#HARRY POTTER BOOKZ SERIES#
The second installment in the Harry Potter series was published on Jin the United Kingdom and Jin the United States. More than 107 million copies of the novel have been sold worldwide. including Publisher’s Weekly’s Best Book of 1998 award.Īs of 2012, Philosopher’s Stone has been translated into 74 languages, including Latin and Ancient Greek. The novel garnered numerous honors in the U.S. It remained there, generally in one of the top three slots for 82 consecutive weeks, until the Times created a separate list for children’s book list in 2000. In December, the book appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for the first time. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone debuted in the United States in October of 1998. Scholastic replaced the word “philosopher” to “sorcerer” in the title, fearing that American children might be put off by the former. Levine from the Scholastic Corporation won the rights for $105,000 – more than Levine had ever paid any author, let alone a first-time novelist. publishers engaged in a bidding war for its American publishing rights.
Within two years of its publication, Philosopher’s Stone had sold more than 300,000 copies in the UK alone.īefore Philosopher’s Stone even began to appear in bookshops, several U.S. These awards, along with positive reviews and word of mouth, made the book well-known in a matter of months – ensuring it would receive larger additional printings. Later that year, the book earned the UK’s National Book Award and a gold medal in the Nestle Smarties Book Prize. Two hundred copies hit store shelves in June of 1997 with the remaining 300 sent to libraries. Bloomsbury eventually acquired the manuscript and ordered an initial print run of 500 hardback copies. Editors cited the story’s length and politically incorrect focus on boarding school as reasons for rejection. Represented by Christopher Little, the manuscript was rejected by dozens of publishers. Rowling finished the manuscript for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in 1995. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s/Sorcerer’s Stone The books have been translated into more than 70 languages, making them some of the most translated works of literature in history. Some estimates suggest that only The Bible and The Red Book have sold more copies than the series.
Collectively, the seven Harry Potter books have sold nearly 500 million copies since the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in 1997, making Harry Potter the bestselling book series of all time.
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