the first harry potter book came out in 1997.
when did the first harry potter book cone out?
in 1997
"harry potter and the half-blood prince" is the sixth book in the harry potter series. the first book in the series, "harry potter and the philosopher's stone", was first published by bloomsbury in 1997, with an initial print-run of 500 copies in hardback, 300 of which were distributed to libraries. by the end of 1997, the uk edition won a national book award and a gold medal in the 9- to 11-year-olds category of the nestlé smarties book prize. the second book, "harry potter and the chamber of secrets", was originally published in the uk on 2 july 1998 and in the us on 2 june 1999. "harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban" was then published a year later in the uk on 8 july 1999 and in the us on 8 september 1999. "harry potter and the goblet of fire" was published on 8 july 2000 at the same time by bloomsbury and scholastic. "harry potter and the order of the phoenix", the longest novel in the harry potter series, was released 21 june 2003. after the publishing of "harry potter and the half-blood prince", the seventh and final novel, "harry potter and the deathly hallows", was released 21 july 2007. the book sold 11 million copies within 24 hours of its release: 2.7 million copies in the uk and 8.3 million in the us.
harry potter and the half-blood prince
it is a common practice within the publishing industry to make minor changes in the text of books written in one region for publication in other regions. for example, there are a number of differences in american and uk english spelling conventions; generally publishers change the spellings to conform to the expectations of their target market. adaptation may also extend to vocabulary or grammatical choices that might impair legibility or impart some cognitive dissonance. readers usually wouldn't be aware of the adaptations, but the choice to change the title of the american edition of the first harry potter book from "harry potter and the philosopher's stone" to "harry potter and the sorcerer's stone" highlighted the practice and drew considerable attention.
harry potter in translation