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07-19-2005, 07:57 AM
| | |  HBP in USA: 6.9 Million Copies in First 24 Hours
The American edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, published by Scholastic, sold 6.9 million copies in the first 24 hours - or an average of more than 250,000 copies per hour.
Fifth book Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix sold 5 million copies in the same 24 hour period in 2003, although some stores reportedly ran out of copies.
Thanks to TLC for the tip!
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07-19-2005, 08:16 AM
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i got 2 copies within the first 5 hours [considerin the time zones etc.] i was waitin in da store at midnight and got a copy! I was 859 in line!!  | |
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07-19-2005, 09:35 AM
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I got my copy, 3 minutes after it came out, i was 13th in line, i waited in line at 10 oclock, and by the time it hit midnight, i thank god for making me stand in line for 2 hours, cuz when i got out the store, the line was already leading outside
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07-19-2005, 10:11 AM
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| | Jarvey
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Great! HP has a flair to break records!
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07-19-2005, 10:35 AM
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| | Hungarian Horntail
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Wow... I knew it'd break last year's record but WOW. | |
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07-19-2005, 10:39 AM
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I haven`t even got it know!  | |
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07-19-2005, 10:41 AM
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That is amazing.
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07-19-2005, 10:49 AM
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I heard about this on tv. Wow, 6 million...250,000 per hour. Now that's amazing.
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07-19-2005, 10:56 AM
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| | Romanian Longhorn
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JK is GREAT!!
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07-19-2005, 12:04 PM
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| | Puffskein
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I got my copy at about quater past 12 from Tesco 'cos I watched that thing on ITV first.I went and I was like "they havent sold out have they?" Then someone came with a truck load of the HBP,Yeah! The lad on the checkout said he had sold more books than shopping. There was alot off older people buying the book like 15-40 odd maybe even older and most of them had the childrens edition. -Helen 
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07-19-2005, 12:17 PM
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| | Blast-Ended Skrewt
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No problem getitng them in Uk although lots of places yesterday had no Adult covers
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07-19-2005, 12:19 PM
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It's franky amazing that JK is able to keep this loyal fanbase of her. To a long series like that, it'd be ok if she loses fans along the way - not the case.
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07-19-2005, 12:38 PM
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| | Granian
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emmm O_o thats A LOT of books lol
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07-19-2005, 01:47 PM
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wow, that is unbelievable!
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07-19-2005, 01:48 PM
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I heard it sold out 9 milions this week-end! (most have sold less on sunday cuz most shops ar closed)! It's just mad!
I bought it at 10 am in a shop we'r I live and I was the 3rd person to buy it!
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07-19-2005, 01:48 PM
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| | Puffskein
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i read about that in my local paper.
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07-19-2005, 03:02 PM
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haha, no stuff! i knew it be at least in the millions in sold in about all day!! when i was workin on that day, i saw about 40 people holding on to it, like a special person. i thought " shot" Jk must be a legendary then! haha!  | |
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07-19-2005, 03:02 PM
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Well its not like it was'nt expected...
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07-19-2005, 03:40 PM
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WOA thats alot! and thats only in 24 hours! imagine how many in a months time......
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07-19-2005, 03:57 PM
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hmm..thats a lot of books..well what do u expect from Harry Potter.. i bet that book 7 will sell even more copies due to it being the last in the series
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07-19-2005, 04:06 PM
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Amazing. Considering that you get more die-hard fans each year. I bet the record may even rise to 10 million by the time book 7 comes around.
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07-19-2005, 04:11 PM
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That is a lot of books! I bought mine in the first 24 hours so my book is in there somewhere! Yes! 
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07-19-2005, 04:31 PM
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| | Blast-Ended Skrewt
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It boggles the mind. Incredible! Does that number include the sales through amazon and other online stores? I bought one in person and one through the mail. There seems to be enough out there this time though. I was just at Wal Mart and saw a huge stack.
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07-19-2005, 04:36 PM
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thats just so awesome. i got mine later that day (what a bad harry potter fan i am!) and like almost the whole stack was gone. but i am proud to say that in that 6.9 million books, mine was one of them! hehe, my best friend and her family bought three of them. she got hers first, so she read the first chapter to me on the phone
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