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 * For more details on this topic, see ****Harry Potter fandom** **. **[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Harry_Potter_lines.jpg/180px-Harry_Potter_lines.jpg width="180" height="98"]] [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png width="15" height="11"]]**Crowds wait outside a ****Borders store** ** in Newark, ****Delaware** ** for the midnight release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince **
 * Fans of the series were so eager for the latest series release that bookstores around the world began holding events to coincide with the midnight release of the books, beginning with the 2000 publication of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The events, commonly featuring mock sorting, games, ****face painting** **, and other ****live entertainment** ** have achieved popularity with Potter fans and have been highly successful in attracting fans and selling books with nearly nine million of the 10.8 million initial print copies of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince sold in the first 24 hours.[71 ]<span class="wiki_link_ext">[72 ] The series has also gathered adult fans, leading to the release of two editions of each Harry Potter book, identical in text but with one edition's cover artwork aimed at children and the other aimed at adults.<span class="wiki_link_ext">[73 ] Besides meeting online through blogs, **<span class="wiki_link_ext">**podcasts** **<span style="background-color: rgb(104, 74, 74);">, and fansites, Harry Potter super-fans can also meet at Harry Potter **<span class="wiki_link_ext">**symposia** **<span style="background-color: rgb(104, 74, 74);">. The word Muggle has spread beyond its Harry Potter origins, used by many groups to indicate those who are not aware or are lacking in some skill. In 2003, Muggle, entered the **<span class="wiki_link_ext">**Oxford English Dictionary** **<span style="background-color: rgb(104, 74, 74);"> with that definition.<span class="wiki_link_ext">[74 ] The Harry Potter fandom has embraced podcasts as a regular, often weekly, insight to the latest discussion in the fandom. **<span class="wiki_link_ext">**Apple Inc.** **<span style="background-color: rgb(104, 74, 74);"> has featured two of the podcasts, **<span class="wiki_link_ext">**MuggleCast** **<span style="background-color: rgb(104, 74, 74);"> and **<span class="wiki_link_ext">**PotterCast** **<span style="background-color: rgb(104, 74, 74);">.<span class="wiki_link_ext">[75 ] Both have reached the top spot of **<span class="wiki_link_ext">**iTunes** **<span style="background-color: rgb(104, 74, 74);"> podcast rankings and have been polled one of the top 50 favourite podcasts.<span class="wiki_link_ext">[ **