in part because so many authors are out on tour. some bookstores to 700 events a year so that is two or three day and it is not getting all that big an audience that every event so we tend to send offers to instit

rowling, creator of the "harry potter" industrial complex. after being outed rowling said it has been a pure pleasure to get feedback from fans and critics unaware of her identity, and the book's amazon sales have increased by over 500,000 percent. and emily kraus and her boyfriend were russiaing to see the dave matthews bond in concert over the weekend when they spotted a stranded

>> harry potter j.k. rowling's little trickster. released a book in april under a different name. the name of the book is "the cuckoos's calling." once it came out over the weekend, she release it. it's number one on amazon. there's a signed copy on ebay for 500 bucks. >> that's smart. did they like you were your books? >> exactly what she said. >> what a difference a name makes. >> most definitely. >> must be a good book. >>> what a difference six inches makes. a dog on a ledge. you have to see this video. this cute pup got outside on the window ledge on a second-story building in brooklyn. there it is. you can't see behind him, but there's a window guard that new york requires for families with children in their home. he couldn't get back in. they used the cherry picker and the firefighter got him down with a few treats in his hands to earn his confidence there. and they brought him down to safety. but for a little while, there was uneasy footing for the dog. >> from that pup to this one. i have to introduce you to norman. this is norman. he is a french sheep dog. >> he's huge.

when the author is unmasked as the woman behind harry potter that's how. the book is called "the cuckoo's calling" a detective novel written supposedly by an ex-military man trying his hand at writing. britain's "sunday times" gave the book a good review when it came out in april but some didn't think it read quite like the work of a first time author. after an anonymous tip the paper figured out the real author was j.k. rowling who said she had hoped to keep the secret a bit longer because it was pure pleasure to get feedback under a different name. the revelation caught many uk bookstores off guard with only a handful of copies to sell which are now as you probably guessed already sold out. >>> when we come back, waiting for the other big news tonight in london. >>> finally tonight, today was the day, the day a lot of royal watchers were predicting a royal delivery in london, but apparently someone forgot to tell the baby. prince william spent today at a charity polo match. kate spent the day at her mom's and nbc's mandy clark spent the day taking in all

rowling, creator of the "harry potter" industrial complex. after being outed rowling said it has been a pure pleasure to

rowling, creator of the "harry potter" industrial complex. after being outed rowling said it has been a pure pleasure to get feedback from fans and critics unaware of her identity, and the book's amazon sales have increased by over 500,000 percent. and emily kraus and her boyfriend were russiaing to see the dave matthews bond in concert over the weekend when they spotted a stranded cyclist with a flat tire. they stopped. and good thing. because the guy with the flat was dave matthews. no word whether he sang "where are you going" on the way to the show. but he did repay his good samaritan fans with front row seats. >> i woke up this morning, i said, okay, yeah, that really happened yesterday. >> and the moral of the story? always pick up hitchhikers. as long as they are dave matthews. and thank you for watching abc news. "world news now" coming up soon. overnight break stuff. tune in to "gma" in the morning. and as always, we're online at abcnews.com. have a great night. >> breaking news in oakland where the standoff between police and protes

rowling is harry potter series in case you have been living under a rock, but the sales were not doing so so well, and then they shoot up upon this revelation. was that calculated or accidental and what is behind it all? >> well, i think that rowling has said and i believe her that she wanted to write a book and write what she wanted to write and see what happened and see how it was received. and you know, she is a writer. writers like the write. so she wrote this book, and it was extremely well e received in terms of the reviews of the wonderful pre-pub reviews in the trasd and it got some very good reviews in treg you lar trades, and it did not sale like harry p potter, but once it was reviewed, people caught up with the sales and the reviews and it is very good. i am reading it now. >> and my executive producer said it is number one. >> yes, it almost immediately after it was announced on all lists and amazon's list for sure. >> and so this validates her in doing something other than harry potter, and she has to have seen the reviews and felt good about them, and do you think that t

worldwide sales of "harry potter." this came out and sold 1500 copies in england. very, very well reviewed. in fact people were saying it does not look to be the work of a first time author so people started to sniff around it and somehow it began to unravel and over the weekend they acknowledged it was her. >> do it because it was too easy. >> you know what -- >> not too easy. >> make it a little tougher. >> she did it probably because all the attention paid to her first non-potter book. she wanted to see can i do -- do i have the chops away from the kind of -- >> she can do that. we've got to go. major league baseball heroes campaign. >> part of major league baseball. all the different teams got to select heroes this their area. all 30 winszers at the ball game tomorrow night honoring them on the field. great way for the naft pastime and magazine to go out and find real hero, real veterans who mean something in their communities. >> the all-star game here tomorrow night. >> hey, nice article with george and ali. >> what do you think? >> you can come back. >> it w

when the author is unmasked as the woman behind harry potter that's how. the book is called the "cuckoo's calling" a detective novel written supposedly by an ex-military man trying his hand at writing. britain's "sunday times" gave the book a good review when it came out in april but some didn't feel it was the work of a first time author. after an anonymous tip the paper found out the author was j.k. rowling. she hoped to keep it longer. handful of copies were left to sell which are now already sold out. >>> when we come back, waiting for the other big news tonight in london. (announcer) take their taste buds for a little spin with more than 50 delicious flavors. friskies. feed the senses. hey, buddy? oh, hey, flo. you want to see something cool? snapshot, from progressive. my insurance company told me not to talk to people like you. you always do what they tell you? no... try it, and see what your good driving can save you. you don't even have to switch. unless you're scared. i'm not scared, it's... you know we can still see you. no, you can't. pretty su

. >>> harry potter author j.k. rowling conjured up a secret identity. she used a private pen name. robert galbraith was supposed to be a married father of two. rowling's magic touch has turned "the coukoo's calling" into a bestseller. >>> and a fan at a cleveland indians game did something nobody's ever done. he's snagged not one, not two, but four foul balls. it happened on sunday. he caught three of them. the fourth he picked up off the ground. greg van neil is a seasoned tikd holder and he said he wasn't sitting in his usual seat. he also said he never caught a foul ball before. not too bad. >>> and coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," aaron sorkin, the creator of "the newsroom" will be in the cbs news studio. i'm alexis christoforous, and this is the "cbs morning news." alexis christoforous, and this is the "cbs morning news." [ male announcer ] frequent heartburn? the choice is yours. chalky... not chalky. temporary... 24 hour. lots of tablets... one pill. you decide. i'll believe it when i--- [ both ] oooooh... [ female announcer ] as you get older, protein

the "harry potter" writer was outed after "the sunday times" of london became suspicious because the book was so darned well written. >>> well, here's a serious story for you. american sprinter tyson gay has acknowledged testing positive for a banned substance. the 30-year-old who had promoted himself as a clean athlete is the u.s. record holder for the 100 meter. gay claims he put his trust in someone and was let down, but he also said that he takes responsibility for what he puts in his bodiment now he's pulled out of next month's world championships in moscow. >>> from the sports highlights to a definite lowlight. this one is our "play of the day." it happened yesterday before the rays game against houston. >> singer carly rae jepsen attempting that ceremonial first pitch and it was awful. it was more of a spike than a strike. >> last night jepsen apparently tweeted "i made espn with a fail of a pitch, lol." must be so proud. she tried. she failed. she covered her face in shame. she stood there like a girl. >> did everything in the right order. >> coming up next, we've got "the pu

. >>> the woman famous for writing the harry potter novels has apparently worked her own magic. she wrote a detective novel but nobody knew it was her. she penned the cuckoo's calling about a war veteran turned private investigator under the name robert galbraith. it was a hit with critics when it came out in april and word has just gotten out that was rowling who wrote it. she wished the secret could have lasted longer because using a pseudonym had been a liberating experience. >> last check, amazon shows it sold $10 million. >> all that money could be liberating. [ laughter ] >>> looking very thick with the fog this morning kind of a cool start to the workweek. these temperatures below average for this time of year. even some drizzle at the coast. wet there. 50s across the board. mostly cloudy skies this morning only partial clearing into the afternoon. we'll still see warm 80s inland. a lot of 60s and 70s around the bay but lingering clouds and fog expected to linger at the coastline very gray there with temperatures in the 50s and low 60s. trough of low pressure digging alon

like she needs the money after harry potter? >> yeah. >> she finally caught a break. >> bill: all right. where do we start? there's a lot going on here in washington, d.c. let's start with harry reid has said this is the week we're going to bust up the filibuster. republicans are going to go along with nominations to the executive branch, or we're going to change the rules on the filibuster. they'll meet to see if they can work things out. what is your read? >> i think reid is going to do this. i think he is going to move forward on this. they had that filibuster deal -- >> in january. >> and he now knows that mcconnell got the better of that deal. he was on meet the press and is having a big speech today, he doesn't do that usually. but i think this will hurt the chance of immigration reform happening. >> bill: he was on meet the press yesterday, this morning, he is going to go over to the center for american progress the liberal think tank here in washington, d.c. giving a speech at 10:30 this morning, so you would have to --