HARRY POTTER SPOTTED Sat 9am Amsterdam
Thanks to ‘Sis’wami’ for sending in this pic of her first spotting of the new Harry Potter book. It’s from Schipol Airport in Amsterdam early on Saturday morning, apparently travellers were reading the book all over the terminals…
Around 6.9 million books were sold in the Us in 24 hours making JK Rowling one very rich author – u go girl!!!
Not having read t…
he books we’re a little behind on the phenomenon but the whole world is all over them and we’re fascinated by the mass hype. Any Potter fans out there do fill us in!
From the BBC
Potter book beats US sales record
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth in the series
The new Harry Potter book has sold 6.9 million copies in the US in its first 24 hours, beating the record held by the previous Potter release.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince sold more than 250,000 copies per hour after its publication on Saturday.
The previous Potter book, Order of the Phoenix, sold five million copies in 24 hours in the US when released in 2003.
The number of US Potter launch parties increased from 800 in 2003 to 5,000 on Saturday, US publisher Scholastic said.
Sales figures for the UK were expected to be released on Monday.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was released at 0001 BST on Saturday.
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