What it probably doesn't mean, however, is a new Harry Potter book.
When the first Harry Potter book appeared, in 1997, it was just a year before the universal search engine Google was launched.
While "The Casual Vacancy" sold 1.5 million copies, that pales in comparison with the last Harry Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, " which sold 15 million copies in a single day when it was released in July 2007.
This Chamber of Secrets is sure to appeal to Potter fans of all ages as it is a more entertaining release than the Philosopher's Stone and provides something to occupy their minds while they wait for the publication of the next Harry Potter book, the Order of the Phoenix, in June.
By far the most anticipated film this fall is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows which hits theaters November 19th. (See the trailer at the bottom of this post.) The film is the first part of the final Potter book and the first Harry Potter film to be shown in 3-D.
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Mark's gotten pages of large print of Harry Potter's 1st book for her to hold and read.
Altogether the seven-book Harry Potter series has sold more than 450 million physical copies globally since it debuted in 1997.
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Children's Book of the Year was awarded to JK Rowling for the third of her phenomenally successful novels about apprentice wizard Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - a book named by the judges as runner-up to the overall winner.
The first part of the last book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, hits theaters November 19th.
Since the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, was published, the series has taken the world by storm.
Pottermania is set to escalate this year when the film version of the first book 'Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone' is released.
The first book in the Harry Potter saga came out more than 10 years ago.
Northern Ireland poet Seamus Heaney has pipped children's hero Harry Potter to win his second Whitbread Book of the Year award.
The store sold more than 1, 100 copies the first week faster initial sales than any book since the Harry Potter series, she said.
Ms. Rowling kept the digital book rights to her Harry Potter novels and is expected to begin selling Harry Potter e-books on her website Pottermore later this year.
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Guesses range from an online game to a digital comic book to a virtual Harry Potter encyclopedia to a new promotional effort for the final movie in the franchise, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, " which hits theaters July 15.
The first release for Wonderbook will be "Book of Spells, " a Harry Potter-themed title with content by J.
K. Rowling, was on welfare raising her little girl when her agent called to tell her that Bloomsbury would publish her book about an adolescent wizard named Harry Potter.
Fans of book-to-film franchises such as Harry Potter may see a further merging of the two forms, with enhanced e-books that include clips from the films and behind-the-scenes interviews.
The first title, "Book of Spells, " is based on the Harry Potter universe and written by J.
In fact, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - not released as an e-book - was typed out and released online illegally within 24 hours of release.
The first book in the Potter series -- "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (retitled "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in the United States) -- was an overnight bestseller.
She's the die-hard "Harry Potter" fan in the family, so she gets to read the book first.
In 1990, she had her Harry Potter inspiration, and began developing a detailed plan for a seven-book series.
The sixth Harry Potter movie, for instance, took the incredibly dramatic ending of the book and turned it into a rather boring, anti-climactic, and wholly unremarkable fight scene for the movie.
All day it's been Katie's turn to read "Harry Potter, " and she's already on chapter 18 and now has the book open on her lap.
Laura Bucklin from Solon, Iowa -- who, at 21, is the same age as Harry Potter would be now -- remembers the moment in 1998 when her friend lent her the first book.
K. Rowling wrote her first book on the back of old tea bags and was turned down by 12 publishers before Harry Potter got picked up.
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