'Phoenix' breaks record in Portugal

  October 19, 2003 at 8:38 PM ET
  Geri     Wizard News (via Yahoo! News)
 

The latest Harry Potter book Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, first dreamt up while J.K. Rowling was living in Portugal -- will have a record Portuguese print run of 100,000 copies when it appears this week.

The Portuguese edition will be launched at a special party Thursday night organized by the National Pantheon of Lisbon.