Hail Harry -- Independents Revel in the Release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Booksellers all knew it would be big, but no one really knew just how big . By sunset on June 21, the longest day of the calendar year, over five million copies of the longest book most people will ever read were sold around the country. Kids who previously needed naps after 10 pages of The Red Badge of Courage, stayed up through the night to finish the 870-page Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.