Speculation has been rife that Rowling, who became the world's first billion-dollar author on the back of the success of the Harry Potter books and blockbuster spin-off movies, may kill Harry off at the end of book seven. Globally, Amazon received 1.5 million advance orders of the sixth Potter book, and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" looks set to beat that record. "It may be a long time before we see another book that commands as much anticipation, attention and demand as this final book," said Christopher North, head of books at online retailer .uk. On the release of the sixth book in July 2005, thousands of young Potter fans queued for hours outside stores in Australia, India, Britain and the United States and reviews hit the Internet within hours of the first copies being bought.īloomsbury Publishing, which handles the Potter books in Britain, said on Thursday that the series had sold 325 million copies worldwide. "Harry Potter has built book by book into a global phenomenon," he told Reuters. "For the bookselling industry, this is the most exciting day so far this year," said Winstone. Wayne Winstone, children's manager at British bookseller Waterstone's, predicted the book would become the fastest selling of all time, a record currently held by the sixth installment, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." In what promises to be one of the biggest publishing events in recent years, book stores and online retailers are bracing for another outbreak of Pottermania as fans across the world snap up copies of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." LONDON (Reuters) - The fate of fictional boy wizard Harry Potter will finally be revealed on July 21, the publication day for the seventh and last installment of J.K. "Final Harry Potter book released on July 21" 2007 the release date for this final harry potter book ( last book, breaks my heart) was announced today at which is the official website of jkrowling and was also awarded the best interactive website of the year when the website was launched if you wanna look at it you can. So for those of you who do not know yet, the name of the 7th book was released around Christmas and is called 'Harry potter and the deathly hallows' (go figure).
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