Prompted by Saturday's book four craze, the New York Times Book Review said on Friday it planned to raise the curtain on a separate bestseller list for children's books on July 23. Rowling, who has been showered with literary awards and hailed for reviving children'slove of books, said she was baffled by the extraordinary success of her creation. I just wrote what I wanted to write. There are no words for me to say how surprised I am. The second and the third books will be launched next month.
Many Thai youngsters prefer reading comics or playing video games to reading books.
Although the Thai version is relatively high-priced at Bt195, it has not stopped the Harry Potter success story continuing here. According to Chulalongkorn University Book Shop public relations officer Anocha Pattamadilok, the book has already sold 1,000 copies since it appeared in the store this week. Overall sales in Thailand are not yet known. The book company has organised promotional activities at the Phaya Thai skytrain station until tomorrow. The station was chosen for the official launch because, being the ninth station on the Bangkok Transit System line, it coincides with a reference in the book where Master Harry has to travel from railway station nine to station 10 to get to school.