J.K. Rowling

• Scholastic and The Sorcerer's Stone

  At the Bologna Book Fair, in April 1997, Christopher Little organised an auction for the American publishing rights to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

  Arthur A. Levine, editorial director of Scholastic Books, made a successful offer for the book, and it was published in the USA under the title Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in September 1998.

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