FRENCH FLOCK TO BUY FRENCH-LANGUAGE VERSION OF LAST HARRY POTTER NOVEL
October 1st, 2007
BY PHILIPPA JONES, in Paris
NINE weeks after the seventh and final Harry Potter book hit the shelves in the UK, Francophones have snatched up 1.15 million French language copies of the book - 50% of the initial print run - in 48 hours, according to publishing house Gallimard.
The French version of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, "Harry Potter et les reliques de la mort", broke French publishing records when it went on sale at 00.01 on October 26. As in the UK, bookshops held special events across France to allow fans young and old to purchase ...
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