BEIJING, Feb.7-- "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the last of seven
installments of the boy wizards adventures, will be published July 21, author J.
K. Rowling said on Thursday.
Rowling announced the publication date on her Web site.
Bloomsbury, her British publisher, said it would publish a
children's hardback edition, an adult hardback, a special gift edition and an
audio book on the same day.
Scholastic Children's Books, the U.S. publisher, said it
would offer a hardback edition at a suggested retail price of US$ 34.99, a
deluxe edition at US$ 65.00 and a reinforced library edition at US$
39.99.
Bloomsbury noted that this year is the 10th anniversary of
the publication of the first "Harry Potter" book in the successful
series.
The "Potter" books have sold 325 million copies worldwide
and been translated into 64 languages, Bloomsbury said. The last book, "Harry
Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," sold 2,009,574 copies in Britain on the first
day of its released.
(Source: Shenzhen Daily)
