Harry Potter is Out, Twilight is In
Filed under: Etc. > Twilight
J.K. Rowling can pass the torch over to Stephenie Meyer now.
Meyer's Breaking Dawn, the fourth book in her Twilight series sold 1.3 million copies on its first day of release, August 2nd.
For those of you bad with math, that's A LOT of books!
This past Friday night, thousands of bookstores and libraries hosted midnight parties across the country to help fuel these astounding figures.
We mentioned previously that due to the overwhelming demand for the title, the publisher went back for a second printing of 500,000 copies prior to publication, to the current in-print figure of 3.7 million copies.
The publisher has also confirmed the upcoming publication of The Twilight Saga: The Official Guide.
It will be available on December 30th.
The hardcover book will be the only official guide to the series and will provide readers with everything they need to further explore the world Meyer created in the Twilight Saga.
Said book will contain exclusive new material, character profiles, genealogical charts, maps, extensive cross-references and so much more!
We heart anything vampires!
Can't wait to see the Twilight movie later this year!
[Image via WENN.]
ummm……okay.
hmm never heard of it
HARRY POTTER RULESS!!!
i used to like twilight until breaking dawn… =S
** came out..
GAH the actor that plays edward is SO perfect too… love it.
meh.
glad u changed the picture though
She should hold off on that new twilight book. Look at the amazon reviews - a lot of people are returning their copy of Breaking Dawn.
And to say she is the new JK? nooo, SM sold 1.3 million copies during the first 24 hours - JK sold 8.3 million in the US alone! No where near a comparison.
JK is such a better writer, she lets her characters develop and isnt afraid to sacrifice some for the storyline.
awesome!! i love twilight, can't wait for the movie.
Yay! I heart anything vampires too! I will have to check out this series.
I don't understand why I didn't even here about these books until a few weeks ago. Are they good? Or just popular?
I can't wait to see it!!!
what's so special about Twilight?
Vampires!???
What do they do that we haven't seen already!
Anne Rice's vampires are the BEST!
BTW - I am looking forward to seeing The Half Blood Prince!!!
I love love Twilight. I read the new book Breaking Dawn twice and I loved it as well. Some people don't like it as much but I did. I thought it was great and the story had to change a lot to be interesting and go somewhere exciting and new. I love Robert Pattinson. I can't wait for the movie. I went to a midnight release party at Borders to get mine and I am 28.
Dang.
I wanted to be first!
AH!
I loved Breaking Dawn.
Except for the fact I had to wait awhile to get the freaking book at 12:00.
Yeah.
I'm a dork.
:)
Interesting, I hope he's a very good writer.
I thought the book was ok, it was no big deal. I don't wanna see the movie. It will probably suck.
At least she didn't seu some dorky librarian superfan before putting it out
hmm. maybe i'll check it out.
Lovely
He is so damn CUTE!!
what twilight nothing can beat harry potter sorry perez ur wrong
I really want to read the twilight sage - but unlike the Harry Potter, i didn't start reading it when i was in my teens so i feel kinnda weird buying it, knowing i aint exactly the key demographic….. Amazon i think!! XD
Too bad Breaking Dawn sucked, so I hear, and the series will fall tremendously in popularity
The story is a lot different than an Anne Rice. No fangs. No fear of crosses. They can go in sunlight but they sparkle. The ultimate lure to humans. Super beauty. Smell good. Did I mention sparkly? It is a love story between a human teenage girl and a 100 year old teen vampire. It is awesome. I liked breaking dawn a lot. It is generally the under 16 crowd that hates the new book. MOst of the older fans and Twilight Moms love the book Breaking Dawn.
love twilight:):)
cant wait ’till the movie comes out!!!
the guy who plays jacob is a total cutieee:)
Re: cupcake26 –
What the heck are you TALKING about?
Get your head out of your ass.
People are loving it.
They're just sad it's over.
Go to Barnes and noble dot com.
It has four and a half stars loser with 1670 reviews.
holy fuck i love the twilight series
CAN'T FRIGGIN WAIT FOR THE MOVIE!!!!!! If you go to YouTube, they have an extended version of the Ballet Scene and it looks awesome! It's really dark, and that's what makes these books so great! Breaking Dawn wasn't exactly what I expected, but I LOVED it! CAN'T FRIGGIN WAIT TILL 12.12.08!!!!! I hope the movie does great, they deserve it!
jk rowling rocks…!!!
i hate when people say that stephenie meyer is the new jk rowling … =(
because she isnt!!
Breaking Dawn kind of sucks, anyone who is considering I would suggest not reading it. It was awful.
If I wasn't on perez all day, I could write a deep dark book and everyone would be very afraid.
i love seeing twilight on perez. it totally makes my day
You can be any age to read the books. There is this phenomenon of older readers of the Twilight Series. There is a whole website dedicated to twilight moms and tons of my friends have read the books and we are all mostly in our early thirties or late twenties. They are not Dickens or anything but they fun to read. Just great poolside reading. I highly recommend them especially if you are older because all the younger people seem to hate the last book. Older people love it.
i say the book for this and was wondering if it was any good
Already the comments are looking better - way to go!
Excuse me, but Stephanie Meyer has nothing on J.K. Rowling. I've read Twilight and found it absolutely disgusting; the writing is mediocre and all everyone is really obsessed about is Edward fucking Cullen, the fancy schmancy "I talk like an 18th century boy and I drink animal blood" vampire.
Harry Potter, at least, as a bit more substance and depth and isn't so focused in one damned angsty teenager and a vampire.
Vampires are overrated, anyway.
Anne Rice was better, and even then, I hate Anne Rice.
Harry potter was totally better. JK rowling is a much better writer. I enjoyed the twilight series but, the last book was way as not entertaining and the ending was not as suspenseful. Her writing is also not as in depth as JK rowling's. The twilight movie looks like it does not do the books justice.
I LOVE TWILIGHT! as if my name doesn't explain that haha but i disagree about harry potter being out, i am a fan of both and love them equally and twilight i think is becoming big because a lot of people are trying to fill their harry potter void. I am SUPER excited for the movie though, the last book was a bit of a disappointment in my eyes, but definitely really good! i just expected so much more and i really didn't expect what was going to happen. Still a good series though.
Re: Jessie – STFU shes (cupcake.. whatever) right!
Breaking Dawn was terrible…then again everything after Twilight was terrible. Nice to see Meyer hasn't jumped on the commercial bandwagon. I mean an official guide?! wtf?! like the books aren't guide enough.
Everyone needs to stfu. If you don't like the books, and I can see that most of you haven't even read any of them, then shut up. Go stick with the HP posts. Twilight is fantastic. And most of the fandom liked Breaking Dawn. It was the thirteen year olds who hated it, and none of us care what they think. The best part of all of this… FIVE movies of Robert Pattinson playing Edward Cullen. You know you will all be watching. Don't even lie.
I think it was because the last book had so much "adult" stuff in it, and people freaked out about it. I'm 23, and I loved the entire series! And whoever says that they didn't like the books because of all the sexual tension between Edward and Bella is LYING! That's what makes them soooooo great!!!
I recently just read this book, it was not what I really expected. I felt that Twilight, the first book in this series, is authentic, and the author just hasn't been able to have the same impact on me as she did the first time around. However, it wasn't dreadfully horrible….it was just kind of …boring. Bella gets everything that she wants in the end…and I think that life really doesn't work that way…but ehh, its fiction right?
Re: lalapisani – I agree, cupcake is right.
BLASPHEMY, I TELL YOU!
Twilight is Harry Potter for shallow teen girls. I can't see anyone over 16 finding them good or worthwhile, and apparently the last book was a true poop fest. Meyer is an immature writer who is about 1/394893th of what J.K. Rowling is. Sorry I'm getting so heated, but I hate watching bad literature become so popular! I read the books for a laugh because they're so cliche and childish, but they're not to be taken seriously….seriously. :]
I work for Barnes and Noble…the fans of these books are nutz….
Anyone else noticed Ashley Greene (Alice, in the upcoming film) on the right hand side? She's advertising 'Stop Staring!' clothing, love that girl
i've never even read twilight, but one of the guys (cam, i think his name is) works at the waterworld show in universal studios, hollywood. c: without a shirt, might i add. BY YOUR SEASON PASSES NOW!
I LOVE these books!
He didn't say that Harry Potter was better. He's just saying that HP is over and that Twilight is the next big thing. I am so sick of watching HP people cry and kick their feet every time someone mentions HP and Twilight in the same sentence. Get over it! Grow up.
Loooooooooooove the "Twilight" series.
Perez! Yes, TWILIGHT! It's great. Breaking Dawn was great, also. You need to get your filthy hands on a copy of Twilight before you see the movie.
AND YES, the Amazon reviews for the new book are HORRIBLE! My friend who has always loved the Twilight saga (no idea why) friggin' hated the book. Most people are recommending that you don't read it and that you consider 'Eclipse' the last book of the Twilight series.
J.K. would never write anything close to the abomination that was 'Breaking Dawn'. And this is gonna sound mean, but the whole 'Twilight Moms' thing…they're just desperate to have something to talk about with their teen daughters. *shrug*
The series may be popular in the US, but that definitely doesn't qualify it as good literature. This is, after all, the same country that elected George Bush not once, but TWICE. Twilight's heroine is completely one-dimensional and unlikable; Vampire is described in most cliched, superficial language. There's no original thinking whatsoever. Absolutely terrible writing.
However, it is getting people to actually read, like the Harry Potter books, so that's a plus.
I can't wait, either!!!
Jo is one person and Stephenie is another, both are great, but they're different, no simmilarities between HP and Twilight. period.
And, OMG Robert Pattinson could be hotter???? he's perfect. Perfect Edward Cullen *drools*
I loved Breaking Dawn! I thought it was a great ending for a great series. Those who are disappointed seem like they wanted to write the ending themselves. It was incredibly entertaining. Robert Pattinson is the most beautiful celebrity that I know of. I would love to see more of him
it makes my day when twilight's on perez
can't wait for the movie!
Re: LEAH. –
Eclipse was annoying as hell. Breaking Dawn was excellent. Have you even read it? Or are you just going by the tantrum the little girls are throwing on Amazon? Besides, they've let up finally.
Twilight-Eclipse were a great series.
Too bad Breaking Dawn was filled with Fail.
Stephenie Meyer destroyed her characterization from previous novels, placed in useless plot points all over that didn't advance her novel, and on top of that, it was poorly edited and there are typos throughout the novel.
EPIC FAIL.
Twilight is so much better than Harry Potter……but….Breaking Dawn was horrible in my opinion. I went to the stupid Midnight Release in a stupid prom dress and wasted my money for that dumb book.
The reviews on Amazon seem really bad though! Like, everything turned out perfect for everybody…and those kind of books aren't praised! Their BORING and books need conflict! That's just the way it is but it seems that somebody needed to die or something, because that would have made people like the book more.(Weirdly enough). It provokes emotion and makes people connect with the characters.
Also, i heard (you can tell i haven't read any of the books, but from my friends and online reviews) that Bella and Edward are totally boring. And Bella seems to have no personality and no independence, or interests outside of vampires! Get a life!
xxxxxxx
Re: MBitch – I've read all 4 and am 20 years old, and I only enjoyed the first. I'm not a big fan of Harry Potter either.
Re: LEAH. – HAHA I reckon Perez should make a post on the Twi Mom's…they're frikkin insane XD
NO! PEREZ YOU DUMBASS! JK ROWLING WILL NEVER BE ON THE SAME LEVEL AS STEPHENIE MEYER. EVER! STEPHENIE MEYER WRITES LIKE A FUCKING TEENAGER. OH MY GOD. RETRACT THIS STATEMENT! RETRACT IT!
seriously the twilight series is amazing…and i am a huge hp fan too, but twilight has a different feel to it. there is more romance and its about adult emotions. it just has a different feel to it that makes it so addictive. hp has more of an adventurous and growing up theme. its more about adolescents the first few hp books, they don't grow up till the last few. but i really hope the twilight movie is good…it would suck for all those huge twilight fans out there if they screw it up. if you haven't read any of the twilight books yet, check them out! i know you will love them!
Come on Perez, Twilight vampires doesn't have FANGS! lol
Robert is an AMAZING Edward.
Can't wait for the movie too!
I still prefer Harry Potter (cause I'm a giant nerd). Plus, the movie is probably gonna suck (Twilight, not HBP).
Re: xxclaudiax –
if you had read them, there is no way that you would think that bella or edward are boring. they are far from it.
LOL, at all the HP people getting butt hurt about Twilight comparisons. No one is saying that Twilight is better. HP is done and Twilight is the next big thing. It's not opinion, it's a fact. And it's so funny to see people on here go on and on about how Twilight is "bad literature" as if HP isn't. Neither is "literature" people. They're both good fantasy stories that people enjoy for strictly entertainment purposes. Twilight has no more literary merit than HP so stop putting HP on some kind of pedestal as if it does.
I was just about to buy Twilight the other day for a long haul road trip reader. I decided to go with a different vampie book called "The Historian" instead. I'm not sorry I did.
SPOILERS!!!
Re: MBitch –
Ya, okay, I'm 20 and the last book was absolutely terrible. Such a mary-sue. oh… Bella is pregnant… and now she's the most amazing vampire ever with the most amazing sheild thingy ever… yeah okay. It was phoned in and did not live up to the first book. i'm v. dissapointed in meyer.
Harry Potter pwns.
Re: xxclaudiax –
I love how people who haven't even read the books have such strong opinions about it. I would feel like such an idiot if I did that, because I know stupid half these people here look for saying, "Omg, Twilight sucks. Oh, but I haven't read it or anything." :/ Hahahaha. My God, the internet is filled with the ignorant.
Re: LEAH. – I must disagree with you like I said I am 28. I have a Master's Degree in Literature and a BA in Lit as well. It doesn't make me an authority but I have read and analyzed hundreds of books much of which is apart of canonical literature. Twilight is not the new Harry Potter nor is Stephenie Meyer the new JK Rowling. People only compare them because of their genres: YA fantasy. They are completely different. I am 28 and I loved the Twilight series. I thought it was fun. SM writing is not the greatest in the world but she has created a world people care about which is important. Good writing can be well writing but not connect to an audience. And as far the commercial bandwagon…the guide will answer a lot of the questions people have on website like twilight lexicon about the other characters like volturri, the denalis, the nomads, etc. Breaking Dawn is just for a mture audience. SM wanted to label it 16 or 17 and up. The other books are simpler because the characters were simpler then.
I love the twilight saga, I dont understand why people hate Breaking dawn so much, it was AWESOME!! I do love Harry Potter More though!
mmm robert pattinson
Im almost done reading breaking dawn.. and i dont understand why some people dislike it so much, i love it so far !!!!!!! i cant wait for the movieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee… robert is soo yummy
Re: xxclaudiax – please read the books before giving opinions this the defintion of ignorance
eew, his eyebrows freak me out…
harry potter is never out.. never heard of twilight? what crap is this? something the goth kiddies read?
Thank, Thank, THANK YOU
breaking dawn was amazing
The Twilight Saga is AMAZING! I am half-way throught the third book, Eclipse, and I can barely put he book down!
Oh please, Harry Potter will NEVER be out.
Breaking Dawn may have sold that much, but Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows sold 8.3 million in it's first 24 hours in the US only.
…Stephenie Meyer WISHES her book was that popular.
Twilight's second rate. Breaking Dawn totally butchered the series. I'm with the people who used to like it until the crappy last book came out.
Sigh!!
Yessss. I wish I hadn't have finished the book the day I got it though.
Swoon @ Robert Pattinson. Why isn't he doing me today and yesterday?
Re: MBitch – Well, the "Bitch" in your name certainly explains it. I think you have that backwards, so many of the older readers of this series despise the books now, all thanks to Breaking Dawn. It is mediocre to the last degree and Stephenie Meyer's writing strategie appears to be "Use big words to make this sound relatively sophisticated, then use basic grammar and concepts for the rest." The thirteen year olds are the ones loving this garbage. The movie's going to suck, and I HAVE read the series over and over again until Breaking Dawn.
hell no!
I l♥ve "Twilight" and cannot wait for the movie (December 12th ya'll). Anyhoo……anybody who criticizes these "stupid vampire" books obviously hasn't read them, and are totally missing out. I am so obsessed with this series, Thank God for Stephanie Meyer =). I considered myself a hardcore Harry Potter fan ( I still am a fan) but after reading Twilight, I realized how juvenile Harry is compared to Twilight. I think Twilight is so much more relateable than the HP series. I love them both but if I had to choose I would definately choose Twilight. Sorry Harry. ♥
if you aver say harry potter is out I'm going to search you and kick your fat ass perez!! HARRY POTTER WILL NEVER BE OUT AND TWILIGHT WILL NEVER IN!!! get it? twiligt will never send as much books as harry potter so shut your mouth perez
Re: kaykay85 – What the hell, one thing I noticed as soon as I finished Breaking Dawn was, "There's no way anyone can relate to this anymore." How many mythical creatures are YOU romantically involved with? How surreal is YOUR beauty? Whereas in Harry Potter you have the constant theme of Harry being DIFFERENT and the theme that love triumphs, the theme in Twilight vanishes with Breaking Dawn after the whiney, teenage human becomes a vampire and there's nothing left to relate to. What crack are you on?
I tried reading the first book but couldnt wrap my head around Bella. She just seems so….boneless. Plus her love for edward doesn't even seem real - like they suddenly realize they love each other??? Im pretty much a cynic when it comes to books set around high school though…
Ughugh, Breaking Dawn was horrible. I'm going to pretend that there are only three books in the Series. No where near the brillance of JKR.
Yay!! I love Twilight and I hope you will keep posting more news on the movie and the stars…
Twilight is not the new Harry Potter. Deathly Hallows sold more in the first 24 hours than 3 times the entire first printing of Breaking Dawn. JK Rowling inspired an entire generation of kids to read and all Stephanie Meyers has done is picked up a few of her sloppy seconds. I bought Twilight ages ago because that is exactly the kind of book I like to read but I read the first paragraph and it was so horrible, cheesy and badly written that I've yet to pick it up again. As we used to say when I was a kid "Gag me with a naked Barbie Doll."
Perez, darling, the Twilight vamps don't have fangs…But Robert Pattinson is H-O-T!
Deathly Hallows broke sales records as the fastest-selling book ever, selling more than 11 million copies in the first twenty-four hours following its release. The previous record, nine million in its first day, had been held by Half-Blood Prince. No, J.K. Rowling should not pass the torch. 1.3 million is nothing compared to the shit Harry Potter pulled off.
HARRY POTTER NERDS CAN SUCK IT!
VAMPIRES PWN "WIZARDS" HXC!!
DON'T GET ME WRONG THOUGH,
I LOOOVE HARRY POTTER!
VAMPIRES ARE JUST WAY HOTTER
FOR SUUURE
i loved the book!!
cant wait for the movie!
This looks alot cooler than HP!
gosh, I get a friggin hear-attack everytime you give us something about twilight/robert pattinson
I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE you even more in these moments.:)
but I think you have yet to find out the hotness of robert pattinson aka spunk ransom as we call him, because he will be BIG after the movie.
I was surprised you didnt cover the comic-con-twilight-madness with 6500 screaming fans^^
and of course I was one of the persons that pre-ordered breaking dawn and read it in one day.I liked it, not as much as the first one but still, its edward fuckin cullen!!!!!! he is perfect!! so if you havent allready, read the books, youre gonna love them…:)
oh,and for everything you post about rob pattinson I will send a box of german chocolate and beer to you
Re: sixeightshuffle –
I ask myself that exact question every minute of my life,,,