Potter's Deathly Hallows breathes life into sales for publisher Bloomsbury
Published Date:
01 April 2008
STRONG sales of the final Harry Potter novel have helped profits at book publisher Bloomsbury surge ahead by 243 per cent.
On the first day of release, 2.6 million copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows were sold in UK bookshops. Bloomsbury said the series will be "a children's classic for years to come".
But the company said it is well positioned for life after JK Rowling's creation.
Chief executive Nigel Newton said: "We have a strong pipeline of titles."
The full article contains 92 words and appears in Edinburgh Evening News newspaper.
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Last Updated:
01 April 2008 10:53 AM
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Source:
Edinburgh Evening News
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Location:
Edinburgh
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Related Topics:
JK Rowling & Harry Potter