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The seven harry potter novels are to be sold as ebooks for the first time in october. First edition harry potter book bought for 25p sells for. Rowling, in collaboration with bloomsbury and the british library, will be releasing two new harry potter. The final book in the series, harry potter and the deathly hallows, was published in europe and the us in july, its first american edition receiving a recordbreaking print run of 12m copies. For scholastic, the harry potter books have been a reliable cash cow, with more than 160 million copies sold in the united states and more than 450 million copies sold worldwide. Despite sales, harry potter and the cursed child isnt. Your secrets and dreams written in ink, or drawn in pencil, and hidden behind your favorite art. Beautiful book purchased from the harry potter studios for. The fifth book in the harry potter series, order of the phoenix, debuted in the united state, united kingdom and canada at midnight on june 21, 2003. Scholastic said it sold more than 2 million copies of harry potter and the cursed child parts one and two in the first two days the book was on sale. Rowlings harry potter and the philosophers stone sold for.
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Harry potter and the sorcerers stone is the bestselling book in the series, and harry potter and the deathly hallows happens to be the fastestselling fiction book of all time. See the complete harry potter series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. The harry potter book series by multiple authors includes books harry potter and the philosophers stone, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, and several more. Do you have these harry potter books lying around your house. The exciting tales of harry potter, the young wiza. Jun 18, 2008 the final book in the series, harry potter and the deathly hallows, was published in europe and the us in july, its first american edition receiving a recordbreaking print run of 12m copies. The book is a present for my child that loves harry potter and has seen all the films, but now when she is older 10 years old she wants to read all the books too. This 17yearold girl transformed herself into harry potter and its mesmerizing. Rowlings announced that it will be the seventh and final novel in the harry potter series. Jan 01, 2001 everyone knows a bit about harry potter so i will focus here not on the contents of the book but on the quality of this book as a product. Rowling wrote the 6,000 words of the book by hand, and only seven copies of the book exist, although each one is unique. Jun 09, 2017 a first edition of harry potter and the philosophers stone has sold at auction for.
The harry potter series is one of the bestselling of all time, with over 450 million copies of the books sold worldwide, according to a 2011 report by the associate press. Ive been avoiding reading this series for almost two decades because ive been disappointed by many critically acclaimed youngadult series in the past and have developed a bit of a stigma against the genre, but this was an absolute joy to read. Dec 14, 2016 jk rowling handwritten harry potter book sells for more than most peoples houses a rare copy of harry potter book the tales of beedle the bard, handwritten and illustrated by jk rowling, has sold. Holy grail first edition of philosophers stone sells for. A superrare first edition harry potter book bought for 25p at a jumble sale has fetched an astonishing. Jk rowling handwritten harry potter book sells for more. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone well ill be damned. Aug 10, 2016 the new harry potter book, harry potter and the cursed child, sold more than 4 million print copies in its first week, its publishers announced today. Rowling releases harry potter into the ether on pottermore. As of august 2018, a staggering half a billion harry potter books had sold worldwide, 180 million of which were sold in the united states.
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