Harry Potter

Bookstores are extremely popular in the US. Americans have voracious appetite for books and they visit bookstores nationwide to browse and buy their books. Here is a shot of the children's section of a bookstore in Miami. Books and merchandise about Harry Potter are prominently displayed. Harry Potter books are by J (Joanne) K Rowling, an English fiction writer, that sold over 377 million copies worldwide making her the first person to become a US-dollar billionaire by writing books in 2006 and the second richest female entertainer in the world. It's no wonder because the two most recent books: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince & Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix are priced at about US $30 each in this bookstore! Of course, you can get them cheaper on line, but the children cannot wait! The next book to come out July 21st this year is "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" in children's and adult's editions. Reading age kids can't wait to buy this book and they will wait in line the night before the day it will be released.