Harry Potter Sells 30,000 Copies

That was a big deal back when it first happened. Of course, now the completed seven-part Harry Potter book series has sold upwards of 400 million copies worldwide, has been adapted into the most successful movie series of all time, and is currently (sorry, Mickey) Orlando's most popular theme park destination.
A pretty damn cool video from around 1998 has been circulating around Harry Potter online fandom this week, and it shows author JK Rowling discussing how many books she was planning past the two that had just been published, whether or not movie versions would be next, and how many languages the books were being translated into.
Considering how big the Harry Potter phenomenon was about to become, seeing Rowling positively flummoxed that her books were actually selling is fun to watch:
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