Which publisher first published J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels?

Bloomsbury first published J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels.

The London-based independent publisher released Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in the United Kingdom on 26 June 1997. The book was Rowling’s first novel and became the opening volume of a seven-book series. Bloomsbury continued publishing the British editions of the subsequent Harry Potter novels, helping turn the series into one of the defining publishing successes of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

A common mix-up concerns the publisher in the United States. Scholastic published the American editions, where the first book was retitled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. The different title and publisher reflect regional publication decisions, not two separate stories. Bloomsbury remains closely associated with the original British editions and with the series’ launch.