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Article: Amazon.com Makes E-Commerce History with Release-Day Delivery of Highly-Anticipated ``Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''.
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- June 23, 2003
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SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 2003
"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" Amazon's Largest New
Product Release Ever, with More Than 789,000 Advance Orders Placed
on Amazon.com and More Than 1.3 Million Advance Orders Placed
on Amazon Sites Worldwide
In one of the largest sales and distribution events in e-commerce history, Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN) (www.amazon.com) teamed up with FedEx (NYSE:FDX) and the U.S. Postal Service to deliver more than 789,000 copies of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" to eager fans across the country starting on Saturday, June 21 -- the first day the ...