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Tuesday Jul 24, 2007

Even More HP7 Stats

  • Barnes & Noble sold 1.8 million copies of HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS on Saturday and Sunday in its stores and online, 38% more than it sold of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince during its first two days on sale.

  • Nielsen Bookscan has tabulated first-day UK sales for Harry Potter of 2,652,656 copies

  • Bloomsbury announced that 398,271 copies of the UK edition sold in Germany in the first 24 hours.

  • Random House Audio reports projected opening two-day sales of over 225,000 units in its compact disc and cassette editions--up 40 percent from the previous title.

  • In Canada, Raincoast Books announced sales in the first two days of 812,000 copies.


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