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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child sales SHATTER records

Harry Potter fans have snatched up copies of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child so fast, the book has disappeared off shelves.

The printed script of the West End play was published on July 31st – and has already sold over 680,000 copies in Great Britain, according to the Bookseller magazine.

It broke the Fifty Shades of Grey record at 664,478 copies. “There’s no doubt about it; this will be our biggest book of the year.” Kate Skipper, buying director at Waterstones, said.

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Cast: J.K. Rowling poses with the lead actors of the play | Pottermore

“Our sales for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child script book have been phenomenal,” she said. “We saw our biggest first day figures since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was released in 2007.”

“…After just two days’ sales Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is already our biggest-selling hardback since Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol in 2009,” she continued.

“By the end of this first week, we expect to exceed The Lost Symbol sales and to match the lifetime sales of our bestselling script book ever, An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley.”

Sequel: The play features an adult Harry and his son Albus 

Right now, the book is the rehearsal version of the script, complete with stage directions. A definitive script version will be published next year.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was written by Jack Thorne and co-devised by J.K. Rowling – and fans and critics are eating it up.

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