| Harry Potter and his friends will make
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| | advance orders for the last book were 547
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| their final bow this year as the last of
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| | percent more than the Harry Potter and
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| the series of J.K. Rowling's best-selling
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| | the Half-Blood Prince which had 1.5
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| novel is set to be released on July 21.
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| | million pre-orders. Book 6 was released
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| Kudos to Rowling for creating an
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| | in July 2005.
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| international feat, that of writing seven
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| | Meanwhile, a deluxe edition of Harry
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| famous and mega-selling Harry Potter
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| | Potter and the Deathly Hallows with a
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| books in a span of ten years. Her books
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| | regular price tag of $65 has also topped
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| bridged the generation gap as both kids
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| | the list of and Barnes & The book is at
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| and adults were magnetized to the young
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| | number two outselling a diet book and a
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| wizard boy and the mysteries that
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| | memoir endorsed by talk show host Oprah
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| surrounded his life.
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| | Winfrey. Previously, some 100,000 copies
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| The last book "Harry Potter and the
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| | of a similar edition of Book 6 were sold,
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| Deathly Hallows" is something to look
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| | according to Scholastic Inc. It included
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| forward to by fans as the story gets more
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| | a 32-page insert of art and
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| thrilling with two characters to be
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| | illustrations, a full-cloth case book,
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| killed in the end. Readers have already
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| | blind-stamped on front and back cover
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| expressed mixed emotions upon the
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| | with the spine being foil-stamped.
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| announcement of Rowling on her website.
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| | J.K. Rowling completed the last Harry
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| The author, during a reading last summer
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| | Potter book on January 11, 2007 at the
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| at New York's Radio City Music Hall,
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| | Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh particularly
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| revealed that she's not always happy
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| | at Room 652. This, according to a note
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| killing her characters including the one
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| | she scribbled using a black marker on the
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| who died at the end of Book 6 (Harry
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| | back of a marble bust in the five-star
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| Potter and the Half-Blood Prince).
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| | hotel. Hotel sources were surprised over
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| However, she already had that in mind for
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| | the discovery saying it's the first time
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| several years prior to her writing the
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| | a celebrity guest in their hotel left a
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| book. "I'd already done my grieving when
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| | note on an ornament. It seems that
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| I actually came to write it," Rowling
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| | Rowling is endeared to Edinburgh where
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| said.
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| | she also wrote the first book, Harry
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| Book 7 will be sold $5 higher than Book 6
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| | Potter and the Philosopher's Stone,
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| at $34.99. U.S. publisher Scholastic Inc.
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| | notably in cafes Nicholson's and The
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| said the price increase is due to the
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| | Elephant House. Rowling's representative
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| rise in the costs of production, paper,
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| | has confirmed that the author had been
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| trucking, gas and security. These factors
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| | writing the last part of her
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| have been very vital in ensuring that all
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| | internationally-acclaimed novel in
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| readers enjoy their well-loved book
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| | Balmoral Hotel.
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| during release time. It's not clear
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| | Since the first introduction of the Harry
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| though how many pages it will have but
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| | Potter series ten years ago, more than
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| speculations are strong it will either
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| | 325 million copies of the books in 64
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| equal or exceed the page length of the
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| | languages have been sold while four
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| previous books at more than 600 pages.
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| | box-office movies have been produced. The
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| Online retailer Inc. has also announced a
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| | fifth sequel "Harry Potter and the Order
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| discounted price for the book at $18.89,
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| | of the Phoenix" is set to be released on
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| 46 percent cheaper than the suggested
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| | July 13.
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| cover price. It added that first-day
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