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It’s time for Harry Potter again.
The seventh and final volume in its series has 61(become) the fastest-selling book in history, the publisher said yesterday. More than 11 million copies were sold during the first 24 hours in three 62(market) alone. The US sales of Harry Potter reached 8.3 million. They 63(easy) beat the previous volume of Potter,64posted sales of only 6.9 million copies on the first day, US publisher65(announce). In Britain, Bloomsbury sold a record 2.7 million copies of the final Potter book in the first 24 hours. The same company also made it clear that 66 (near) 400,000 copies of J.K. Rowling’s story were bought in Germany over67same period. This weekend, millions of eager readers will have turned68their computers and TVs, and opened their copies of Harry Potter. They will enjoy the delicious pleasure of69(see) how J.K. Rowling ends the fantasy series. The series has so far sold 325 million copies and made her the world’s first billionaire writer.
Having the end of Harry Potter magic in sight leads book lovers to wonder: Could this extraordinary phenomenon happen again? It is undoubtedly70(expect) to happen a second time.
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