Scifi Wire -- Potter V Already A Best Seller
Just two days after its June 21 release was announced on Jan. 15, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is topping best-seller lists, the Reuters news service reported. Online book store Amazon.com made J.K. Rowling's long-awaited sequel available for pre-order almost immediately after the announcement, without listing a price. Two hours later the book was the top seller on the site, Reuters said.
While Amazon.com did not release pre-order numbers, Reuters reported that the first-day figures were 100 times those of the last book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, which set a record for the largest book pre-order in history at more than 400,000 orders prior to its release three years ago.
Industry leader Barnes & Noble told the news service that pre-orders have been pouring in to its Web site, bn.com, and announced that its brick-and-mortar stores across the United States will remain open until midnight on June 20 so that fans can purchase the book at the earliest possible opportunity.