The numbers for "Breaking Dawn" are comparable to the openings of a pair of famous memoirs: former President Clinton's "My Life" and his wife's "Living History." But they don't approach the unveiling of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." The seventh and final volume of J.K. Rowling's fantasy series sold 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours in the United States alone.
Million-selling opening for vampire series finale
NEW YORK (AP) - August 4, 2008 "Breaking Dawn," the fourth of Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"
series, sold 1.3 million copies in the first 24 hours after its
release over the weekend.
The publisher -- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers -- says
it's going back for 500,000 more copies, making the total print run
3.7 million.
