Harry Potter fans wait in the rain outside Waterstones book store in London July 20, 2007, ahead of the release of the latest novel "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." The bookstore on Piccadilly in central London is a traditional hub of Pottermania. An assortment of wizards, witches from as far afield as Finland and the U. S. staked out their places on the sidewalk days before the midnight Saturday opening.
A group of Harry Potter fans from Belgium and the Netherlands line up outside Waterstone's bookshop in central London to be some of the first to get hold of JK Rowling's new book "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," Wednesday, July 18, 2007. The seventh and final book in J.K. Rowling's series will be released just after midnight on Saturday, July 21.
Jeff Guillaume, founder and editor-in-chief of the Harry Potter Automated News Aggregator fan web site, poses at his home on Tuesday, July 3, 2007, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Guillaume plans to temporarily shut down his site to prevent it from being besieged by spoilers before the last book in the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Gallows," is released July 21.
Mark Piotrowski of Yellow Transportation, delivers cases the new Harry Potter book to Horizon Books in Cadillac, Mich. July 19, 2007. The books will be kept in a locked office until 12:01 a.m. Saturday.
From Sydney to Seattle, fans wre lining up outside bookstores to getthe final chapter in the Harry Potter saga. Here, a Thai man holds a replica poster of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" to promote the book at a shopping mall in Bangkok on July 19, 2007.
There appears to be no place in the world that is immune from Potter's magic. Emirati men and women pass over a poster of Harry Potter latest movie, waiting to watch the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" at the mall of the Emirates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, July 19, 2007.
A Western woman and a girl walk through a bookstore door decorated with a poster of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" in Phnom Penh, Cambodia July 20, 2007. Quick sellout is expected in Cambodia. The book has a print run of 12 million in the U.S., and Internet retailer Amazon says it has taken 2.2 million orders.
A sign hangs in a Borders store in Novi, Mich., June 28, 2007, touting the upcoming "Harry Potter" book. A stepped-up sales blitz of Potter-themed merchandise by national booksellers is under way, thanks to the perfect storm of the final Potter book and the fifth film being released 10 days apart.
Courtney Lanahan and Shawn Gordon are shown kissing during their wedding rehearsal July 18, 2007, in Portland, Ore. It's going to be an extra-special wedding night for the Oregon couple this Friday. Lanahan and Gordon of Clackamas, Ore., are heading straight from their wedding reception to a Barnes & Noble book store Friday night to get the final Harry Potter book.
A countdown clock in the window of a Barnes & Noble bookstore shows the time remaining to the release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," Monday, July 16, 2007, in New York. The seventh and final book in the "Harry Potter" series will go on sale after midnight Saturday.
Visitors walk past a poster advertising the latest "Harry Potter" book on the first day of the annual Hong Kong book fair at the Convention Center in Hong Kong, Wednesday, July 18, 2007.
An ultra-orthodox Jewish man walks past a poster of J. K. Rowling's new book "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" on a bookstore window in Jerusalem, Tuesday, July 17, 2007. The international launch of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," falls in Jerusalem at 2:01 a.m. Saturday, on the Jewish Sabbath, when the law in Israel requires most businesses to close.
A young Indian child peers from behind a curtain at a replica of Hogwarts School at a bookshop in Mumbai, July 14, 2007, part of a promotional campaign for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." The wizard has cast a spell on Indians, with thousands of fans rushing to stores across the country to reserve copies of the latest J. K. Rowling offering, the seventh and the final book of the series.
A cut-out of actor Daniel Radcliffe who plays the role of Harry Potter, is seen inside the car of a bookshop owner, days before the launch of the seventh and final Potter book "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," in New Delhi, India, Thursday, July 19, 2007.
Japan's Potter-maniacs have souvenir photos taken in front of successive bloom sticks actually used in the filming of the Harry Potter movies during a preview of the "Harry Potter's World" exhibition at a Tokyo department store July 10, 2007. The six-day event marks the July 21 release of the seventh book and the July 20 release in Japan of the fifth movie, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."
Robin Seiler-Garman, 12, reads a "Harry Potter" book as she waits in line with her brother Peter, 7, left, before entering the Harry Potter Knight bus in front of the San Francisco public library main branch on Wednesday, July 11, 2007. The magical Knight bus is featured in the series of books. J.K. Rowling's much anticipated seventh and final book "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" arrives July 21.
A customer licks a set of Harry Potter stamps on sale for the first time at the Trafalgar Square Post Office in London, Tuesday, July 17, 2007. Harry Potter stamps have already broken records to be the most anticipated Royal Mail special stamp collection ever, receiving over 300,000 pre-orders.
Julia DeRogatis, 11 left, and her sister Andi DeRogatis, 13, both of Goleta, Calif., view Harry Potter merchandise with their cousin Claire McCarthy, 12, of Walled Lake, Mich., at a Borders store in Novi, Mich., June 28, 2007. A stepped-up sales blitz of Potter-themed merchandise by national booksellers is under way, thanks to the perfect storm of the final Potter book and the fifth film being released 10 days apart.
Students participate in a game of quidditch, which in the Harry Potter series is normally played with flying broom sticks, on the lawn at North Georgia College and State University in Dahlonega on July 19, 2007. The students are in a literature class that is compiling a Harry Potter academic encyclopedia they hope to have published.
Ashley Bernard, 14, sits in her Stoughton, Mass., home reading from her braille edition of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." Her Harry Potter collection can be seen on the shelves behind her. For the seventh and final installment of the series, the National Braille Press is making the book available to the blind at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, the same time that sighted readers can buy print versions of the book.