Vampire tale flies past Potter

MCLEAN, Va. (UPI) -- A vampire fantasy aimed at teens has knocked "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" out of the top spot on USA Today's Best-Selling Books list.

"Eclipse" the third in Stephenie Meyer's series about a girl whose boyfriend is a vampire, entered the list Thursday at No. 1, bumping "Deathly Hallows" to No. 2, USA Today reported.

Publisher Little, Brown reported "Eclipse" sold nearly 250,000 copies its first week. The publisher is printing another 100,000 copies after a 1-million-copy first printing, USA Today said. "Deathly Hallows" sold a record 11.5 million copies in the 10 days after its July 21 release, according to Scholastic, which declined to release sales figures for the past week.

"Eclipse" is Meyer's first book to debut at No. 1 and is boosting recognition of her earlier books in the series: "Twilight," in paperback, is No. 10 and "New Moon," published in 2006, is No. 31, the newspaper said.