HBP Released in Poland Today
The Polish translation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be released at midnight tonight in over 1,000 bookstores throughout that country. According to an article on the Polskie Radio website, both hardcover and paperback versions will be available. (*Note: The Leaky Cauldron takes no responsibilityContinued...
Spanish HBP Cover Published Online
The cover of the Spanish translation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince may now be viewed at HarryLatino.com. As we have reported, the book will be released on February 23, 2006.
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A Sneak at Italian Harry Book Cover
Reader Mariano has sent us what appears to be the Italian cover art for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; you can see the whole thing here He has also given us a loose translation of the back text, which is this quote from HBP (which is from the English editions, not a translated Italian one):
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Buona Festa! The Italian Edition of HBP arrives Jan. 6
The Italian edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince goes on sale at midnight on January 5. January 6 is the La Befana holiday in Italy where legend has it that the "Befana" or an old woman with a broom, goes and delivers presents to children. The Italian publishers of theContinued...
HBP Rocks the World
We've told you about the phenomenal sales of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Well, those numbers are climbing even higher! The Sofia News Agancy reports that nearly 300,000 copies of the six Harry Potter novels have sold in Bulgaria so far. In addition, HBP goes on sale in Israel tomorrow. Haaretz.com reportsContinued...
Thai HP Translator Talks About JKR's "Magic Words"
The Thai translation of HBP is being released at midnight tonight (300,000 copies have been reserved in advance), and Thai Day has an interview with translator Sumalee Bumroongsook. The translator, who convinced the managing director of Nanmee Books to produce the Thai translation of the HP booksContinued...
Release Date of Japanese "Half-Blood Prince"
Today, the release date for the Japanese edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been announced. The publishers say this edition will be available on May 17th, 2006. Thanks Di!
The Return of R.A.B?
As many of you know, in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, we learned of a character called R.A.B. that played a key role involving a locket and Voldemort's Horcrux. There has been a great deal of speculation and reports about the possible identity of that character. Yesterday, the Dutch version of Harry Potter andContinued...
Half-Blood Prince to be released in Romania November 26th
The Romanina edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be released on November 26th. Lucky from Harry Potter Romanian World let us know that Harry Potter si Printul
Semipur will have 600 pages, and you can see a copy of the book release announcement, here. There will beContinued...
Spanish Publication Date for El Libro 6
"Harry Potter y el Misterio del Principe" ("Harry Potter and the Mystery of the Prince"), the Spanish translation of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," will be released in Spain and Latin America on February 23, 2006. Three different Spanish versions will be printed;Continued...
Chinese HBP Release Pic
Check out a pic from the release of the Chinese HBP, right here, from Shanghai on Oct. 15, 2005.
Half-Blood Prince Released in China, Portugal
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has now been released in two more countries over the weekend; China and Portugal. In China, some 800,000 copies of the book were distributed at bookstores where eager fans snapped up the copies of Book Six. In Portugal, many fans got their long awaitedContinued...
German Potter Fan Gets Violent Over HBP
Tired of waiting for his copy of book six, a German HP fan threatened to kill people unless he got a book. The 24-year-old stole six copies of the book from a shop in the Hanover railway station, ran into another shop to get a bag, punched a customer in the face, and ran across a train platform, threateningContinued...
Over 300 Million Potter Books Sold Worldwide
It was announced today that sales of copies of the Harry Potter books have topped the 300 million mark. The books have been translated into 63 languages, including Latin and Welsh.
Half-Blood Prince released in France, Taiwan
Over the weekend, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was released in France and Taiwan. In France, thousands of eager fans snatched up copies of "Harry Potter et le Prince de Sang-Mele", which had a record breaking two millon copies printed. In Taiwan, hundreds of fans stood in lineContinued...