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Harry Potter Book/Script Fastest-Selling Book in the UK This Decade

posted by martyb on Thursday August 04 2016, @10:31AM   Printer-friendly
from the selling-like-magic! dept.

takyon writes:

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36965066

The Harry Potter and the Cursed Child script has become the fastest-selling book in the UK this decade. It has sold more than 680,000 copies in its first three days alone, beating Fifty Shades of Grey which sold 664,478 in a single week in 2012. At its current rate, it is on track to become the second biggest single-week sales for a book since records began. That title is currently held by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, according to The Bookseller. The final novel in the Potter series sold 1.8 million copies - as well as 780,000 copies of the version aimed at adults - in its launch week in July 2007.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has also become the fastest-selling script book, said publishers Little, Brown. Meanwhile, the script has also sold more than two million print copies in North America in its first two days, according to publishers Scholastic. Reviewers have complained the script is an "incomplete experience" as the story "demands to be seen", but theatre critics awarded the play five-star reviews. The stage production in London's West End is currently sold out, but a new batch of 250,000 tickets is being released on Thursday.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by isostatic on Thursday August 04 2016, @10:57AM

    by isostatic (365) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 04 2016, @10:57AM (#384005) Journal

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday August 04 2016, @11:23AM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Thursday August 04 2016, @11:23AM (#384013) Journal

    Not my best headline, hahaha.

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  • (Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Thursday August 04 2016, @01:40PM

    by bzipitidoo (4388) on Thursday August 04 2016, @01:40PM (#384052) Journal

    How about Harry Potter, Fastest Pirated Books Ever? I don't actually know, but wouldn't be the least surprised if a leaked copy hit pirate sites several days before the official launch. After all, that often happens to movies. On the other hand, I recall hearing they were taking extra precautions against leaks.

    • (Score: 2) by isostatic on Thursday August 04 2016, @02:59PM

      by isostatic (365) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 04 2016, @02:59PM (#384075) Journal

      Your tenses are all wrong as it's been in the shops for days. There was no talk about leaked copies, or even spoilers from people who had seen test-screenings of the play.