There is a LOT of confusion about if Book 2 of Pottermore is already available, and when it will be released. To address the first issue, book 2 is not available just yet. As to the second issue, the Pottermore team has yet to announce when it will officially be released. At the end of chapter 17, you will be presented with the following message:

According to them, it will be here “soon”, which is very vague. Now, I have a theory of when it will be released. I am not sure how accurate it is, as it’s just a theory. However, it does make some sense. The short answer: I believe it will be released at the end of March 2012, or in April 2012. Here’s why:

Over the last few weeks, Pottermore has been officially posting one set of fan art every week for each chapter in Book 1. There are a total of 17 chapters in book 1, and we recently posted the fan art for Chapter 5. At the rate of officially releasing one set of fan art every week, they will reach Chapter 17 at the end of March in early April.

If you think about it, it makes more logical sense to release book 2 after they have posted all the fan art for book 1, than to release it while they are in the middle of book 1. If anything, it will be released a few weeks after book 1’s fan art has all been posted, and not before.

Do you agree with my estimate that Pottermore book 2 will become available in late March to early April? When do you think it will be released? Feel free to tell me in the comments as we want to know!

This week, artwork for Pottermore’s Chapter 5 was released. As most of us know, chapter 5 of book 1 is “Diagon Alley”. Artwork featuring Cornelius Fudge, Doris Crockford, Griphook and Mr Ollivander are all present. Take a look at the gallery below:

From left to right, top to bottom, the drawings were composed by (respectively):

1. FlightWombat148
2. HeartElm85
3. StormHowl66
4. ElmFloo56
5. ShadowBlade64
6. SorcièreTriton114
7. SilverChaser21
8. SickleVine15
9. PotionDust205
10. PhoenixCharm180

The Pottermore team has emailed many Pottermore members about a survey involving Pottermore. The survey asks questions mainly about Harry Potter merchandise that you may own. This is important to them as they will soon be releasing eBooks for Harry Potter on Pottermore. Here is the email they sent:

Did you also receive a copy of this email? Did you complete the survey? How much Harry Potter merchandise do you own? Let us know!