Sale of latest Potter book launched at midnight

Czech Harry Potter fans have been crowding bookstores around the country for the sixth volume of the boy wizard series. A number of Prague bookstores which started selling the book at midnight organized fun and games for kids who came in wearing Harry Potter masks and costumes, and a competition for two tickets to London. Interest in the last of the Potter series "Harry Potter and the half-blood prince" is expected to grow when the Czech translation comes out. To date over 1 million Harry Potter books have sold in the country.