Details from JK Rowling's New Novel

Publisher Little Brown has recently revealed some details about The Casual Vacancy, the new novel from famed Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. The new novel will be the British author's first novel aimed towards adults, and will have dark comedic undertones. The novel will run for 480 pages, and will ship on September 27th, 2012.

The book will be published worldwide in the English language in hardback, ebook, unabridged audio download, and on CD.

The Casual Vacancy Description, straight from the publisher:

JK Rowling's Pottermore Opens on April 12, 2012

Great news for Harry Potter fans. Pottermore.com, the online hub based on JK Rowling's Harry Potter universe, will finally debut for everyone in early April 2012. The service was originally launched as a Beta in summer 2011 by Sony and Rowling, with plans for a full release in October of that same year. Unfortunately, the feedback from Beta users prompted the developers to delay the launch, after their original platform proved to be unsuitable for the overwhelming number of users.

"... it became clear that our original platform wouldn't be suitable when millions more users came on to the site. So we made a big decision: to move Pottermore to an entirely different platform set up."