Hype and hysteria as Harry Potter series nears end
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One of the most hyped books in history goes on sale this week with the release of the seventh and final installment of the Harry Potter series.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly hallows is here!
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The author pleads to Potter fans to preserve the secrecy of the last book.
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Fans were eagerly queuing up outside bookstores across Britain Friday to get hold of their copy of &quot;Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows&quot; amid a transatlantic storm over leaked material from the novel.
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The wait is finally over for Harry Potter fans Saturday who flooded bookshops worldwide to grab the series finale and find out whether author J.K. Rowling slays or spares the boy wizard.
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The last Harry Potter book is finally been released in France, with publishers still trying to keep the plot under wraps.
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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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Harry Potter fans: Beware of the Internet! The last installment of the boy wizard's saga is supposed to be kept a deep secret until Friday, but photographs and scanned copies of each page of the unreleased book -- both real and fake -- are already circulating all over the Web.
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The last book in the world-shaking Harry Potter series headed Sunday for new sales records as millions of readers across the globe rushed to find out the fate of the bespectacled boy wizard.
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Chinese Web sites published reports and  photographs on Wednesday which they said may contain the ending  to the eagerly awaited seventh and final installment of the  Harry Potter book series.
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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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CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts  - "Harry & the Potters" and other bands in a genre dubbed "Wizard Rock" lit a musical fire under Harvard Yard on Friday night in celebration of the midnight release of the hotly awaited last book in the series.
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The final Harry Potter book will hit bookstores July 21, its U.S. publisher announced early Thursday.
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The witching hour is almost here. Thousands of would-be warlocks, sorcerers and ordinary, non-magical Muggles lined up outside bookstores from Sydney to Seattle on Friday, eager to get their hands on "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the seventh and final volume in the boy wizard's saga.
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LONDON/NEW YORK  - The seventh and final Harry Potter book flew off the shelves on Saturday as fans the world over poured into stores or waited for the first post to discover the fate of the boy wizard.
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As the die-hard fans of Harry Potter count the minutes until they can get their hands on the final installment in the series, they are engaging in a frenzy of speculation and rumor-mongering.
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ChildLine prepares for a deluge of calls from Harry Potter fans after the final book in the series goes on sale.