World gears up for Potter release
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Harry Potter fans eagerly await the midnight launch of the seventh and final book in the wizard series.
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Thousands of Harry Potter fans queued outside book stores around the world on Friday for a copy of the seventh and final volume of the boy wizard's saga that will reveal his fate after months of fevered speculation.
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LONDON/NEWYORK  - Harry Potter fans poured into book stores around the world on Saturday to get hold of the seventh and final volume in the series and discover the secret of the boy wizard's fate.
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The seventh and final book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series has become online retailer Amazon's most pre-ordered product, with almost 1.6 million copies bought globally ahead of the book's release on July 21.
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The latest installment in the Harry Potter series won't hit stores for more than six months but it has already topped at least one bookseller's most wanted list and is racking up thousands of advance orders, retailers said Wednesday.
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Harry Potter fans poured into book stores around the world on Saturday to get hold of the seventh and final volume in the series and discover the secret of the boy wizard's fate.
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Harry Potter fans poured into book  stores around the world on Saturday to get hold of the seventh  and final volume in the series and discover the secret of the  boy wizard&#39;s fate.
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The new "Harry Potter" movie drew lukewarm reviews on Tuesday heading into its global debut, but millions of "muggles" are expected to ignore the critics and turn out in droves, box office watchers said.
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By Judy Green, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 3--Harry Potter fans in the United States have a chance to meet J.K. Rowling at 12:01 a.m. July 21 in London at the launch party for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the seventh novel in the series.
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J.K Rowling, who became the world&#39;s  first billion dollar author on the back of Harry Potter&#39;s  success, has given the go-ahead for the creation of a Florida  theme park dedicated to the schoolboy wizard.
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Thousands of Harry Potter fans poured into book stores around the world on Saturday as the seventh and final volume in the series went on sale, and for many the secret of the boy wizard's fate was only hours away.
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J.K. Rowling's world of wizardry will come to life in Florida in a few years.
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LOS ANGELES  - Just like magic, JK Rowling&#39;s &quot;Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince&quot; is already topping sales charts even though it&#39;s half a year away from being published.
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Excitement mounted among Harry Potter fans worldwide Friday as the clock ticked down to the release of the last instalment of his adventures, though a tide of leaks threatened to spoil the event.
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Harry Potter fans will finally find out if the boy wizard survives his last hurrah at Hogwarts Saturday, when J.K. Rowling&#39;s seventh, swansong book comes out amid top security and anxious calls for more.
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Nearly 1.6m copies of the final Harry Potter book have been ordered online ahead of its release later this month.
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Harry Potter will be winging his way overseas as never before after the seventh and final instalment of the boy wizard's tale notched up record orders from abroad.