BHOPAL: The sixth edition of the Harry Potter series – ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ - will now be available in  Hindi.

Manjul Publishing House Managing Director Vikas Rakheja said the translation had been released prior to the schedule in view of heavy demand by Hindi-speaking children. The translation of the seventh book was expected to be released by December.

The translation would be available as 'Harry Potter aur Half-Blood Prince' from Sunday.

The translation of the fifth book was released in May this year, Mr Rakheja stated in the press release.

The Manjul Publishing House, Bhopal, is the only publication in the country that has rights to publish translations of Harry Potter series in Hindi and in few other Indian languages.

Mr Rakheja claimed that the quality and feel of Harry Potter book in Hindi was of international standards.