New Harry Potter Book Breaks Sales Record
By Zulima Palacio
Washington, D.C.
24 July 2007
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" broke sales records in the U.S and in Britain during it first 24 hours on the market. According to the publisher, Scholastic Corporation, the seventh and final book of the series written by J.K. Rowling sold 8.3 million copies in the U.S. on Saturday (July 21st) and 2.65 million copies in Britain.
Children around the world waited in long lines to get a copy of the final book in the Harry Potter series. An executive from the publisher compared the excitement, anticipation and plain hysteria of the book's release to the Beatles' first visit to the U.S.
The new book topped last year's "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" as the fastest-selling book in history.
The Harry Potter series of books, movies and CDs has become a multi-billion dollar franchise. According to Bloomberg, a financial information network, the Harry Potter series has sold more than 325 million books worldwide since 1997, making it the biggest children's book series ever.
Nielsen BookScan says all the figures were provisional and that full and final numbers will be announced later this week. In the meantime, Potter-mania continues in bookstores around the world.
新《哈利·波特》打破銷售記錄
《哈利·波特與致命圣靈》在美國和英國市場前24小時內(nèi)均突破銷售記錄。美國的出版商Scholastic Corp.估計,第七部和后來由J.K. Rowling 編寫的一系列圖書星期天在美國銷量達(dá)到830萬冊,英國達(dá)到265萬冊。
全世界兒童排長隊等待購買哈利·波特系列叢書的最后 一部。出版社的管理人員表示圖書出版的興奮,期望和歇斯底里的高興就像披頭士合唱隊首次參觀美國一樣。
新書銷量超過了去年作為歷史上銷售最快的《哈利·波特與混血王子》。
哈利·波特系列叢書,電影,CD光盤擁有了數(shù)十億美元的特權(quán)。據(jù) Bloomberg所言,財政信息網(wǎng)絡(luò)發(fā)布哈利·波特系列叢書自1997年以來在全世界的銷售額達(dá)到3.25億美元,使之成為最大的兒童系列圖書。
Nielsen BookScan說所有數(shù)字是臨時的,更詳盡和最終的數(shù)目將會在這周公布。同時,
哈利·波特?zé)釋谌澜绺鞔髸昀^續(xù)出現(xiàn)。