Less than 48 hours after the Yiddish edition of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” translated by Arun Viswanath, became available for pre-order, the book sold out its first print run of 1,000 copies. (Viswanath is Forverts editor Rukhl Schaechter’s nephew.) For a Yiddish publisher in 2020, that’s a sales number that’s almost magical. A second edition is in the works, publisher Niklas Olniansky announced on Facebook.
This is unbelievable! Two days after announcing "Harry Potter un der filosofisher shteyn", the limited 1st edition was…
Posted by Olniansky Tekst on Saturday, February 8, 2020
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