{"id":79495,"date":"2016-08-04T01:19:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T05:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=79495"},"modified":"2016-08-04T01:19:56","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T05:19:56","slug":"potter-script-sells-2-million-copies-2-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/08\/04\/potter-script-sells-2-million-copies-2-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Potter script sells more than 2 million copies in 2 days"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_79496\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79496\" style=\"width: 1330px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/13908959_1235005866533775_4990504104935891743_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-79496\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/13908959_1235005866533775_4990504104935891743_o.jpg\" alt=\"The script to the London stage production &quot;Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two&quot; sold more than 2 million print copies in North America in its first two days of publication.  (Photo: Official Pottermore Facebook Page)\" width=\"1330\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/13908959_1235005866533775_4990504104935891743_o.jpg 1330w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/13908959_1235005866533775_4990504104935891743_o-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/13908959_1235005866533775_4990504104935891743_o-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/13908959_1235005866533775_4990504104935891743_o-1024x577.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1330px) 100vw, 1330px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-79496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The script to the London stage production &#8220;Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two&#8221; sold more than 2 million print copies in North America in its first two days of publication.<br \/>(Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pottermore\/home\" target=\"_blank\">Official Pottermore Facebook Page<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NEW YORK \u2013 Not even \u201cHamilton\u201d can keep up with these numbers.<\/p>\n<p>The script to the London stage production \u201cHarry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two\u201d sold more than 2 million print copies in North America in its first two days of publication, Scholastic announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s well below the 8.3 million copies sold in 2007 for the first day of \u201cHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,\u201d J.K. Rowling\u2019s then-presumed finale for her fantasy series. But it\u2019s still among the fastest-selling works in history and a remarkable number for the script to a play and for a project that only partially involved Rowling. A text edition of \u201cHamilton\u201d has also been a best-seller this year.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the British publisher Little, Brown Book Group announced that over 680,000 print copies sold in the first three days in the United Kingdom. Waterstones buying director Kate Skipper said in a statement that no hardcover had sold so quickly in the U.K. since Dan Brown\u2019s \u201cThe Lost Symbol\u201d in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Reviews for the \u201cCursed Child\u201d book have been mixed, but the new Potter has topped the best-seller lists of Amazon.com and Barnes &amp; Noble.com and brought in readers worldwide last weekend for midnight store parties celebrating the release.<\/p>\n<p>Several previous Rowling books also reached high on the Amazon and Barnes &amp; Noble lists in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>Sales for the e-edition for \u201cCursed Child,\u201d released through Rowling\u2019s Pottermore website, have not been announced. The script is based on a Rowling story and co-written by Jack Thorne and John Tiffany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2013 Not even \u201cHamilton\u201d can keep up with these numbers. 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