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July 12, 2005

The Magic of the Number Six

Just when you thought you couldn’t wait any longer, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth installment in the bestselling Harry Potter series, launches this Saturday, July 16, at 12:01 a.m. In a joint statement, Barbara Marcus, President of Scholastic Children's Books in the United States, and Nigel Newton, Chief Executive of Bloomsbury Publishing in Britain, said, "J.K. Rowling has written a brilliant story that will dazzle her fans in a marvelous book that takes the series to yet greater heights. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince delivers all the excitement and wonder of her bestselling previous Harry Potter novels."

The highly secretive plotline of the new book is under heavy security, and guards are posted outside bookstores as shipments arrive. The only information the publishers have released about the books are the names of three chapters; Chapter Two: "Spinners End," Chapter Six: "Draco's Detour," and Chapter Fourteen: "Felix Felicis." The world is under the charm of Harry Potter, and this Saturday a spell will be cast over children and adults as they fly to their local bookstores. Already, more than one million pre-orders have been made at Barnes & Noble stores and at Barnes & Noble.com, making it the best-selling pre-order book of all time, according to Yahoo news.

If the book isn’t enough to satisfy your appetite, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the forth film in the series, launches November 18, 2005.

Posted by Lance Buckley at July 12, 2005 10:01 AM

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