The new book titled "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" was just published to the public today. This book, is supposedly the same story book mentioned in the extremely popular "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." Prior to its public publishing, JK Rowling had made seven hand written and self-illustrated versions by herself. These were bound in leather and mounted with semi-precious stones. She gave six of these to six people who were very involved with the Harry Potter series. The seventh book went for auction which sold for $4.5 billion with proceeds going to charity. The 'regular' edition royalties that would normally go to the author is to be sent to Children's High Level Group, a charity she co-founded to support institutionalized children in Eastern Europe. Although it is expected that it would not be nearly as popular and as big of a hit as the Harry Potter series, it would still be expected to hit No.1 in book charts.
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