<P> The book was published in the United Kingdom on 8 July 1999 by Bloomsbury and in the United States on 8 September 1999 by Scholastic Inc . Rowling found the book easy to write , finishing it just a year after she had begun writing it . The book sold 68,000 copies in just three days after its release in the United Kingdom and since has sold over three million in the country . The book won the 1999 Whitbread Children 's Book Award , the Bram Stoker Award , the 2000 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel , and was short - listed for other awards , including the Hugo . </P>
<P> The book was published in the United Kingdom on 8 July 1999 by Bloomsbury and in the United States on 8 September 1999 by Scholastic Inc . Rowling found the book easy to write , finishing it just a year after she had begun writing it . The book sold 68,000 copies in just three days after its release in the United Kingdom and since has sold over three million in the country . The book won the 1999 Whitbread Children 's Book Award , the Bram Stoker Award , the 2000 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel , and was short - listed for other awards , including the Hugo . </P>
who published harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban
who published harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban
Scholastic Inc
Scholastic Inc