<P> Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince was published simultaneously in the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa . Along with the rest of the books in the Harry Potter series, it was eventually translated into 67 languages . However, because of high security surrounding the manuscript, translators did not get to start on translating Half - Blood Prince until its English release date, and the earliest were not expected to be released until the fall of 2005 . In Germany, a group of "hobby translators" translated the book via Internet in less than two days after release, far before German translator Klaus Fritz could translate and publish the book . </P> <P> Since its wide hardcover release on 16 July 2005, Half - Blood Prince was released as a paperback on 23 June 2006 in the UK . Two days later on 25 July, the paperback edition was released in Canada and the US, where it had an initial print run of 2 million copies . To celebrate the release of the American paperback edition, Scholastic held a six - week sweepstakes event in which participants in an online poll were entered to win prizes . Simultaneous to the original hardcover release was the UK adult edition, featuring a new cover, and which was also released as a paperback on 23 June . Also released on 16 July was the Scholastic "Deluxe Edition", which featured reproductions of Mary Grandpré's artwork and had a print run of about 100,000 copies . Bloomsbury later released a paperback "Special Edition" on 6 July 2009 and a "Signature Edition" paperback on 1 November 2010 . </P> <P> The film adaptation of the sixth book was originally scheduled to be released on 21 November 2008, but was changed to 15 July 2009 . Directed by David Yates, the screenplay was adapted by Steve Kloves and produced by David Heyman and David Barron . The film grossed over $934 million worldwide, which made it the second - highest - grossing film of 2009 worldwide and the fifteenth - highest of all time . Additionally, Half - Blood Prince gained an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography . </P>

List of chapters in harry potter and the half blood prince