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DH sells 11.5 million copies in 10 days
Scholastic announced today the record breaking sales of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, selling 11.5 million copies in 10 days. Scholastic was printing copies of DH up until the final hours of the release, and in total printed 14 million books.To date, all seven books in the series have sold a total of 350 million copies worldwide.
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New York, NY August 2, 2007 - Scholastic, the global publishing, education and media company, announced today that sales of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the blockbuster final volume in J.K. Rowling’s phenomenally successful series, reached a record breaking 11.5 million copies in the U.S. in its first 10 days on sale. This milestone comes on the heels of the previously announced 8.3 million copies sold in the U.S. within the first 24 hours of the book’s release at 12:01am on July 21st.
Scholastic was printing copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows right up to the final hours prior to release and, with pre-orders and reservations climbing at an incredible pace, the Company was able to print enough additional copies to be in position for re-supply following the launch. The additional copies brought the total number of the U.S. edition in print for the seventh book to 14 million.
Currently, Harry Potter titles and the deluxe edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows hold eight spots on the USA Today bestseller list. In the U.S. alone, there are currently 140 million copies of the seven Harry Potter books in print.
Harry Potter books in print in the U.S. by title:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone - 29 million
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - 24 million
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 20 million
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 19 million
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - 17 million
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 17 million
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - 14 million
To date, over 350 million copies of the seven books in the Harry Potter series have been sold worldwide.
Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) is the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books and a leader in educational technology. Scholastic creates quality educational and entertaining materials and products for use in school and at home, including children’s books, magazines, technology-based products, teacher materials, television programming, film, videos and toys. The Company distributes its products and services through a variety of channels, including proprietary school-based book clubs, school-based book fairs, and school-based and direct-to-home continuity programs; retail stores, schools, libraries and television networks; and the Company’s Internet site, www.scholastic.com.
Scholastic was printing copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows right up to the final hours prior to release and, with pre-orders and reservations climbing at an incredible pace, the Company was able to print enough additional copies to be in position for re-supply following the launch. The additional copies brought the total number of the U.S. edition in print for the seventh book to 14 million.
Currently, Harry Potter titles and the deluxe edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows hold eight spots on the USA Today bestseller list. In the U.S. alone, there are currently 140 million copies of the seven Harry Potter books in print.
Harry Potter books in print in the U.S. by title:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone - 29 million
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - 24 million
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 20 million
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 19 million
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - 17 million
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 17 million
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - 14 million
To date, over 350 million copies of the seven books in the Harry Potter series have been sold worldwide.
Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) is the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books and a leader in educational technology. Scholastic creates quality educational and entertaining materials and products for use in school and at home, including children’s books, magazines, technology-based products, teacher materials, television programming, film, videos and toys. The Company distributes its products and services through a variety of channels, including proprietary school-based book clubs, school-based book fairs, and school-based and direct-to-home continuity programs; retail stores, schools, libraries and television networks; and the Company’s Internet site, www.scholastic.com.
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That's great!!! It took HBP 9 weeks to sell that many copies so it's well on it's way to outselling it in overall copies! Kid_A: that's not the number of copies that each copie has sold...it's how many copies Scholastic printed!
Cool! Those are some big numbers!
YAY!!!!! thats amzing!!!! soo doe sithis mean that harry potter is the fastest selling book in history.../ huh is it is it???? it should be if it isnt!!!!!! congrats JO!!!!!!!!!
woooohooooooo!!!!!!! thats amazing, especially since it is harry potter :]]
Wow! that is alot of books... I feel special to be part of something as huge as this...Its amazing!
Is this book popular or what? Actually the book has sold 11.5 million and counting. There are 14 million in print leaving 2.5 million left to be sold of this run. Okay, who out there is holding back? 2 of the 11.5 million are mine (yes, I had to buy my daughter's copy because we were going to fight over who got to read it first. Being a self indulgent mother, I would have lost that battle, so I bought 2 and I'm not sorry that I did.) JKR, you are sterling! And after 3 rereads I am still in awe of your writing skills. Long live Harry Potter.
Wow...I hope one day my books sell half as good!
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uhhh.....59th! Go DH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best book EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!W00t !!!!! WE GOT TO SEE THE RAVENCLAW COMMON ROOM!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!
Awesome. HP is teh legend.
thats INSANE
WOW!! go harry potter!! we all love it!! =D =D
Wow, cool, but it's now wonder, it is the best HP book, I think.
THAT IS SOO KOOL!!! Harry Potter is power!!!!
darth vader was luke skywalkers father?... (sarcasm) i would love to read the book that ever breaks this record. if any do, im sure it wont be for a long time... (unless its harry potter 8)
This further proves that Harry Potter owns the world.
I was literally in tears when I got this book in my hands. If a book can do that to someone, it must be pretty well on. No joke, guys.. a good portion of us had been waiting for July 21, 2007 for 10 solid years without knowing that exact date. We are SO lucky to actually be here for the release of each of these books, and to be able to theorize and contemplate and argue about every little thing in the books until now. Years from now, when our kids and our kid's kids are reading these, they'll just have to pick one up right after the other without the fun theories. Poor things.
wow, simply amazing. i'm proud to say i got one of the books bought within the first 24 hours. :)
i was 4th in line and when i gotit i ws crying,no surprise on the record!!!!!! thats cool!!!!!!! top 100
i remember wen i got dh and i read those first words... im like im gonna take my time for this book, so i read the first paragraph and im like wat hte hell im just gonna read it all! And i remember all the good times i hae had becuz of harry potter good times...
I waited in line at a Wal-Mart in the middle of nowhere with my poor father and got it at midnight. . . . Go J. K. Rowling! You have true talent.
harry potter is going down in history. i'm so glad i was around to witness it. its been amazing. the midnight party i went to was INSANE. i was in like for over 4 hours. people ahead of me had arrived there 2 days in advance. its crazy
its slightly funny that if you look at the numbers, they go down from SS in a slope. i guess people just dont like it like they used to. BUT I DO!!!!!!
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This is great. I miss everything about the series already. I am suffering from major post-Potter depression
woot!!! I don't doubt it, though, this book ROCKED!!
Thats a lot of copies sold.
thats is soo awesome!!! im soo happy for Jo!!! this is sooo exciteing!!!
i shall do a tap dance in honor of the occasion
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oh sirius_lee don't make things such complicated...the whole thing for the name is definitely 15. I mean can't you tell how subtle that it is put in the name. 15 describes this guy/girl/it/wolf I mean it's that simple.
hallowsaint--- i was wondering though wuts with the 15??? i gotta ggo, ill be back
350 million to date? wow, that is a lot of copies! :) congrats jkr!
And that's just in the U.S.? - If my friends (they don't understand HP) ever says that Harry Potter is only for kids, or that nobody reads it, I can proove them wrong! That is such a lot of books! - incredible!!! A big thanks to Jo for making us all love books, and for writing these fantastic books!
Excellent!!... just imagine how many will be sold in a month!!... viva Jo!!... well, we have to admit it was obvious though!... after all, we are talking about the best series ever!!... i'm so happy!:P... Kid_A, just give the book some time... the book came out when everyone was in vacations, which means not everyone was in their hometowns to get it;)... I bet this book makes record=D
Wow...that's amazing!!! hehe I'm the 100th commenter person thing. LOL CONGRATS DEATHLY HALLOWS( AND JKR OF COURSE) TOTALLY DESERVES IT!!!!
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