Book Fever

July 20, 2007 (LBO) -- Thousands of Harry Potter fans in Sri Lanka have signed up to pick a copy of J.







K. Rowling's seventh, swansong book, amidst tight security, with bookstores sworn to ensure nothing is leaked out before the launch day, a spokesman for the publisher said.



Over 10,000 copies of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" goes on sale in Colombo, Kandy and Galle from 0530 Saturday, with dozens of die-hard fans expected to queue up outside bookstores early morning to get their hands on the final fix of the best-selling series.

"We have brought down over 10,000 hard cover copies this time, more than 8,000 we got down when the last edition was out two-years back.

We expect the whole thing to be sold out," said Shan Rajagura, Chief Executive, Inscript (Pvt) Ltd, the Sri Lankan agent for Harry Potter publisher, Bloomsbury.
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Sri Lanka's order, however, is a drop in the bucket compared to online retailer Amazon, who said at least two million people worldwide have pre-ordered copies from them.

Priced at 2,750 rupees, booksellers are offering freebies to Potter fans who make prior reservations, while few bookshops plan to host after-hours parties.

Local radio stations have joined in the frenzy, asking callers to guess if the teenage boy wiz