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Harry Potter helps Bloomsbury ‘cook’ the books
The continuing success of Harry Potter - on screen and in books - helped boost Bloomsbury
COOK books and further magic from Harry Potter helped publisher Bloomsbury to yesterday report strong sales for its Christmas trading quarter.
River Cottage Veg Everyday by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Heston at Home by Heston Blumenthal were among its top-selling titles, alongside the full collection of the books featuring the boy wizard.
The company also highlighted the “enormous opportunities” in digital publishing after posting a 38 per cent jump in electronic book sales in the three months to 31 December.
It is thought that more than 1.3 million electronic reading devices were sold over the festive period, with online retailer Amazon declaring Christmas Day to be the “biggest ever day” for digital editions of books being downloaded on its Kindle reading device.
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