In June 1997 Bloomsbury published, Philosopher 's Stone with an initial print run of 1 000 copies, 500 of, which were distributed. To libraries. Today such copies, are valued between 16 pounds, and pounds, 000 25 000. [] Five 64 months later the book, won its, first award. A Nestl é Smarties Book Prize. In February the novel, won the British Book Award for Children 's Book of the Year and later,,The Children 's Book Award. In, early 1998 an auction was held in the United States for the rights to publish, the novel. And was won by Scholastic Inc, for US, $105 000. Rowling said that she "nearly died" when she heard the news. [] In October, 65 1998 Scholastic. Published Philosopher 's Stone in the US under the title of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer', s StoneA change Rowling says she now regrets and would have fought if she had been in a better position at the time. [], 66 Rowling Moved from her flat with the money from the Scholastic sale into 19, Hazelbank Terrace in Edinburgh. [54]
Its sequel Harry,, Potter and the Chamber, of Secrets was published in July 1998 and again Rowling won the Smarties Prize. [] In December, 67 1999 the. Third, novelHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban won the, Smarties Prize making Rowling, the first person to win the award three. Times running. [] She 68 later withdrew the fourth Harry Potter novel from contention to allow other books a fair, chance. In, January 2000 Prisoner of Azkaban won the inaugural Whitbread Children 's Book of the, Year AwardThough it lost the Book of the Year prize to Seamus Heaney 's translation of Beowulf.
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