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OCTOBER 30, 2007 at 5:13 PM
Posted by GERI
Source: Various
The French translated version of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, (Harry Potter et les Reliques de la Mort), was released this past weekend and today the publishers, Gallimard, stated that over 1.15 million copies of the 2.3 million copies book were sold
. Back in October 2005 the sixth book in the series, Half-Blood Prince sold 800,000 copies in the first 24 hours.
Meanwhile, over one million copies of the German translation, Harry Potter und die Heiligtümer des Todes, were sold on Saturday in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, an increase of 13.5% more books than Half-Blood Prince. Thanks to Jonas from HPNews for the translation.
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Mrs. Draco Malfoy
Points: 27761
Arika Granger Malfoy says:
Oh nice!
WEE for other languages of HP!!!!
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Posted Oct 30, 2007 at 5:40 PM EST
Keeper of Harry's Fate
Points: 8934
TheOneWhoMustBeNamed says:
No surprise here. How could someone not read the last book, if they read the first. I would have been surprised if they did not sell well.
Posted Oct 30, 2007 at 5:50 PM EST
Hogwarts Social Worker
Points: 3599
SnoopyLover says:
Rock on German and French speaking HP fans! Glad that the book is still being bought after all the fanfare and hoopla, some of it considered negative, not to mention the massive spoilers. Enjoy!
Posted Oct 30, 2007 at 6:30 PM EST
Witch
Points: 602
danebabe says:
I really want a German version, but I live in Texas. =P all well. I'll get my aunt to pick one up for me.
Posted Oct 30, 2007 at 6:31 PM EST
Friendly Deaf Angel
Points: 5169
Friendly Deaf Angel says:
Cool, now my friend in France will read it. Well she read it already, but she will get it again probrably.
Posted Oct 30, 2007 at 6:33 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1608
~Harry's true love~ says:
That's fantastic, I would have hated to wait that long just to get a copy i could read though! my brain would literally go *boom* :D
Posted Oct 30, 2007 at 7:03 PM EST
Antipodean Snow Goddess
Points: 3070
Tikihaha says:
It would be excellent, if you were studying one of these languages, to buy the translation and refer back to the English version for comparison. I might have to buy the German translation ...
Posted Oct 30, 2007 at 7:11 PM EST
Student
Points: 257
2030088 says:
I'm reading the french version at the moment. ^_^ I've also read the english version, and I must say that Jean-François Ménard (who translated all HP plus other great books) did a great job. I don't like the french covers though.
But anyway, it's great, to me it always feels like reading a new HP book. So now I've got 14 books, plus 3 HP related books, plus other HP books from other countries.
And about a gigazillion other HP related stuff. XD
Posted Oct 30, 2007 at 7:46 PM EST
Witch
Points: 580
KarateKid says:
I would expect them to sell, especially the French ones - I read in the paper that this kid got arrested for creating a French translation to it because his friends wanted to read it so bad.
Posted Oct 30, 2007 at 7:47 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2852
H/HrShipper4Ever says:
Thats awesome. I can't wait to see what the numbers will be like once the book is realeased in Poland.
Posted Oct 30, 2007 at 9:45 PM EST
Sirius's Veil Thrower
Points: 4655
SiriusBlacksGodDaughter says:
Jeez! People love Harry Potter, and I can't believe they had to wait THAT long. It's like, "Oh, well, the whole world knows that Harry didn't die and blah blah blah-" "Oh wait, not the foregin countries, they have to wait for the translation." Sucks for them!
~Drish~
Posted Oct 30, 2007 at 9:57 PM EST
Seer
Points: 15207
Brittany Radcliffe says:
its just so weird that DH came out soooo much later.
I cant even imagine having to wait this long while the rest of the world has read it...multiple times.
Posted Oct 30, 2007 at 10:01 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2334
SlytherinStarGazer says:
It is amazing to see that the books are so amazing and so thrilling that they are published in other languages...It just goes to show how important harry Potter really is to this generation, and how much of an impact it had...:)
Posted Oct 30, 2007 at 10:28 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2860
mad_eye muggle says:
WoW!That's so great!They must really love HP there.HP RULES!
Posted Oct 30, 2007 at 10:31 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2860
mad_eye muggle says:
WoW!That's so great!Everybody loves HP.HP RULES!
Posted Oct 30, 2007 at 10:35 PM EST
I Am Queen of My Castle
Points: 3674
Hecate3fold says:
This just goes to show how much the world of Harry Potter is loved around the world.
Blessings! Hecate3fold!
Posted Oct 30, 2007 at 11:54 PM EST
Witch
Points: 614
Harry_Hermoine_Fanz says:
Cool! Wonder what other languages are DH going to be translated into.
Posted Oct 30, 2007 at 11:54 PM EST
Witch
Points: 534
~AlyPotter~ says:
Awesome! Good to know that the books are still selling strong. I could not even imagine having had to wait so long to get the book. Glad to see they finally got their version and I hope they enjoy it. HP Rocks!
Posted Oct 31, 2007 at 12:17 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 1st Class
Points: 1862
Bright Eyes says:
Wow! That's sold so fast!! - I feel so sorry for people having to wait for the translations - it would really drive you mad - especially on the net :(
Posted Oct 31, 2007 at 12:35 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 1st Class
Points: 1819
zues says:
Wow, that's a lot of book. I don't think I would have liked waiting so long to read it. Good for then though.
Posted Oct 31, 2007 at 3:12 AM EST
Witch
Points: 983
crazywitch says:
I'm not surprised that more books have been sold, its just awful that they've had to wait this long for the translations though.
Posted Oct 31, 2007 at 6:10 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2363
Nataly says:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows would be out this weekend in Greek too.. but i already read it! Good job Rowlling!
Posted Oct 31, 2007 at 9:31 AM EST
Squib
Points: 185
cshorte says:
That's awesome!!!! Glad that I didn't have to wait that long to get the book. No surprise though, about how books they would sell. Everyone loves Harry Potter!!!
Posted Oct 31, 2007 at 12:36 PM EST
Honeydukes Eye Candy
Points: 3501
Pansyful says:
Wow if i only knew how to speak and read french i'd most definitely buy me a copy of that translation. i really love their language and i'm glad that people from all over the world are buying even more copies of it now that it's all translated
Posted Nov 1, 2007 at 9:17 AM EST
Order of Merlin, 3rd Class
Points: 1453
smart hermione says:
Poor people who had to wait that long to read the book- i would have gone crazy
Posted Nov 2, 2007 at 4:38 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2076
Feelin' Felix Felicis says:
I'm not surprised by the numbers, Harry Potter fandom is global. I just hope those countries that had to wait so long for their book didn't have everything ruined by spoilers from countries who already knew how the series ends.
Posted Nov 2, 2007 at 10:58 AM EST
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