End it closer. Exactly when the last episode of the feud between the young wizard Harry Potter to the Dark Lord aired in London last Thursday, Potter licenses worth billions of pounds in all corners of the earth is estimated to slacken in levels.
As written by the pages of The Independent, the film “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2″ is the culmination of the journey Pottermania, the nickname for fans of Harry Potter, who for 14 years shook the world since JK Rowling’s first book, “Harry Potter and the The Philosopher’s Stone “was published in 1997.
However, in England, Harry Potter’s magic is still perceived present: seven books and eight films have changed the image of publishing and film industries in the country.
These seven films that have graced the screen cinema managed to dredge revenues worth more than £ 3.6 billion from around the world. Moreover, all eight Harry Potter films produced in Britain.
But, of course Harry Potter magic began in the path of publishing. According to Nielsen BookScan, book sales generating £ 225 million. That’s not bad, considering the initial story of Potter manuscript was rejected by many publishers before being picked up by Bloomsbury in 1996.
Jon Howells, a spokesman for Waterstone’s book store, told The Independent that the success story of Harry Potter encouraged many publishers “take seriously children’s books as a category that can sell a multi-volume works.
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