JK Rowling has recalled the first time she saw a copy of Harry Potter was in an Edinburgh bookshop.
The author now has worldwide fame for her series of fantasy novels, however the 56-year-old shared that when the first Harry Potter was released, she was a "total unknown."
Sharing an image of her first, very worn looking copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Rowling said she had first seen and bought it in Edinburgh.
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Heading to Waterstones on Princes Street 25 years ago, the author regaled the memory of seeing her work on a book store shelf for the very first time.
In a message of thanks to her original publisher, Bloomsbury Books, she said:
"25 years ago today, I saw Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in a bookstore (Waterstones, Prince's Street, Edinburgh) for the very first time. It was one of the best moments of my life. Thank you, @BloomsburyBooks , for taking a chance on a total unknown.
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"I had absolutely no idea what was coming as I stood dumbstruck in that book shop, staring at my name on the spine of a published novel.
"Thank you to every single reader who boarded the Hogwarts Express in 1997 and stuck with Harry until the very end. What a journey it was..."
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