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INDEX
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Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by J. K. Rowling
published: 1998 Scholastic,
Arthur A. Levine books, USA
illustrations by Mary
GrandPre, 1998
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This is the United States version of
the first book.
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The title was changed because Scholastic
thought that a child wouldn't buy a book with the word "philosopher" in
the title
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Scholastic bought the rights to publish
the book in the United States in 1997 for about $100,000 (source:
New York Times, 12-31-01)
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Scholastic has sold more than 55 million
copies of the first four books (source: New York Times, 12-31-01)
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