Potter book beats US sales record

The new Harry Potter book has sold 6.9 million copies in the US in its first 24 hours, beating the record held by the previous Potter release.

This means more than 250,000 copies per hour accoring to BBC.

US sales of the sixth Harry Potter book have generated more than $100m (£57m) in revenue across the weekend - more than the combined box office sales of hit films, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The Wedding Crashers.

via [BBC]

lucky J.K. Rowling :-) [offical site][forbes]