The Harry Potter stories and films have a huge following in many countries
I am always amazed by the tremendous global vogue of the Harry Potter stories. The Harry Potter books were written by the English author J.K. Rowling. She saw the light of day on 31 July 1965. Her full name is Joanne Rowling. But she writes under the pseudonym J.K. Rowling because primarily her publishing company considered it was a good move not to show the point that she is female. The publishing company feared it could have a negative effect on the sales figures if everybody instantly recognizes that the author was female. Thus, instead of using her first name she used two letters. As she has no middle name she picked Kathleen as basis for the K. in her alias. Kathleen is the name of her paternal grandmother.
The very first Harry Potter book – Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone – was publicized in the year 1997 in the United Kingdom. Quite remarkable is the matter that only thousand pieces of the first novel were produced at that time. The original title of the story was not Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, but Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. But when the book was released to the United States marketplace on 1 September 1998, it was released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone.
After that J.K. wrote several more Harry Potter stories. Finally the Harry Potter series consists of seven books. These are:
- Story 1: Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
- Story 2: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Story 3: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Story 4: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Story 5: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Story 6: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Story 7: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
The Harry Potter stories have been translated into at least sixty-five languages and have been released in many countries. Besides the impressing success in the United States of America and the United Kingdom, Harry Potter is also very favored in the European Union. The Harry Potter stories have been publicized in Germany under the following headers:
- Vol. 1: Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen
- Vol. 2: Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens
- Vol. 3: Harry Potter und der Gefangene von Askaban
- Vol. 4: Harry Potter und der Feuerkelch
- Vol. 5: Harry Potter und der Orden des Phoenix
- Vol. 6: Harry Potter und der Halbblutprinz
- Vol. 7: Harry Potter und die Heiligtuemer des Todes
I must admit that I did not have the time to read all those books. But there are people who know them all, which is quite remarkable and makes up the big success.
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