![]() ![]() ![]() "We're expecting early visitors – but I don't think they'll be dressed as Hagrid. "I would be very surprised if it wasn't the biggest book of the year, but we're not talking Harry Potter levels," said Jon Howells at Waterstones. Although no one is expecting The Casual Vacancy to notch up the first-day sales of the final Harry Potter novel, which sold 2.7m copies in the UK and 8.3m in the US in its first 24 hours in shops, both Waterstones and Foyles' branches are opening early to catch excited readers, and booksellers are expecting the novel to be the biggest book of the year. Copies were being delivered to shops today, to be ready for Thursday morning when a strict embargo lifts at 8am. ![]()
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