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So now the end is really in sight, because the final Harry Potter book has a name:

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Thanks for the tip, dad! Story below…

J.K. Rowling’s Next Book Titled
‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’
By JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG
December 21, 2006 10:05 a.m.

Scholastic Corp., the U.S. publisher of the Harry Potter series, said today that J.K. Rowling’s next book will be titled “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.”

The novel will be the seventh and final volume in the series. It is not known when Ms. Rowling will deliver her manuscript.

Ms. Rowling’s last novel, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” was her most successful book in the U.S., according to Kyle Good, a spokeswoman for Scholastic. There are currently 13.5 million hardcovers and two million paperback copies of that title in print in the U.S.

Ms. Rowling is one of the few authors in the world whose novels are factored into its publisher’s total corporate sales and earnings by Wall Street analysts. This week Scholastic reported a 12% gain in fiscal second-quarter profit. Net income in the quarter ended Nov. 30 was $75.1 million, or $1.75 a share, up from $66.9 million, or $1.58 a share. Revenue rose 5.6% to $735.5 million. The publisher projected full-year earnings per share of $1.55 to $1.85, but that could change if Ms. Rowling delivers her book within the fiscal year.

Altogether there are an estimated 120 million hardcover and paperback copies of Ms. Rowling’s six Harry Potter novels in print in the U.S.

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