According to Scholastic Books, an amazing record of 8.3 million copies of Harry Potter Book 7 entitled “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” were sold on the first 24 hours in the United States. Let’s do the math. At a list price of $34.99, the book sales generated more than $250 million of revenue,
Unfortunately some unscrupulous persons converted the book to a pdf file where it is can now be downloaded in bitorrents.
The hysteria of the final chapter of the series prompted the high sales volume. A lot of kids felt sadness when they bid farewell to their favorite story character which spanned 10 years. It was like saying goodbye to a best friend who had to move on to another place.
The Harry Potter book 7 is so popular that took away business from “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” the fifth Potter movie, because fans were too busy reading .
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