Harry Potter works magic for Amazon

Reuters Says Amazon.com is reporting the latest installment in the Harry Potter book series has already become its best-selling product ever, with more than 500,000 copies ordered in advance of the book’s June 21 release.


With just one month remaining before its release, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” the fifth book in the series about a boy with wizard-like powers, has already surpassed “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” the fourth installment, as Amazon.com’s largest new product release ever.