2.5 million copies of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” have remained unsold in the US, as struggling publisher Scholastic misjudged demand, and printed too many copies. The firm now fears that they will be faced with an avalanche of copies returned by bookstores. The firm has earned $600m from the Harry Potter franchise, but misjudgements like this have prevented it from maximising the profit. There were reports earlier in the year that Disney might buy the North American rights for the Harry Potter series by purchasing Scholastic.
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