A few desperate J.K./HP questions for the know-it-alls!

[jeziguh]

Melly wrote:

> Oh, and I have met up with many conflicting statistical numbers 
> concerning the number of books sold worldwide, and the number of 
> books actually in print (books being *just* the HP series), etc. As 
> well as the number of OotP books that are being printed... *sigh* 
> Anybody know where I might find a fact sheet 
> or something of the like that lays this all out neatly? 

I had to search out this information for the honors thesis that I am 
writing on HP (soooo glad I get to write on these books).

Here's what I found: According to the Bloomsbury site, "As of the end 
of February 2003, the Harry Potter books have sold over 195 million 
copies world wide."
http://www.bloomsburymagazine.com/harrypotter/muggles_index.html
(Last paragraph)

The Scholastic site says, "'Harry Potter and the Order of the 
Phoenix' will have a first printing of 6. 8 million copies, an all-
time United States publishing record."  So, that's just the US 
publishing number.  If you check around the Bloomsbury site, they 
might say how many UK copies will be printed.
http://www.scholastic.com/aboutscholastic/news/press02112003b.htm

Hope that helps!
jeziguh