New Harry Potter book breaks sales record; 'Harry Potter and the Half- Blood Prince' sells 6.9 million copies in its first 24 hours

From: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) | Date: July 18, 2005| Author: ASSOCIATED PRESS | Copyright information

NEW YORK (AP) - The new Harry Potter book sold an astonishing 6.9 million copies in its first 24 hours, smashing the record held by the previous Potter release. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" averaged better than 250,000 sales per hour, more than the vast majority of books sell in a lifetime.

"This is a cause for celebration, not just for Scholastic, but for book lovers everywhere," said Lisa Holton, president of Scholastic Children's Books, author J.K. Rowling's U.S. publish...

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