Potter frenzy rolls on
Anticipation surrounding the seventh and final Harry Potter book has lead to a record 1.9 million pre-orders and unprecedented security to keep the plot under wraps.
Advance orders for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows smashed the previous record - for the sixth instalment, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - by 400,000.
Since the first book in the series was published in 1997, the magic of the wizarding world, Hogwarts School and Harry's battle against dark wizard Lord Voldemort have proved massively popular with children and adults alike.
The publication of the final book next weekend coincides with the release of the fifth film in the series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - adding to the frenzy surrounding the boy wizard.
Such is the popularity of the books that everyone from the Pope to Prime Minister Gordon Brown has something to say on the subject.
Fans are waiting to find out if The Boy Who Lived will survive his final battle with Voldermort - with many fearing Rowling may have decided to kill him off.
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