Quidditch Through the Ages to Find Them" have raised £17 million. In 2001, Rowling penned two companion books to the "Harry Potter series", "Quidditch Through the Ages" and "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", for British charity and offshoot of Live Aid, Comic Relief with all of her royalties going to the charity. As of July 2008, the books combined are estimated to have earned over $30 million for Comic Relief. The two books have since been made available in hardcover. Within the fictional world of "Harry Potter", "Quidditch Through the Ages" is written by Kennilworthy Whisp, a renowned Quidditch expert. In both
The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter it was "cool that their hero, Harry, was encountering some of the creatures of mythology." Colbert felt that knowing the origins of Rowling's character and creatures increased "the books' magic tenfold" and made the "Harry Potter" universe seem more lifelike. Feeling that he wanted to share this with others, Colbert spent a year researching the references in the novels and collected his discoveries for a guidebook to the magical world of Harry Potter. Colbert wrote "The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter" while teaching a seminar on self-publishing to graduate students at the University of North Carolina. He had it self-published