HARRY POTTER – THE DEATHLY HALLOWS LAUNCH – CANADA
July 2nd, 2007
BY MONICA DOBIE, in Ottawa
'HARRY Potter and the Deathly Hallows' smashed sales records in Canada. Vancouver-based Raincoast Books, the Harry Potter's Canadian distributor and publisher reported 812,000 copies of the book were sold across Canada in the first 48-hour sale period, 25% up from the previous Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Chapters Indigo, Canada's largest book retailer sold three books per second at the store's Midnight Magic launch events across the country. Potter fans in Chapters, St John's, Newfoundland were the first to get their hands ...
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