JK Rowling's website was launched 8 weeks ago and is already a hit.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has had a record 220 million hits on her website since it was launch eight weeks ago.

The British writer - whose initials stand for Joanne Kathleen - started Www.jkrowling.com two months ago and is delighted it is
attracting 27.5 million hits a week, compared to other popular children's website which normally log around one million browsers.

The site's designer Rob Noble of Lightmaker says: "As with anything Jo has done, it's a phenomenon."