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Article: Amazon.com Receives More than 1.5 Million Advance Orders Worldwide for ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''; Delights Hundreds of Thousands of U.S. Customers with Delivery on Release Date and Additional Discount.
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- July 18, 2005
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SEATTLE -- As of midnight on Friday, July 15, more than 1.5 million copies of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" had been advance-ordered on Amazon's (Nasdaq:AMZN) retail Web sites worldwide, making the title the online retailer's largest new product release ever.
In the largest sales and distribution event in the company's history, Amazon.com teamed with UPS and the U.S. Postal Service to deliver hundreds of thousands of copies of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" to eager fans across the United States on Saturday, July 16 -- the first day the book was available to the public. This guaranteed Saturday delivery option was offered for the same price ...