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New Harry Potter Book Is Already No. 1 Seller On InternetPOSTED: 9:11 am EST December 22, 2004Less than a day after its release date was announced, the new Harry Potter book already appears to be a huge hit. While it won't be released until July 16, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" has already performed some magic on the Internet -- leaping into first place on both the Barnes and Noble and Amazon Web sites.Amazon had 1.3 million advance orders for the last Harry Potter book when it was published last year. Author J.K. Rowling announced on her Web site Monday that she finished the book, and Tuesday, her British and American book publishers, Bloomsbury Publishing and Scholastic Children's Books, made the formal announcement of the book's availability.As for the novel's size, Rowling predicts -- but doesn't promise -- it will be a good deal shorter than her last one."Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" was 830 pages long, leaving kids and adults bleary-eyed across the world."The Half-Blood Prince" is the 6th of the Potter books. Rowling has said she will write seven in all.http://www.wesh.com/entertainment/4016432/detail.html より------------------------------すごいことです!(メルマガ連動企画で、英語で様々な話題をお届けしていきます お楽しみに!)