Chapter 211 The first release of Harry Potter
Banno Bookstore.
It has been established for 115 years and is the largest physical bookstore in the United States and the second largest online bookstore.
As of mid-1998, there were 352 community bookstores owned by major American universities alone, and as many as 450 as commercial bookstores in major cities, and as many as thousands, making it the largest chain of bookstores in America today.
On August 3, when its major stores opened, a large number of customers came to buy books.
"Is there any Harry Potter books?"
A young man in his 20s asked the bookstore shopping guide.
“Yes, that’s there.”
The shopping guide responded and pointed to the large recommendation column bookshelf at the most conspicuous entrance of the bookstore.
Good guy!
On the large recommendation column bookshelves, thousands of books on Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone are neatly placed.
"Wow, that's a lot." The 20-year-old young man exclaimed.
Many of the customers who entered the bookstore in turn came for Harry Potter books.
They paid for it.
"This placement is so conspicuous that you can see it as soon as you enter the hall." A middle-aged man sighed.
"That's certain."
An old woman aged 50 echoed: "Don't forget, this is a book recommended by Dylan himself."
Another girl smiled and said, "If you can put it in the bookshelf of a large recommendation, I won't say much about it. Jin Shuguang Publishing House must have spent a lot of money."
In fact, this is indeed the case.
As the largest physical bookstore in the United States, the main recommendation bookshelves of major bookstores are competed for by countless publishers every day. Of course, Jin Shuguang Publishing House was able to win this main recommendation position at a considerable price.
"Give me a Harry Potter copy."
"I heard that Dylan loves it very much, so I'll buy one to check it out."
"Well, I just looked at it for a while and thought it was really good."
Many people around them were talking about the books. Of course, as time passed, the number of people coming to buy Harry Potter was increasing.
In just one hour, 370 Harry Potter books were sold in the Barnes & Noble Bookstore in Los Angeles Highlands Shopping Plaza alone.
This sales figure is definitely not low!
You should know that in 1993, after the release of the Jurassic Park movie, its novels of the same name were released again and of course they were also arranged to be the main recommended position of Barnes and Noble Bookstore. In the Los Angeles Highland Shopping Plaza, the number of barnes and Noble Bookstore sold in one hour was only 420 books.
That's right, the current sales of the first Harry Potter movie are lower than those of Jurassic Park.
But, don't forget that this is sales when the Harry Potter movie is not released.
Oregon capital, Poland City.
At the entrance of the famous bookstore Powell Bookstore, there are dozens of people queuing up at this moment, and they are customers who come to buy Harry Potter.
Many people started to complain!
"Damn Powell Books, they didn't prepare enough Harry Potter?!"
"Yes, I never expected that as the largest bookstore in Oregon, Powell Bookshop could actually ignore Dylan's influence."
"Man, I just learned that Demi Moore, the boss of Powell Books, is Dylan's mortal enemy. How could he prepare enough Harry Potter?"
"So that's the case, but I believe no capitalist will be unable to get along with the money."
In fact, they guessed it right!
The manager of Poland branch of Powell Books City is calling his boss at this moment.
"BSS, we didn't prepare enough for Harry Potter books. All 500 books we prepared were sold out in less than two hours. There are more than 70 people queuing outside the bookstore now."
The manager was sweating all over.
His own boss and Dylan are mortal enemies, so they didn't prepare so many Harry Potter books in advance.
Of course, there are also many people who want to please their boss.
"You idiot!"
On the phone, Demi Moore, the owner of Powell Books, cursed: "It's right that Dylan and I are mortal enemies, but we have no hatred with Money. Why don't you prepare more? Now why do you call me for? Call the publisher cleanly!"
"Yes, yes, yes," the manager responded repeatedly.
"Why are you still standing there? Go and solve it quickly. If you can't solve it, you can resign and leave, idiot!" Another roar came from the phone.
Jin Shuguang Publishing Group.
At this moment, everyone in the operating department of the Publishing Group was very busy and was constantly answering calls from all over the United States.
"The three branches of Barnes and Noble Bookstore in Oakland require 2,000 Harry Potter books, right? But I'm sorry, we don't have that much inventory now, and providing 1,500 books today is already the limit."
"You need 1,200 books in the Sparrow Bookstore, no, no, no, not that many, I can only give you 800 books. Yes, we are old friends, but it's hard for me to do it now. You have to understand me, man."
“White Diamond Bookstore, 900 books.”
"Search Bookstore, 2,000 books."
"Snow White and Princess House, 1400 books, and then we'll arrive!"
In just one day, all 500,000 books printed by Harry Potter were sold out.
When Zucker saw the report, he immediately ordered: "Alexander, tell the publisher Ms. Hassan to print Harry Potter with all his might. Within a week, I will work hard to start work and take out at least 2 million copies."
"Uh bss, will there be too many?" Alexander hesitated.
It makes sense for him to hesitate. The reason why he was able to sell 500,000 books on the first day was based on Dylan's influence, not the quality of Harry Potter himself.
As for the news Alexander received, Jobs alone bought 5,000 Harry Potters at one time.
Don't ask why!
Because Jobs is Dylan's loyal little fan!
If Dylan hadn't written the preface for Harry Potter and recommended it personally, Jobs would never have bought a Harry Potter book.
"BSS, our Harry Potter has not started filming and television production yet. The sales will definitely drop tomorrow, and 200 copies are a bit too many." Alexander said in a deep voice.
The tenant smiled indifferently at his words.
The subordinates questioned Zhuke's decision, which was a privilege given to Alexander by Zhuke because Zhuke himself was insufficient in some areas and needed others to make up for it.
Of course, if Zucker decides, there is only one way to implement it.
"Go. Don't underestimate our Harry Potter, let alone 2 million copies. Do you believe it can sell tens of millions after the movie is released!" Zhurkron laughed.
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Alexander naturally didn't believe it, but he was still shocked.
Can Harry Potter sell tens of millions of copies?
True or fake?!
In fact, as of 2020, the Harry Potter series of books sold 3.9 billion authentic books worldwide, second only to Maoyu and the Bible.
Of course, it is mainly due to the film and television transformation and the operation of Time Warner!
In the history of original time and space, Harry Potter's first publication was conducted by a small British publisher, and the effect was not very good.
In 3 months, only less than 1,000 copies were sold.
However, with Time Warner entering the market, it sold 3.9 million copies in the United States around the world in less than 40 days.
The advantages of the media group are fully demonstrated!
Even though Jin Shuguang Entertainment Group is far inferior to Time Warner Group, under Zhu Ke’s efforts, I dare not say anything else. In the book distribution market in America, Zhu Ke dares to compete with Time Warner.
Chapter completed!