The Arizona Republic reports people started lining up at 7:00 last night, waiting for the midnight release of the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows".
The Thompson family eschewed the bookstore madness and went the Amazon route. Why stand in a line full of crazy people for 5+ hours when you can have the UPS man deliver it for free at 9:00am right to your front door?
My daughter Lauren got first dibs. Then it's Francy's turn. James is on the internet right now, seeing who gets killed off. I'll probably wait for the movie (though I did enjoy the first three books. Not sure why I stopped reading the series…).
Here's a link to 26,584 news stories about the book release.
3.5 million copies pre-ordered from Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
13 years ago, series author JK Rowling was an unemployed single mother. Today she's worth more than $1 billion dollars — she's the second richest female entertainer on the planet, behind only Oprah's empire, for now.
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Barrett Niehus 07.21.07 at 11:52 pm
3.5 million copies sold in one night! That’s almost 85 million dollars in revenue in one evening. Holy Cow!
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Shelly Constantz 07.22.07 at 8:03 am
Jay, we were part of the crazy madness at the bookstore. My 9 year old became obsessed with Harry Potter and read all 6 books in the last couple of years. He has been waiting for 6 months (since he finished number 6) and couldn’t wait. We made the decision since it was the last one, he was the perfect age, and it is about READING to go to the midnight madness party. He was thrilled. We bought him a Draco Malfoy costume, slicked back his hair and spend the night there. He won a prize in the costume contest, got sorted, played the trivia game ( I was impressed at his ability to remember small details from all 6 books), and stood in line. We got home after 1am. It was crazy and I hope he remembers it forever.
Shelly
Jay - The Phoenix Real Estate Guy 07.22.07 at 10:08 am
Shelly - sounds like a hoot! Nine would be the perfect age for that. I’m sure you’ve created a lifetime memory for your little Draco!
Barrett - the amount of money generated from these books (and movies, and other stuff) is staggering isn’t it?