It is no secret that the Harry Potter series is a multi-billion dollar empire, but the release of Harry Potter's final journey broke record sales around the world. The seventh in the series sold 8.3 million copies in the U.S. and 2.65 million in Britain on it's Saturday debut alone, according to the publisher, Scholastic Corporation. An executive from the publisher compared the excitement, anticipation, and frankly hysteria of those who attended the midnight release parties to that of the Beatles' first visit to the states. 

The Harry Potter series has sold more than 325 million books worldwide since 1997, making it the biggest children's book series ever, according to Bloomberg. Deathly Hallows topped 2005's Half Blood Prince as the fastest selling book in history. Official figures of it's first week of sales will be released soon.

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Nora Roberts' most recent novel, "High Noon", has begun its ascension of the best-sellers list. Roberts writes of a home invasion from years ago that continues to echo in the life of a Georgia police detective. Phoebe MacNamara is Savannah’s top hostage negotiator, a job destiny called her to long after a madman terrorized her family. Now the devoted lieutenant saves lives with a hard-earned sensitivity to besieged individuals. She also strives to keep a home for a lastingly traumatized mother and her own little girl, and expend whatever time and emotion are left on romance with a sports bar owner. Then a brazen attack leaves Phoebe injured and frightened for her safety and that of her loved ones. Our heroine does Gary Cooper proud, though, as she steels herself to track down and confront the assailant, and so does the beau who does not forsake his darling.

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