Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 10:09:34 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Harry Potter numbers

Like numbers?

"The book's record first printing is 10.8 million copies; the audio
will have a record first printing of 635,000 copies; as of last week,
B&N.com had sold more than 750,000 copies; Amazon.com has sold more than
725,000 through yesterday; and Indigo expects to sell more Harry Potter
books in 24 hours than it sold copies of The Da Vinci Code in a year."
(from Shelf-Awareness

But not all is sweetness & light:

"The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression hopes
booksellers will remind customers that Harry Potter books hold an
unfortunate record: they are the most-challenged titles since 1999,
according to the American Library Association"

mjw