Publication Of The Final Installment Of Harry Potter Series

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 21: A Harry Potter fan begins to read the final novel by author J.K. Rowling, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, at the much anticipated launch on July 21, 2007 at the Carriage Works in Sydney Australia. Rowlings announced that it will be the seventh and final novel in the hugely successful Harry Potter series. The book went on sale in Australia at 9.01am on July 21, with children's and adults' hardbacks, an audio book and a deluxe gift edition being published simultaneously accross the world. The previous publication in the series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, sold over two million copies in Britain alone on its day of release. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)