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03-31-2005, 07:24 AM
| | |  Bloomsbury: Potter facts & figures
Bloomsbury, the British Potter publishers, have updated the Harry section of their site with interesting facts and figures relating to the series.
* If all Harry Potter books ever sold were placed end to end, they would go around the equator 1.4 times.
* If all the Harry Potter books ever sold were laid flat, they would cover the area of about 1000 football pitches. Or they could be used to carpet Monaco 3.7 times.
* On its first day of sale in the UK, Harry Potter and the Order of The Phoenix sold at a rate of 21 books per second. If all those books sold in the UK in the first day were stacked up, the pile would be 12 times higher than Mount Everest.
* If one person were to read every Harry Potter book ever sold - at a rate of one per day - it would take them over 700,000 years to do so.
* The total number of Harry Potter books ever sold is more than the populations of Britain, France, Germany and Italy combined.
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03-31-2005, 08:33 AM
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Whoa, I knew people liked Harry Potter but dang. Harry Potter must be one of the biggest series in the world. Did any publishing companys turn her away when she sent in her first manuscript of Harry Potter? because if they did I feel sorry for them.
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03-31-2005, 08:41 AM
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| | Poltergeist
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^ Loads did. And yeah they must be kicking themselves.
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03-31-2005, 08:44 AM
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*feels proud to be British*
That is just what she deserves after all she's been through.
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03-31-2005, 10:12 AM
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jk rowling is an insperation to us all.. this is cool though
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03-31-2005, 10:14 AM
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| | Faerie
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That is certainly amazing. Wow! The total no. of Potter books ever sold is more than the combined population of 4 major European countries.
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03-31-2005, 10:37 AM
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| | Phoenix
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This just proves how great Harry Potter is!
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03-31-2005, 10:42 AM
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| | Mooncalf
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no wonder harry potter rocks!
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03-31-2005, 10:50 AM
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Of corse it rocks n evry1 knows it... Any1 agree with me??
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03-31-2005, 12:09 PM
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| | Imp
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And people say there's bigger things than Harry Potter, lol. Okay, maybe religion, but then HP.... politics comes after that, lol.
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03-31-2005, 12:56 PM
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Lets start using Potter books as a form of measurement, for example I am maybe 7 or so GOFs tall. lol
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03-31-2005, 12:59 PM
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hmm then I would be a little over 7 GOF's.. right Shorty Steph??
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03-31-2005, 01:02 PM
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Yes thats how tall you woulg be ganymede, but really how will we standardize this? Use paperback or hardback?
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03-31-2005, 01:04 PM
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Hardback of course.. paperback is too flimsy. And You'd be like 2 GOF's wide.. and hmm..
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03-31-2005, 01:05 PM
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| | Mooncalf
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03-31-2005, 01:46 PM
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Wow funny facts...  Now give us the 6th book!
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03-31-2005, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Marcella_Riddle ^ Loads did. And yeah they must be kicking themselves. I can see them now...
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03-31-2005, 03:21 PM
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WOW! There must be billions sold! And i own 5 plus a latin version of the first one!
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03-31-2005, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Mrs Felton Of corse it rocks n evry1 knows it... Any1 agree with me?? i agree with you harry potter rocks and so does J.K.
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03-31-2005, 05:55 PM
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How Cool, those facts really put into perspective of how many books have been sold! HP RULES! I love fun facts like these. Thanks Marcella!
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03-31-2005, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Marcella_Riddle * On its first day of sale in the UK, Harry Potter and the Order of The Phoenix sold at a rate of 21 books per second. If all those books sold in the UK in the first day were stacked up, the pile would be 12 times higher than Mount Everest. Wow. I mean, I know there were a lot of Harry Poter books sold, but this is just to hard to grasp. It's incredible. But then again, it just shows that Harry Potter rules all.
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03-31-2005, 08:34 PM
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| | Augurey
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WOW love those facts  I love the last fact/figure that is way too cool Wow, I knew people liked Harry Potter, but. . . WOW | |
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03-31-2005, 08:40 PM
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| | Hippogriff
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cool! those are neat facts!
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03-31-2005, 08:56 PM
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That was very interesting,,, I love useless facts like that ..... Just something to do to make you sound smarter at parties...hahaha
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