The old record for Amazon UK preorders was held by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The new record goes to Windows 7.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Harry Potter vs ... Windows 7?
This is an interesting, if irrelevant, comparison:
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So much for banishing dragons & casting spells, Dan Brown sells (and I've heard from UK friends it wasn't a great read) / best Karen W
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From today's Computer Weekly:
Windows 7 pre-orders outsell Harry Potter
Author:Cliff SaranPosted: 12:48 21 Oct 2009
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/10/21/238241/windows-7-pre-orders-outsell-harry-potter.htm
"The launch of Windows 7 has superseded everyone's expectations, storming ahead of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as the biggest-grossing pre-order product of all-time at Amazon.co.uk, and demand is still going strong," said Brian McBride, managing director of Amazon.co.uk.
--->He said that only Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol had sold more copies than Windows 7. "This is an incredible achievement for a software product."
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