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Harry Potter Book Sales Top 400 Million Mark

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Posted by: Sue
June 17, 2008, 05:17 PM

There are some new numbers out today, regarding the sales of the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling. The Bookseller.com reports that world wide sales of the beloved series about the boy wizard have topped the 400 million mark. Even more impressive is that the books are now available in 67 languages for fans everywhere.

As reported previously, the UK will see the Bloomsbury paperback of the final installment in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows released next month on July 10. There is still no word on a paperback release date of the US edition of “Deathly Hallows” from Scholastic, and we will of course update with that and other paperback release dates as we get them.

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20 Comments

HPotterExpert2

Wow! That’s great for J.K. Rowling and the Harry Potter series!

Posted by HPotterExpert2 on June 17, 2008, 05:28 PM report to moderator
Ethan

Awesome! It’s about time! The HP series has sold so many books it stuns me!!! I can’t wait for the paperback editions of Deathly Hallows. Great news!

Posted by Ethan on June 17, 2008, 05:32 PM report to moderator
nifflergold

That is so totally cool!!!!!!!!! I can’t wait untill it comes out in paperback I still am reading my sisters copy because my mom says she won’t buy me a copy until the paperback version comes out. I personally like hard back better than paperback though.

Posted by nifflergold on June 17, 2008, 05:32 PM report to moderator
Phoenix1946

I wish the US paperback would come out. It’s much easier to carry for reading in waiting places like doctors offices or government waiting rooms. Plus it would complete my paperback set.

Posted by Phoenix1946 on June 17, 2008, 05:47 PM report to moderator
*Ava*

Yay! Congratulations J.K. Rowling! I own 8 out of the 400 million!

Posted by *Ava* on June 17, 2008, 05:55 PM report to moderator
Hannah

CONGRATIONS!

Posted by Hannah on June 17, 2008, 06:04 PM report to moderator
MuggleQueen

=O 400 million!!!!

Many congratulations to Jo!!

Posted by MuggleQueen on June 17, 2008, 06:06 PM report to moderator
Felipe

Awesome! HP is the ultimate book series, the best, the most record-braking, ever!! BTW, here’s a nice story about a boy scout saved from harm’s way by his “hefty” HP Book: http://www.gretnabreeze.com/site/?brd=2712&pag=461&cat_id=403&newsid=19771436&rfi=16

Go Harry Potter!!! Congratz Jo!!!!

Posted by Felipe on June 17, 2008, 06:14 PM report to moderator
Luiz

That’s pretty epic! Congratulations!

Now how long will it take to get to half a billion…?

Posted by Luiz on June 17, 2008, 06:18 PM report to moderator
little squid

yeah. paperbacks are so much easier to hold in your hand when reading in bed :-)

Posted by little squid on June 17, 2008, 06:37 PM report to moderator
DeathlyH

Huzzah! There should’nt be a paperback DH in America: EVERYONE SHOULD READ THE HARDCOVER BECAUSE IT’S THE ORIGINAL WAY!

Posted by DeathlyH on June 17, 2008, 06:58 PM report to moderator
Karen

I’m with DeathlyH….

I don’t own one paperback version of any of the HP books.

As a matter of fact, I bought another hard back copy of SS this year after my cousin (whom I loaned my copy to because she was very sick and needed something to cheer her up and because I love her dearly, I relented, and WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS I THINKING!!!) did not return my first hard back copy.

Anyway…

kudos to Jo!!!

And another 400 million more…

Posted by Karen on June 17, 2008, 08:12 PM report to moderator
apor

kudos jo! I own 14 of them 7 in english ans 7 in spanish…. does that include quidditch through the ages and fantastic beasts? in that case I own 16 of them!

Posted by apor on June 17, 2008, 08:35 PM report to moderator
Serge Gingras

Bravo! Way to go!

I own 8 copies in English and 8 in French. I sincerely hope she reaches the 500 000 copies. She deserves it.

I use her books to teach French and English to my students.

Keep on trucking Jo.

Posted by Serge Gingras on June 17, 2008, 09:14 PM report to moderator
Ian

I own the seven, plus “fantastic beasts…” and “quidditch…” in English, plus the seven books in French. I haven’t found either quidditch or beasts in French. Have they been translated too?

Posted by Ian on June 17, 2008, 09:31 PM report to moderator
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