Harry Potter makes history In US

Twenty-four hours after a new book about him hit the market, fictional boy magician Harry Potter from Hogwarts school of magic tricks sold an estimated five million copies for his US publisher, Scholastic Children's Books announced Sunday.

With about two-thirds of the novel's initial print-run of 8.5 million copies already snatched up by eager buyers, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" written by a rags-to-riches British author, J.K. Rowling, and priced at 29.99 dollars a copy, broke all publishing records, gushed Barbara Marcus, president of Scholastic.

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"It is extraordinary to publish this magical book which is being read by millions of children and adults across the country at this very moment," she said in a statement.

"Jo Rowling has once again written a novel that will be treasured by many generations to come."

By comparison, it took former US first lady Hillary Rhodam Clinton a week to sell just 600,000 copies of her memoir "Living History," a feat that was touted earlier this month as a publishing sensation.