By Jacqueline Blais and Bob Minzesheimer, USA TODAY
Harry, Harry, Harry!
J.K. Rowling continues to dominate USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list. For the second week in a row, Potter books have the top four spots, with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows entrenched at No. 1. The final boy-wizard installment continues to do well after smashing records by selling 8.3 million copies in the 24 hours after its July 21 release. It's the top seller at Barnes & Noble and Borders. Anything Harry-related — "calendars, journals, wands and hats" — is selling well at B&N, says Kim Brown. The next big thing: a complete hardcover set that goes on sale in October for $195. It comes in a "trunklike box with sturdy handles and a privacy lock," says Scholastic's Kris Moran. Says Ann Binkley of Borders Group: "We're taking a lot of reservations for it" at Borders and subsidiary Waldenbooks.
6 comments:
Hmmm, it doesn't sound like that box is going to fit easily on a bookshelf...
Jordan won't have to worry about it as he doesn't read these, but what about you JPX?
I'll be skipping that! It's true that I'm sometimes a sucker for buying DVDs over again when they come with newly-added material, but I don't need to re-buy the Potter books, I have them all in hardcover. For that price they should included all the movies as well or at least any of the extra Potter books that have come out. Did you get the Entertainment Weekly with Potter on the cover? It has a ton of coverage on the books and the movies including a Hogwarts yearbook.
Nobody take this the wrong way, but I'm so glad this thing is over. I'm really sick of it.
Truthfully, I'm sick of it too.
Aw, you guys.
I love that the books are taking the top four spots on the bestseller list. I was just rereading some of book 6 and 7 last night.
I find the HP hardcovers too bulky to keep. I gave my copy of #5 to someone and never got it back. My plan is just to have the paperbacks.
I do have the EW. I loved the yearbook!
I'm with Octo on the feelings though. I might have your hard cover #5 now that I think of it!
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