![]() "Did we know that it would sell over 500 million copies by the summer of 2022? No, but we did know that it was a great piece of writing," Newton said. Her story went on to become a massive hit around the world, spawning a whole series of books and a huge film franchise. Rowling had faced rejection until Bloomsbury took her work on with an advance of 2,500 pounds. Sunday marks 25 years since Rowling's first book about the magical world of witches and wizards was published. "She kind of floated down the stairs an hour later saying: 'Dad, this book is better than anything you've shown me'." We had the chapters up to Diagon Alley at that stage," Newton told Reuters. "I gave it to Alice who took it upstairs. Twenty-five years later, it is one of the biggest selling novels of all time after capturing the hearts and imaginations of children around the world. Rowling, his daughter Alice described it as "possibly one of the best books an 8/9 year old could read". ![]() LONDON, June 23 (Reuters) - When Bloomsbury Publishing (BLPU.L) founder Nigel Newton brought home a manuscript for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" by a then unknown J.K.
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