Harry Potter books and movies have a huge group of followers in many countries
Children and adults are always amazed by the great international popularity of the Harry Potter stories. The Harry Potter stories were written by the UK author J.K. Rowling. She saw the light of day on 31 July 1965. Her name is Joanne Rowling. But she writes under the alias J.K. Rowling because initially her publishing company considered it was a beneficial idea to hide the aspect that she is female. The publishing house feared it could have a negative effect on the sales figures if everybody promptly recognizes that the writer is a woman. Thus, instead of showing her first name she used two initials. As she has no middle name she took Kathleen as basis for the K. in her pen name. Kathleen is the name of her grandmother.
The initial Harry Potter story - Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone - was published in 1997 in the UK. Very mentionable is the fact that only one thousand units of the first story were produced at the beginning. The original title of the novel was not Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone, but Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. But when the story was published to the United States marketplace in September 1998, it was published as Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone.
After that J.K. wrote some additional Harry Potter books. Now the Harry Potter series consists of 7 novels. These are:
- Story 1: Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
- Story 2: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Story 3: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Story 4: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Story 5: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Story 6: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Story 7: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
The Harry Potter stories have been translated into at least fifty languages and have been publicized in various countries. Besides the big success in the United States and the UK, Harry Potter is also quite favored in European countries. The Harry Potter novels (German book store: astore.amazon.de/harry-potter-buchshop-21) have been released to the German public under these headers:
- Buch 1: Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen
- Buch 2: Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens
- Buch 3: Harry Potter und der Gefangene von Askaban
- Buch 4: Harry Potter und der Feuerkelch
- Buch 5: Harry Potter und der Orden des Phoenix
- Buch 6: Harry Potter und der Halbblutprinz
- Buch 7: Harry Potter und die Heiligtuemer des Todes
I must admit that I did not have the opportunity to read all those novels. But there are fans who know them all, which is very remarkable and contributes to the big success.