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In July, Harry Potter fans are going to be so busy they'll need their Time-Turners to keep up. J.K. Rowling, author of the hugely successful series, announced last week that the seventh and final book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," will be released a minute after midnight on July 21. That's just eight days after the scheduled July 13 opening of the fifth movie, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."

Here are some Harry Potty particulars to whet your appetite:

4 hours
How long it took for Deathly Hallows to go from "no sales rank" on Amazon.com to No. 1.

$34.99
Cover price for Deathly Hallows.

325 million
Number of copies the first six Harry Potter books have sold worldwide.

6.9 million
Copies of Book 6, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," sold in its first 24 hours.

500,000
Copies of Book 1, "Sorcerer's Stone," sold each year.

$1 billion
Size of J.K. Rowling's fortune, making her the second-richest woman in entertainment (Oprah Winfrey is No. 1 with $1.5 billion).

6-pack
One of the body parts actor Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Harry, will display in a revival of "Equus."

Book preview
Rowling's publisher didn't say how long the seventh and final book would be, but some Harry-watchers think it will be more than 600 pages. That's because the suggested price for Book 7 is $34.99 -- $5 more than Book 6.

The news of a publication date added new urgency to discussions among fans about who will be killed off in "Deathly Hallows." At an appearance in New York last summer, Rowling revealed that she planned to do away with two characters.
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سايت wichita eagle ارقام و اطلاعات جالبی در مورد مجموعه داستانهای هری پاتر منتشر كرده است كه كمتر كسی به آنها توجه كرده است:

ـــ‌ 4 ساعت: در عرض تنها 4 ساعت كتاب هری پاتر و قديسهاي مرگ‌وار در سايت آمازونبه مقام اول فروش رسيد.

ـــ 34 دلار و 99 سنت: قيمت پشت جلد هری پاتر و قديسهاي مرگ‌وار

ـــ 325 ميليون: تعداد نسخه‌های فروش رفته شش جلد منتشر شده هری پاتر در كل جهان

ـــ 9/6 ميليون: تعداد نسخه‌های فروش رفته جلد ششم هری پاتر در كل جهان

ـــ 500 هزار: تعداد نسخه‌های فروش رفته هری پاتر و سنگ جادو در هر سال

ـــ يك ميليارد دلار: قيمت دارايی‌های جی كی رولينگ كه او را به دومين زن ثروتمند جهان تبديل كرده است. (تروتمندترين زن جهان اوپرا وينفري با 5/1 ميليارد دلار دارایی است.)

اين سايت بر طبق قيمت كتاب تخمين زده كه جلد هفت بيش از 600 صفحه خواهد بود.

منبع: hpana
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