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Harry Potter breaks sale records in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, July 25: The long-awaited seventh and last edition of the Harry Potter series
titled "Harry Potter and the Deadly Hollows" by JK Rowling has made it to
book-shelves is breaking book sales records in Pakistan.
International
retailers of the book report that advance orders of 2.2 million worldwide have
broken the advance booking record of 1.5 million set by the sixth book. On July
21, the book's first day of sales, 11 million copies were sold in the UK and US
alone, breaking the record of 9 million held by the sixth book. On July 23
initial sales worldwide were reported at 72.1 million copies.
The major
bookstores in the capital have reported record sales on the very first day of
the book's release. The book price varies from store to store ranging from Rs
1295 to Rs 1595, while many bookstores give considerable discount for advance
booking.
The owner of Saeed Book Bank, Jinnah Super Market, said that they had sold over 1,000 copies on July 21, the day the book went up
o bookshelves "Fans queued up on the first day and the store is selling an
average of 500 copies per day, which has never happened before," said the
shopkeeper.
On the other hand, the pirated version of the book is also
available for just Rs 295 at many bookstores. "I bought the pirated version
because I could not wait for the original version, which came out just a couple
of days after the launch of the pirated version," said Asma Farooqui. With
rumors about the death of Harry Potter circulating before the release of the
book, fans took a sigh of relief after reading that Harry Potter does not die in
the last book and that the story had a happy ending.
"I am glad that
Harry Potter has not died in the story. His death would have been a great
disappointment to his fans," said Usman Ahmed Pirzada. He said although he was
perfectly satisfied with the ending, he wished that there were more Harry Potter
books. Daily times
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