For devoted fans, check out Scholastic's Harry Potter page, including details of parties organized by city and state. Release date of the 10.8 million print run of
HP & the Half-blood Prince = one minute past midnight, July 16th.Nice little Chicago Tribune piece on delivery times. Over 5,000 Midnight Parties planned, complete with over 5.5 million giveaway temporary tattoos and 40,000 x five-foot countdown clock stands.The Jumbotron in New York's Times Square is being used as the official countdown clock.
The fastest-selling book in history was book 5, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, released on June 21, 2003 with a first printing of 6.8 million, and selling 5 million copies in the first 24 hours.
All five Harry Potter books have been number one bestsellers in the United States, Britain, and around the world.
