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From: Amanda <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 06:17:06 -0500 (EST)

e John Grisham novel earns a 2 million-book pressing, and Bill Clinton's "My Life" -- a best seller last year -- received a first run of 1.5 million copies.

"Even though I'm a teenager, it's still something that excites and interests me," 18-year-old Laura Schreiber -- who's been reading Potter since the first book came out seven years ago -- told USA Today. Potter Web site MuggleNet even offers a page of rumor debunkings, including "[Hogwarts Headmaster] Dumbledore is not a relative of Harry," "Harry Potter will not be the new Minister of Magic" and "There will be no character named Icicle." "I love his work," she said. "I'm planning on setting up a tent outside the bookstore to get his book." But the books ... well, the books are in no danger of going wanting. "There's nothing quite like Harry Potter in publishing," Bookseller magazine children's book expert Caroline Horn told Reuters. Harry Potter hits midnight frenzy Ten-year-old Chloe Kaczvinsky picked up her a copy at a midnight bookstore pajama party in Monroe, Louisiana, and finished "Half-Blood Prince" the following afternoon. "It was very dark. And mysterious," she said. But the darkness didn't make it hard to read, and didn't make her cry. With last weekend's midnight release of "Half-Blood Prince," Pottermania shifted from long lines and costume parties to the quiet, solitary adventure of taking in the new story. Some 9 million copies sold in the first 24 hours, and a good number of those had been completed by the following day. espective time zones facing the wrath of Rowling's publishers, if not the publishers' attorneys. If you're looking for something with teeth, several new books have earned early plaudits -- including two that bite hard.