the philosopher's stone came out on 26 june 1997.
the philosopher's stone came out on 26 june 1997.
when did the philosopher's stone come out?
26 june 1997
"harry potter and the philosopher's stone" was published by bloomsbury, the publisher of all "harry potter" books in the united kingdom, on 26 june 1997. it was released in the united states on 1 september 1998 by scholastic – the american publisher of the books – as "harry potter and the sorcerer's stone", after rowling had received us$105,000 for the american rights – a record amount for a children's book by an unknown author. fearing that american readers would not associate the word "philosopher" with magic (although the philosopher's stone is an ancient tradition in alchemy), scholastic insisted that the book be given the title "harry potter and the sorcerer's stone" for the american market.
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it is not known when li zhaode was born, but it is known that his family was from the tang dynasty capital chang'an. his father li qianyou (李乾佑) served as an imperial censor during the reign of tang's second emperor emperor taizong and later as minister of justice during the reign of emperor taizong's son and wu zetian's husband emperor gaozong, and was known for his honesty but carelessness with words. li zhaode was the son of a concubine of li qianyou, and was said to be capable and strong-willed like his father, and he passed the imperial examination when he was young. he was eventually promoted to be an assistant censor (御史中丞, "yushi zhongcheng"), but in 689, during the reign of emperor gaozong's son emperor ruizong, he was accused of improprieties unspecified in history and briefly exiled to be the sheriff of lingshui county (陵水, modern lingshui, hainan), but was eventually recalled to be one of the three deputy ministers of defense (夏官侍郎, "xiaguan shilang"), along with lou shide and hou zhiyi (侯知一).
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