Today, author J.K. Rowling was supposed to testify in the trial of her suit against a small press, RDR Books, that was planning to publish a book based on a popular fan Web site called "The Harry Potter Lexicon".
Rowling and Warner Brothers, the studio that's adapted her books to film, argue against the book's issuance because they claim it repackages Rowling's work in order to make money for the publisher, while the fan site is done for free.
Roger Rapoport, publisher of RDR Books, says he thinks the print and Web versions of the lexicon can co-exist without harming Rowling. "We don't think we're a threat to J. K. Rowling," Rapoport said in an interview, adding that the book's author received a "tiny advance" last August and that the publisher planned to print about 10,000 copies.
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