French cover of 'HBP'

Record print run for 'HBP' in French

  September 30, 2005 at 9:15 AM ET
  Geri     Yahoo! News (via AFP)
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French publishers Gallimard have printed a record two million copies of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince translated in French as Harry Potter et le Prince de Sang-Mele.

Bookstores in France will remain open into the early hours of Saturday for fans. Over 100,000 copies of the English version of the book have been sold since July.