"Potter casts his final spell," proclaims the Baltimore Sun. "Read it and weep," writes the Melbourne Herald Sun. "Harry Potter's story has a happy ending (for the book shops, anyway)," teases the Independent (U.K.).

Yes, we've all seen the glowing reviews for J.K. Rowling's final Harry Potter book, what about the sales? As it turns out, those were pretty magical as well.

The final book in the Harry Potter series sold an estimated 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours of sale, setting a new record for the book industry, according to U.S. publisher Scholastic.

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" went on sale at midnight Friday to the delight of fans, who have been eagerly awaiting the last in the seven-book series about the boy wizard.

Borders Group, the second-largest U.S. book chain, said it sold about 1.2 million copies of "Deathly Hallows" worldwide on the first day, the highest single-day sales of any title in its history.

Proving once again that Harry Potter is safe from harm's way, at least in terms of would-be spoilsports. And that no matter how many trashy reality tv shows, celebrity weeklies or Britney Spears' cd's they buy, muggles simply can't get enough of the pubescent wizard and his suddenly large-breasted maybe-girlfriend, Hermione Granger.