The last and the final of the series, ‘Harry Potter and the deathly hallows’ will see a record breaking, first printing of 12 million copies as announced by Scholastic, Inc., on Wednesday.
The book is scheduled to be out on 21st July. Scholastic also plans a huge multimillion-dollar marketing campaign called “There Will Soon Be 7′ to make people aware of the release. It will feature a Knight Bus National Tour, which will have a stopover at around 40 libraries in 10 metropolitan areas. Lisa Holton, the president of Scholastic Trade and Book Fairs said that it wasn’t just about the publication of the book, but it was much more than that. She told the Associated Press on Wednesday that it was a celebration of the Harry Potter books and of the immense joy of reading.
Source:USAtoday
