LONDON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The world's most famous boy wizard set a new record on Monday -- sales of the Harry Potter books have hit a quarter of a billion.
Rowling's agent, Christopher Little, told Reuters worldwide sales of the first five books have now reached 250 million.
They have been sold in more than 200 countries and translated into 60 languages, ranging from Gujarati to Ancient Greek. The latest, launched in India this month, was in Hindi.
Posted by Sluggie at November 17, 2003 09:41 PM