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07-24-2007, 12:53 AM
Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/sns-ap-harry-potter,1,2491729.story
Harry Potter Breaks Sales Records
By Associated Press
11:46 AM CDT, July 23, 2007
LONDON -- Harry Potter has cast a spell on British book buyers, who purchased more than 2.6 million copies of the boy wizard's final adventure in 24 hours, an industry data service said Monday.
Nielsen BookScan said 2,652,656 copies of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" were sold in Britain in the 24 hours after it went on sale in England at midnight London time (7:01 p.m. EDT Friday).
The company said the figure was provisional; full and final figures were due to be released Tuesday.
"Deathly Hallows," the seventh and final volume of J.K. Rowling's all-conquering fantasy series, sold 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours on sale in the United States, according to publisher Scholastic Inc.
The book was released around the world Saturday in a carefully orchestrated operation that saw midnight bookstore openings and long lines of Potter-maniacs. Its initial print run was 12 million in the United States alone.
The series has sold more than 325 million worldwide.
Harry Potter Breaks Sales Records
By Associated Press
11:46 AM CDT, July 23, 2007
LONDON -- Harry Potter has cast a spell on British book buyers, who purchased more than 2.6 million copies of the boy wizard's final adventure in 24 hours, an industry data service said Monday.
Nielsen BookScan said 2,652,656 copies of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" were sold in Britain in the 24 hours after it went on sale in England at midnight London time (7:01 p.m. EDT Friday).
The company said the figure was provisional; full and final figures were due to be released Tuesday.
"Deathly Hallows," the seventh and final volume of J.K. Rowling's all-conquering fantasy series, sold 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours on sale in the United States, according to publisher Scholastic Inc.
The book was released around the world Saturday in a carefully orchestrated operation that saw midnight bookstore openings and long lines of Potter-maniacs. Its initial print run was 12 million in the United States alone.
The series has sold more than 325 million worldwide.