HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE by J K Rowling was the UK’s fastest selling book of all time when published in hardback on Saturday 16th July 2005. It sold over 2 million copies in the UK in the first 24 hours alone and is still in the top ten bestseller list five months later. The Harry Potter series has now sold over 300 million copies worldwide in 63 languages.

Bloomsbury Publishing is delighted to announce that HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE will be published in paperback priced at £7.99 on Friday 23rd June 2006. The book will be published with two jackets, one for children and one for the adult market.

The ISBNS are: 0747584680 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling - children’s edition, £7.99

0747584664 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling - adult edition, £7.99

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For the children's edition here:
http://www.bloomsbury.com/HPpaperback

and the adult's here:
http://www.bloomsbury.com/HPadult

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The Bloomsbury Web Club