Potter still rules
2008-08-05 13:05
New York - Harry Potter is still king, but the final book of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series did manage a million-selling debut.
Breaking Dawn, the fourth of Meyer's sensational teen vampire series, sold 1.3 million copies in the first 24 hours after its midnight release on August 2.
Publisher Little Brown Books for Young Readers announced on Monday that it has gone back for 500 000 more copies, making the total print run 3.7 million.
The numbers for Breaking Dawn are comparable to the openings of a pair of famous memoirs: former President Bill Clinton's My Life and Hillary Rodham Clinton's Living History.
But they don't approach the unveiling of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
The seventh and final volume of JK Rowling's fantasy series sold 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours in the United States alone.
- SAPA