<P> Sales for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows were record setting . The initial US print run for Deathly Hallows was 12 million copies, and more than a million were pre-ordered through Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble, 500 percent higher than pre-sales had been for Half - Blood Prince . On 12 April 2007, Barnes & Noble declared that Deathly Hallows had broken its pre-order record, with more than 500,000 copies pre-ordered through its site . On opening day, a record 8.3 million copies were sold in the United States (over 96 per second), and 2.65 million copies in the United Kingdom . It holds the Guinness World record for fastest selling book of fiction in 24 hours for US sales . At WH Smith, sales reportedly reached a rate of 15 books sold per second . By June 2008, nearly a year after it was published, worldwide sales were reportedly around 44 million . </P> <P> Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has won several awards . In 2007, the book was named one of The New York Times 100 Notable Books, and one of its Notable Children's Books . The novel was named the best book of 2007, by Newsweek's critic Malcolm Jones . Publishers Weekly also listed Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows among their Best Books of 2007 . In 2008, the American Library Association named the novel one of its Best Books for Young Adults, and also listed it as a Notable Children's Book . Furthermore, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows received the 2008 Colorado Blue Spruce Book Award . </P> <P> Due to its worldwide fame, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has been translated into many languages . The first translation to be released was the Ukrainian translation, on 25 September 2007 (as Гаррі Поттер і смертельні реліквії--Harry Potter i smertel'ni relikviji). The Swedish title of the book was revealed by Rowling as Harry Potter and the Relics of Death (Harry Potter och Dödsrelikerna), following a pre-release question from the Swedish publisher about the difficulty of translating the two words "Deathly Hallows" without having read the book . This is also the title used for the French translation (Harry Potter et les reliques de la mort), the Spanish translation (Harry Potter y las Reliquias de la Muerte), the Dutch translation (Harry Potter en de Relieken van de Dood) and the Brazilian Portuguese translation (Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte). The first Polish translation was released with a new title: Harry Potter i Insygnia Śmierci--Harry Potter and the Insignia of Death . The Hindi translation Harry Potter aur Maut ke Tohfe (हैरी पॉटर और मौत के तोहफे), which means "Harry Potter and the Gifts of Death", was released by Manjul Publication in India on 27 June 2008 . The Romanian version was released on 1 December 2007 using the title (Harry Potter și Talismanele Morții). </P> <P> Deathly Hallows was released in hardcover on 21 July 2007 and in paperback in the United Kingdom on 10 July 2008 and the United States on 7 July 2009 . In SoHo, New York, there was a release party for the American paperback edition, with many games and activities . An "Adult Edition" with a different cover illustration was released by Bloomsbury on 21 July 2007 . To be released simultaneously with the original US hardcover on 21 July with only 100,000 copies was a Scholastic deluxe edition, highlighting a new cover illustration by Mary GrandPré . In October 2010, Bloomsbury released a "Celebratory" paperback edition, which featured a foiled and starred cover . Lastly, on 1 November 2010, a "Signature" edition of the novel was released in paperback by Bloomsbury . </P>

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