UK Publishing House Celebrates 20 Years of First Harry Potter Book

London, Jun 6 (Prensa Latina) London's publishing house Bloomsbury celebrates today with a special collection the 20 years of the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the first of seven fantastic novels written by J. K. Rowling.

Since May 31st, readers in the United Kingdom can choose a copy of the book according to the color of each house of the Hogwarts School of Magic and Witchcraft, which became one of the main sites of the books.

The new editions are available in red for Gryffindor fans, yellow for Hufflepuff fans, blue for Ravenclaw fans and green for Slytherin fans, as well as other character profiles and illustrations for important students who have stayed in each house.

In June 1997, when it was still a small publishing house, Bloomsbury agreed to publish a first and small print run of 500 copies of Rowling's work, which had been rejected by 12 other publishing houses.

By mid-2013, some 450 million copies of the seven books had been sold and translated into more than 65 languages.