I frequently find myself frustrated by people who consider everything they read on the Internet to be true, despite the fact that it’s ridiculously easy to create a respectable-looking webpage and fill it with completely unverified and/or false information. (Though, there are certainly those who skip the “respectable-looking” part entirely…for a glaring example, check out This webpage).

Anyways, all this to say I was reading a book for school today, and came upon this quote:

For the most part, the present study has ignored…the Internet material that is posted without having passed the rigorous process of peer review that characterizes true scholarship. (emphasis mine)

It made me laugh, I hope you enjoy it, and never forget that being on the internet does not make something true, and if it’s only on the Internet, makes it that more likely to be not true.

OK, Harry Potter may not be in this book, but with the December release of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, JK Rowling is set to make a few more dollars off the Harry Potter universe. This book was referred to (and played somewhat of a big role) in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, so if you want to read these actual purported fairy tales for wizards, you can pre-order today!

The Tales of Beedle the Bard should be an interesting read by my estimation, but it won’t be quite as long as the Harry Potter books. Nevertheless, this isn’t stopping Amazon from offering the volume in an Amazon-exclusive The Tales of Beedle the Bard Collector’s Edition for a mind-boggling $100! (The Standard Edition can be pre-ordered for $7.79)

At any rate, either one is a steal if you consider the fact that Rowling published a mere seven copies of this book back in 2007, and Amazon bought one of those copies at an auction last December for nearly $4 million. Well then…what are you waiting for? Go preorder yours today!