It took only three days to sell out of the first 800 copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at Mac's Fireweed Books, the store's book buyer said Tuesday.

On Monday, the store's first order for the novel was gone, with its second order of books opened, Lise Schonewille said.

The book is the seventh and final book in the popular Harry Potter series.

As Mac's has done for several other Potter releases, the store remained open past midnight last Friday to accommodate the release date of Saturday.

At 12:01 a.m., customers, a few decked out in wizard or witch costumes like those in the Potter world, could finally get their hands on the long-awaited book.

'It's been pretty fantastic,' Schonewille said, after noting more than 300 books were sold in the wee hours of Saturday morning.

More people came out for the midnight release than Mac's staff had seen at previous Potter releases, with Schonewille suggesting readers have had more time to take in the series.

'It was so much fun,' she said.

As people waited in line, store staff handed out Harry Potter paraphernalia including bookmarks, posters, stickers and temporary tattoos advertising the final release.

Similar events were held at bookstores around the globe as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was released.

On Friday night, some closer to the front of the line had arrived at 10:30 p.m. for the 1 1/2-hour wait. Even then, they still weren't the first in line.

One girl was seen in a corner of the shop, quietly reading the 600-page work shortly after midnight.

One patron, still waiting to make it to the cash register, asked the girl if anything exciting had happened yet. She simply grinned and commented she wasn't going to reveal anything.

In the days leading up to the release, author J.K. Rowling spoke out against Internet reports that had leaked portions of the story.

'I'd like to ask everyone who calls themselves a Potter fan to help preserve the secrecy of the plot for all those looking forward to reading the book at the same time on publication day. In a very short time, you will know everything,' she wrote on her Harry Potter website.

It appears Potter fans are continuing to respect the request.

Schonewille has heard very little about the end of the Potter series, and she had to pry the little she did hear out of a friend.

'It's been pretty quiet,' she said. 'People don't want to spoil it.'

One person she knew printed off some of the information from the Internet, waiting to read that after she finished the book to compare.

Although there was some truth to what was being published on the Internet, not all of it was entirely true, Schonewille said.

As for the next big literary event for the territory, Schonewille went a little more local, pointing to September's release of local artist Chris Caldwell's new book, Scenic Adventures in the Yukon.