Adult editions?

[martinnyg]

I have one question I would like to get answered, so I know which to order. What is the difference between the children's edition and adult edition of the current books, and, most likely, the OotP?

[Sherlock Holmes]

According to Bloomsbury:

Bloomsbury will be publishing their standard children's hardback edition (ISBN 07475 51006) and in addition an adult hardback edition (ISBN 07475 69401, the same text but with a different jacket) at the same time, both editions to be 768 pages long and priced at £16.99.

I suppose the illustration on the jacket might be less "childish." Some people on CoS Forums did say they didn't read them for a long while because they were turned off by the cover art.

[Cat]

Same innards, different front covers. That's all.

[periwinkle-blue]

I think this should go to The Common Room, I guess.

Yeah, martinnyg, I was just about to wonder the same. I think an adult edition is where the cover page image isn't some cartoon or sort.

But *gasp* I hope it doesn't refer to the content. I'd hate it if they change certain aspect (death, for example) in the children editions just to cater young minds...

edit: wopps.. already answered. Thanks Cat and Sherlock.

[Bilbo]

Adult edition and children's editions are different only in cover and illustrations.

[martinnyg]

Thanks, so it doesn't really matter what you buy. Publishers are odd.

[Cat]

The Bloomsbury 'adult edition' covers are gorgeous, though. Beautiful black and white images.

[Moonlight]

They're all right.:smile: Is there a difference in price?

[Mucker]

I think the prices are the same.

The covers of the adult versions are very cool black and white images (as stated by Cat) the pictures almost look like photographs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[xicanti]

I really like the adult covers too. They have kind of a 19th century feel to them.

The only thing that bothers me about the adult editions is that they cost almost $10 more than the children's editions. :(

[Essbee]

Different photos... how odd!

[daniel4hp]

I like the adult aditions--I don't have them, but they look cool. I hope to get them some time...

[GodricSlytherin]

It's a plot to make more money. Because people will buy both. We all know we will. LOl....my sis will probably get one. And I will get the other and stuff. OR just one. Depedning on what looks better.

[Professor_Lupin]

Yeah basically the adult editions are the same.. they just have a more serious cover for the jacket. I still perfer the kids book covers to the adult covers. Even though i might be considered more of an adult. The adult covers are somewhat dull in my opinion. I have seen the cover for the first book, it had a photo of an old fashioned steam train in black and white.
I suppose its not that bad really and if it allows people to read in harmony who am i to complain.

Cheers

[Wild Rose]

I've never seen the adult editions. Can you get them in England?

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[ladylighter]

are there any pictures of the adult and children editions anywhere around? i've love to see the different covers for the first 4 books.

[Cat]

Originally posted by Wild Rose
I've never seen the adult editions. Can you get them in England?

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I think it's only Bloomsbury who do them.

Philosopher's Stone
http://www.mugglenet.com/images/bookcoverpics/uk1adult.jpg

Chamber of Secrets
http://www.mugglenet.com/images/bookcoverpics/uk2adult.jpg

Prisoner of Azkaban
http://www.mugglenet.com/images/bookcoverpics/uk3adult.jpg

Goblet of Fire
http://www.mugglenet.com/images/bookcoverpics/uk4adult.jpg

[Springy]

Yep, I got them all. I don't know why, since I prefer the children onces. I have pre-order the Adult version again for OotP, because it will be a bit odd if I have all the adult jacket and then suddenly have a children one. I am very fussy!!! HEHE

[harryton]

i still dont get why they do this. its not like people care about the graphics :) well kids might care, since we like to see nice harry pictures?

[Puffskein]

It's so that adults don't get embarassed to be seen reading HP, I presume. The adult covers look good but I prefer the children's ones, plus the adult ones don't have the Hogwarts crest on the title page.

[daniel4hp]

i still dont get why they do this. its not like people care about the graphics well kids might care, since we like to see nice harry pictures?
I think its a good idea. There are a lot of people who care what the covers of their books look like--everyone likes to have a cover they like. So 1, it provides more choices for people, and also, many adults (or mature teenagers, like myself...) might prefer reading a more adult-looking book in public. I love the regular covers, but I would feel more comfortable reading the adult ones in public...

[With Rye]

While I was looking through the Book Covers section on the site, I came across the coolest covers I have ever seen:

http://www.mugglenet.com/images/bookcoverpics/german1adult.jpg http://www.mugglenet.com/images/bookcoverpics/german2adult.jpg
http://www.mugglenet.com/images/bookcoverpics/german3adult.jpg http://www.mugglenet.com/images/bookcoverpics/german4adult.jpg

They are from Germany's "adult" versions.

I, for one, think that the British adult versions' covers are depressing as hell.

How can they possiblely capture the vivid world of Harry Potter with a bunch of grimy black-and-white photographs? Just looking at them makes me want to cry. If being an adult means prefering those morose photos over the bright, colorful covers of the original versions, then I never, ever, want to grow up.

And, I think those who are too embarrassed to read the books in public, just because of the cover, should not call themselves real fans. You cannot feel shame for something you really love, no matter what others think.

[Cat]

That Harry Potter und der Feuerkelch cover is so pretty!

[Dedalus]

With Rye, the German covers are just generally the best, I reckon. Even the illustrated ones (Sabine Willharm) are the most beautiful of the illustrated covers. I'd never seen those adult covers before, and they too are gorgeous! I so wish I could get hold of the German illustrated cover dust sleeves, though ...

But anyway, I don't find the UK adult versions depressing. I quite like them! But I agree with you that people shouldn't be embarassed about reading Harry Potter - I wouldn't go as far to say they're not real fans, but they do need to evaluate what they're afraid of, if they feel they need to hide from it. What do they consider so dodgy that they have to be embarassed about?

[hermiones mum]

i don't really care what the outside looks like. Just as long as it's before my eyes on 21st June and finished two days later.... well even Harry Potter Fans have to eat.:evil:

[Oddfellow]

I wish they would leave the same font size. I read late nights because of school and work and I like having a larger font size, like the once in the previous hardback editions, especially at 4:30 A.M. They are having to downsize the font because there is so much book there that Schoolastic or Bloomsbury would get sued over leaving bruises on people's laps from the sheer weight of the book. It's terrible.

Oddfellow

[dr_strangelove]

thanks for all the scans guys... i'm here in the u.s., and i've only really seen the standard covers, but i really like the b/w adult covers... have to consider collecting...

[go_anna40]

The difference between the children and adult books are just the covers (I bet this has been mentioned a million times).

I saw an adult cover for the Chamber of Secrets (I live in Australia), and it seemed less childish, and it was in black and white. But the cover was still a drawing. Just less comical, I guess.

[Shelly Childers]

I think that the adult cover are horrible. I wouldn't let one in my house, much less put one beside my four other books. I love the childrens covers. they are so cool. And to you adults that are too embrassed to carry around a book with a 'childish' cover get over it. All you have to do is take the cover off, and carry around the book. BIG DEAL folks. I knew that the inside was the same and I am so happy to have seen the adult covers but I think they are ugly and that they don't capture the true harry potter feeling. JKR created a vivid world, and to ruin that extremely colorful and magical world with a black and white picture or some photo graphs is a crime. She put her heart and soul into those books and I think that the adult covers should be considered an insult to her. If the adults are too immature to carry around a child cover book then don't read the series. JKR wrote the books for children to enjoy to read with their parents. She had children in mind. Another point to point out is the same artist that draws the childrens covers draw the chapter pictures and it would be annoying to me to see two different pictures of the characters.

Okay I am sorry in advance if I insulted any one. I am almost 20 so I am an adult and I love to show off my HP books, childrens covers and all.

[Godric Gryffidor]

DIfferent cover is what i read and heard...

[dr_strangelove]

Originally posted by Shelly Childers
I think that the adult cover are horrible. I wouldn't let one in my house, much less put one beside my four other books. I love the childrens covers. they are so cool. And to you adults that are too embrassed to carry around a book with a 'childish' cover get over it. All you have to do is take the cover off, and carry around the book.
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Okay I am sorry in advance if I insulted any one. I am almost 20 so I am an adult and I love to show off my HP books, childrens covers and all.

shelly: i agree with you on one side... you should NOT be embarrassed by what you're reading... i myself will be proudly displaying my children's edition of OotP on june 21st, mainly because i live in america and it's impossible to get the adult covers here...

but i will probably collect all of the adult covers for display, because i personally find them gorgeous... "there's no accounting for taste" :)

[Bixie]

Different covers - with obviously different illustrations. Which, I agree, is completely pointless. I lived in London when the first four books were out and I'm sorry but you could tell a Harry Potter book, even with the adult cover, from the far end of a tube carriage. So why people tried to hide the fact they were reading HP is beyond me. But is was quite amusing to watch - half a carriage of suited, briefcased and black umbrellad businessmen with their heads buried in HP *wry smile as i remember it*.

[1MelissaPotter]

What are the different pictures of? I have teh adult versions.

Is it June 21st YET!?:??:
NO!?!?:'( :banghead:

[Virtuousdream]

hmmm, im the only one at school who admits they love harry potter, not like those half pint fans who ive talked about the books and theories to them, then for them to laugh at me along with the rest of them for loving the books *evil eyes and grumbles*

There not true harry potter fans :rasp:.
I would feel embarrassed going out AFTER the release date with the childrens edition, but not on the day. Though i think i will probably feel a teeny bit embarrassed when getting my pre-ordered book hehe

[applepie15]

Originally posted by helhorns
hmmm, im the only one at school who admits they love harry potter, not like those half pint fans who ive talked about the books and theories to them, then for them to laugh at me along with the rest of them for loving the books *evil eyes and grumbles*

There not true harry potter fans :rasp:.
I would feel embarrassed going out AFTER the release date with the childrens edition, but not on the day. Though i think i will probably feel a teeny bit embarrassed when getting my pre-ordered book hehe


My friend and I love HP and we discuss it all the time. And when other people hear they look at us funny! But we don't care. They don't know what they are missing!

[dr_strangelove]

well, i'm an english major at a university, and i tutor non-native speakers in english/grammar at both a university and a junior college. when book 5 comes out, i will probably be working the j.c. pretty consistently, and you can bet my american children's copy will be on me at work :) fortunately, my boss- an english professor- will probably have her copy as well

[Harmonica]

I don´t get it really, why are some adults embarrased to show that they read Harry Potter? The childrens books covers are really nice and I would NEVER buy the adult versions cause THAT would be really embarrasing, not being able to show what you read.

[secana]

do they have differnt pictures for the chapters ?

[Bixie]

Originally posted by 1MelissaPotter5
What are the different pictures of? I have teh adult versions.

Is it June 21st YET!?:??:
NO!?!?:'( :banghead:

That's the whole dumb thing about it - the pictures are of the same things: PS/SS - a train, CoS - a flying car, PoA - buckbeak, GoF - a dragon (i'm talking Brit version here) but on the adult version they were more photographic rather than artist ilustation and in black and white, but as i said you could spot them a mile off.

I don't whether chapter pictures differ - I have the Brit children's editions in paperback and they don't have any chapters pics.

So what are the chapter pics like and which versions are they in, out of interest?

[luvdumbledore]

Can anyone tell me why there are Adult editions of the HP books and what does this mean?

thanks

Jennifer

[Mochie]

They were made because some adults were embarassed to be seen reading Harry Potter books so the covers were changed to make them look more mature :)

[Rien]

I wondered about that, too. How silly... :D

[luvdumbledore]

They were made because some adults were embarassed to be seen reading Harry Potter books so the covers were changed to make them look more mature :)


OMG! That is too funny!! LOL... thanks for the info!!!

Jennifer

[alohomora713]

yeah its so bit ego inflated adults dont get laughed at on buses and such when they're reading them. Personally, im proud of the fact that i read my original "kid" version, im SO not ashamed of reading them.

On a quick sidebar, has anyone ever seen someone reading one of the books and just felt the urge to go up them and shake theyre hand and say, "Fair play to you! How's it coming along, are you enjoying it? Oh this is the best bit!"

My friend and I are always eerily self conscious about discussing OofP in public incase anyone over hears us and we ruin a vital plot point on them.

[Amadeus]

Well... The cover does look more mature..... and I really like the OotP adult version... The Phoenix looked really cool.

[alohomora713]

I totally cannot disagree with that, the cover of the Adult edition does look bloody classic, and the whole picture of JKR on the back, does make it look very serious and gives it a very adult stylee.

[bellatrix669]

It's funny that in a society that is slavishly devoted to reality tv (ugh!) and that relentlessly follows the minutiae of J. Lo's and Ben Affleck's marriage, adults who read Harry Potter are thought of as dim and thick.

[WeasleyIsOurKing]

On a quick sidebar, has anyone ever seen someone reading one of the books and just felt the urge to go up them and shake theyre hand and say, "Fair play to you! How's it coming along, are you enjoying it? Oh this is the best bit!"


:agree: I've done that... I saw someone at the airport in May when I was on a trip to Philadelphia reading the GoF. I wanted to run up to him and give away the whole story.

[strickendeath]

On a quick sidebar, has anyone ever seen someone reading one of the books and just felt the urge to go up them and shake theyre hand and say, "Fair play to you! How's it coming along, are you enjoying it? Oh this is the best bit!"


:wow: You know me so well. :lol:

This actually happened to me yesterday!! I was on the bus, and I saw this girl reading "Order of the Phoenix"!!!! She looked about 18-20 years old. She had the 'childrens' version of the book. I just wanted to get out of my seat and talk to her about it. :lol: If I saw that book in her hand BEFORE I sat in the back of the bus, I would've sat right down beside her and started a conversion about Harry Potter. :lol: Oh well, maybe next time.

And about this 'adult cover' thing.... That is the most stupid thing I've ever heard of. I've heard about this stupid 'cover' issue for awhile, but ah!!!!! Some adults are just so FULL of themselves!!

"Oh no, we want to look sophiscated when we read a "childrens book"!! The cover just has to look more mature to be in OUR hands!!"

Morons.

Believe you me, when I'm 30+ years old, I'm going to bring around a copy of a HP book just to get asked questions and then I'll flip out on them.... yes..... I've got it all planned out...... :evil:

[Hufflepuffy]

How very silly. Adult covers. Doesn't 'Adult Edition of Harry Potter' sound like porn? or maybe that's just me....
I would never be embarrassed to seen reading Harry Potter in public. Although, I find the hardcover edition of OotP a bit heavy and awkward to read anywhere but sitting at a table or a desk, so I might wait for the paperback edition before taking it on the Metro with me.

[luvdumbledore]

LOL you all are so funny...I *am* a 30 year old "Adult"and I LOVE my Harry Potter books...dont' care who sees me reading them! LOL! I had no idea what the "adult " edition was all about so I asked the question and I am still laughing...how silly... yes at first it was like...what do they mean "adult"...was there something in the adult versions that wasn't supposed to be in the kids versions???? LOL

Jennifer

[CBeMe]

I am 28 and I agree. The "childrens edition" is just great! Why would anyone want a special cover...crazy. I also find that reading the regular version helps to start conversations with young people. I wouldn't miss that opportunity for the world. By getting a special cover adults are blocking themselves off to some very interesting conversations with younger people.
Just my point of view! :)

- CBeMe

[Mistress Snivellus]

I have all the kiddie covered books and I love them. I've taken my books with me to the park and to the gym. But since I have the hardcovers, I removed the sleeves when I read them anyway because I didn't want them to get ruined. I plan on passing these books to my son in mint condistion so he may enjoy them as much as I do. I have been asked at the gym, "what's that big book you're reading?" and I show them the spine. Of course I get asked why I'm reading a children's book and I tell them, "it's got castles, wizards, witches, magical beasts, and the turns keep getting darker and darker - so what's not to love?" Sometimes they get it, sometimes they don't.

As for the adult covers, I have to say I don't quite understand why people have such hangups. I personally don't care what anyone thinks of the material I read. And there goes the saying, "you should never judge a book by it's cover."

[Sandra Slytherin]

I did it to someone who was readin OotP before I had gotten it!

[the 5th Marauder]

my friend (who's 14) bought the adult version of OotP because she said it "looked nicer... but the big pic of JKR on the back makes you think she's watching you!" Lol.

[kwyjibrago]

not all countries have the adult covers, but i can see why the ones that have them (uk, germany, and more) want them- the original covers do look rather childish in these countries. go here to see some of the covers: (the adult version in germany looks particularly nice)
http://www.mugglenet.com/books/bookcovers/

[daniel4hp]

On a quick sidebar, has anyone ever seen someone reading one of the books and just felt the urge to go up them and shake theyre hand and say, "Fair play to you! How's it coming along, are you enjoying it? Oh this is the best bit!"
Yep. On the tube. There was a 20 or so year old woman sitting across from me, reading Order of the Phoenix (Children's Edition). I did rather feel the urge to say something...


Back on topic... I don't see why so many people think its stupid to have an adult edition of the books, or that adults should have to feel comfortable reading the children's edition. Over here in the States, there is no adult edition, but if I lived in Britain, I'd probably have both. Personally, I like the more mature look. I can see why some adults would feel more comfortable reading them.

[invisablethestral]

I had my copy of OotP delivered to my house on the morning of the 21st. I was quite dissapointed when i realised that it was the adult cover. Now i think the adult cover is awesome and surpasses all the other adult covers from future books. I just wanted to have a complete collection of the childrens covers so my set looked nice and tidy :D

As for caring what edition people see me reading, it wouldnt bother me at all. I too can see why some adults would be more comfortable reading the adult cover, as some people in society can be quiet insulting if they arent likers of the books. Some people would rather avoid that conflict. I think it also supports the notion that Harry Potter is for everyone and not just children. How many other books produce different covers for mass appeal? I think it encourages adults to get over the notion that the series is just for kids.

[dementor23]

People shouldn't be ashamed of what they're reading. I wouldn't mind what cover I got as long as I got it as soon as possible.

[ominous]

a adult version and a normal version of HP in the U.K.?
Is it only a cover difference? Why do the publisher release two kinds of editions?

:shrug:

[Mireille]

They do the same thing in the US. The only thing that I can tell you is that they do it so that adults feel that they are not reading a children's book. At least that's my inturpritation of it here.

[ominous]

Same title, same writer and only a different cover can do all those things?
When I saw a cover of adult version, I didn't get any clue that that book was for adults. Only colour difference.
hmm...quite interesting.

:rolleyes:

[Dedalus]

I get the feeling that it's just an excuse to publish a classier cover. So it's not that they feel adults would be ashamed to read Harry Potter, because nobody is going to be fooled by a different cover if they see "Harry Potter and the ..." emblazened on the front. So yeah, I think it was just an excuse to publish sleeker covers :eyebrows:

But you might find more interesting ideas here - Adult edition books?? (http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?t=16674)

[Morgan LeFay]

I have this edition for adults. I chose it, because I read the half of book5 at my friend's and I hated the way the blue and yellow cover don't connect with the dark story. And I bought myself the adult one, because when you take down the obvolute, you find the pure black hard cover. And I like it very much.

[Cindy]

I wanted to buy the adult version when I saw it but too bad the children version was released first and I wanted to read it so badly that I bought the children version. A few days later I saw the adult version and wanted to buy it but I had not enough money left. Besides, it's kind of wasting to buy the whole book just for it's cover. The insides are exactly the same. The font, the pages, everything. It's the cover that makes it so special. Oh well. :rasp: :p

[Twinkly eyed]

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I wondered about that, too. How silly...
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hmm yes how silly , they make a different version for adults, but i must say, that the adult version is quite good, the cover looks amazin

[Gabi Potter]

The funny thing is, if all adults got the "adult version", then everyone would know they were reading Harry Potter. Kind of defeats the purpose, don't you think? :rolleyes:

[GryffindorSeeker]

The cover of the adult version is nice, but I like the children's version cover better. Besides, it goes with all my other Harry Potter books. :elaugh:

[hesdead-dealwithit]

The funny thing is, if all adults got the "adult version", then everyone would know they were reading Harry Potter. Kind of defeats the purpose, don't you think? :rolleyes:
Well, if people didn't know what HP was, then they would just see they were reading a book with an adult-like cover. However, adults would really only start reading HP after it had gotten very popular among children, so if it was popular enough for adults to really hear of it, it would have been popular enough for people to know what it was. Defeats the purpose, IMO. (After all, after the first two books I don't think HP is a children's series.)

[Neo-Zero]

my mom care what the book looks like.... after i finished OoTP she ganked my copy and read it

[BabyMars]

The adult editions just have different covers. There is nothing different internally. The outside covers just look a little more "grown-up"

[dementor23]

I read one of the adult edition books once because it was smaller. I was on vacation and had to fit it in to my pocket. I get bored easily, so whenever I lose interest in whatever we're doing, I just break it out.

[Windstar]

Well, since I don't have much of an opportunity to read in public places, I don't see where it matters to me which cover I have.

Since I already had all 4 childrens covers, I really didn't mind getting the childrens edition of OotP.

I agree that, what does the cover matter? It's what's inside that counts and the insides are the same.

As for being embarassed about other people (adults) knowing I was reading a children's book, oh well. At least I am interested enough in my children that I care to find out what they are reading or hearing about right?

That statement leaves an opening for me to as to weather or not I decide to admit my true obsession with the series, depending on the reaction I recieve. I am 36 and a more devoted Harry Potter fan than my children are. I admit it, and even if I had the adult cover on my books, I'd still read them just the same. :agree:

[Fuchsia]

I didn't realise there were children's and adult's covers. I get whatever the book store has. There is something to that old saying 'You can't judge a book by its cover'.

[marty7]

there really is an adult verison ?! wow! I wondered why some of my coworkers were smiling @ me when I would read @ work...who cares !!!

[Montbretia]

As an adult, I would have to say that the adult covers are pants. I much prefer the Childrens covers:blush:

[Kaonashi]

The children's covers look better. I always take the covers off when I read them so they don't get messed up, but you'll be amazed at how many people still know that you're reading a Harry Potter book.

[MadMagic]

It looks like there are new Adult covers coming out for books 1-4 in the UK.

You can see them here (http://www.mugglenet.com/pics/adultcovers.shtml).

What does everyone think of the new covers v. the old ones?
If you have the old adult versions of the books, would you be/will you be tempted to buy the new ones just for their covers?

[Flobberworm]

I don't really see why they need two sets of adult covers, especially since there is only one cover for the children's books, but oh well. They're very nice looking. My favorite is definitely PoA, and the picture of the Sorcerer's Stone is cool as well. :)

[Moontrimmer]

It looks like there are new Adult covers coming out for books 1-4 in the UK.

You can see them here (http://www.mugglenet.com/pics/adultcovers.shtml).

What does everyone think of the new covers v. the old ones?
If you have the old adult versions of the books, would you be/will you be tempted to buy the new ones just for their covers?

The older adult editions are alright, but those new ones are just downright cool. I might order one of them sometime just to have one. Though I will always prefer the childrens editions. They capture the magic best and I am rather drawn towards the bright colors....

Are the chapter illustrations different in the adult editions too?

[Flobberworm]

Are the chapter illustrations different in the adult editions too?

The British childrens' books don't have chapter illustrations, so I'm guessing the adult ones don't as well. :)

[Moontrimmer]

Oh thats right, I forgot. I guess it would be more appropriate to ask if the american adult editions still have them then.

[Zachary1993]

The adult books have less colour in the titles so it does not look too childish. Personally I would prefer either one because it has the same words but to check out the Canada/Australia/UnitedKingdom books it shows you the covers of the children and adult books the website is www.mugglenet.com/books/bookcovers/unitedkingdombc.shtml (http://www.mugglenet.com/books/bookcovers/unitedkingdombc.shtml). There you will find your information.

[OmarGama]

I know that there are only children's edition.

[AcrylicDrama]

I've got the adult ones, and I like them...I'm not a fan of the bright illustrations on the cover of the children's ones anyway.

[Dionysia]

I was just wondering if anyone else had bought the new paperback edition of OoTP. It's a pocketbook, which is why I bought it. (Plus the paperback pocketbooks are only like $10 a piece here in Canada and with 25% off at Wal-Mart....) Anyway, I was reading it last night and thought....hmmmm......I wonder....

So, I checked and they've changed the Priori Incantatem (hope I spelled that right) scene. Lily now comes out before James, although not much of the wording has changed. I didn't know if this deserved it's own thread so.....but if anyone wants to know the new paragraphs I'd be happy to type em out.

[Dedalus]

It looks like there are new Adult covers coming out for books 1-4 in the UK.

You can see them here (http://www.mugglenet.com/pics/adultcovers.shtml).

What does everyone think of the new covers v. the old ones?
If you have the old adult versions of the books, would you be/will you be tempted to buy the new ones just for their covers?
I have bought the new covered Goblet of Fire. I needed a new copy anyway, because mine was really looking liked the much loved and well thumbed book that is was, so I waited until the day that cover was released and bought that one. I think they're great! But I like the children covers, too :)

The point of adult covers, in any book (not just Harry Potter!) is to strike adults into buying it. Many adults wouldn't want to read children's books if they thought that's all the were, so having a different cover will make them take notice of it. The adult books also have different blurbs to the children's books, which is also important, because it's written in a more adult-appealing way!

[Joen]

diff covers.

[esmerelda]

And I thought you weren't supposed to judge a book by its cover. Tut tut.

[Dedalus]

And I thought you weren't supposed to judge a book by its cover. Tut tut.
I've never understood that (I mean, when people really apply it to books and not as a metaphor!), because it's not like you can sit there and read the entire book before you buy it. You have to pick it based on something! But anyway, the blurb is also different :D

[Kumquat]

The first three of my HP books (PS, CoS and PoA) all have adult covers. I guess they're easier to come by than the "normal" ones where I live, for some weird reason. I actually like the adult covers far better than the others. The other two (GoF and OoTP) both have the standard UK cover art, though. Owning the adult version of OoTP wouldn't be bad. That gold-ish phoenix looks pretty nifty. But beauty is on the inside, of course. :P

[Aseldar]

Why don't people realize that the US also has adult editions? We have adult editions of the first two books. (No chapter pics+a black and white chapter pic on the cover that doesn't look childish)

[Dionysia]

I was just wondering if anyone else had bought the new paperback edition of OoTP. It's a pocketbook, which is why I bought it. (Plus the paperback pocketbooks are only like $10 a piece here in Canada and with 25% off at Wal-Mart....) Anyway, I was reading it last night and thought....hmmmm......I wonder....

So, I checked and they've changed the Priori Incantatem (hope I spelled that right) scene. Lily now comes out before James, although not much of the wording has changed. I didn't know if this deserved it's own thread so.....but if anyone wants to know the new paragraphs I'd be happy to type em out.

I can't believe it, but I did it. I've been reading Pheonix so much that I said OoTP instead of GoF. I'm such an idiot.

[Hotmama2]

Why would an adult be embarrassed by reading a book????? Even if it is a "childrens" book????

Any responsible parent should know exaclty what his/her children are reading. I read EVERYTHING that my kids read! :) And besides.....I'd rather read some childrens books than some of the adult books out there! :)

[PotionsPunk]

does anyone know where I can see the jacket? Like link? I would like to see what the big fuss is about

[Azelma]

On Amazon.co.uk there are pages for both an adult version and a children's version of Half Blood Prince for sale. Does anyone know if there are any differences (the covers look the same) in the books? I find it very odd that there are two versions, I don't recall them doing anything like this with the previous five books at all. Does anyone know why they have done this and if the content of the story will differ from book to book?

[Briar Filth]

Well, I dunno about the text, but there have been different covers for the previous books. I have the adult version of CoS (but I didn't like it, so I have the child's version too). I saw the adult version of OotP aswell. I have no idea whether the words inside are any different. I doubt it very much.

[Pythia]

It's just the covers that are different, the content is exactly the same. They brought out the adult covers a few years back because they reckoned that adults would want to read the books but may be put off by being seen out and about with a childrens book. Has never put me off, though. I prefer the so-called childrens cover.

[Azelma]

Well, I dunno about the text, but there have been different covers for the previous books. I have the adult version of CoS (but I didn't like it, so I have the child's version too). I saw the adult version of OotP aswell. I have no idea whether the words inside are any different. I doubt it very much. It's confusing to know which one to buy at this point. I'd go for the adult one just incase. I doubt any words would be changed though because I think it would upset a lot of fans.

It's just the covers that are different, the content is exactly the same. They brought out the adult covers a few years back because they reckoned that adults would want to read the books but may be put off by being seen out and about with a childrens book. Has never put me off, though. I prefer the so-called childrens cover. That's good to know, thanks. :)

[PotionsMaster]

They don't have anything separating them on the american amazon. I just checked it out, and it seems to be only the UK site. Although the american version has a different cover than the UK, which I thought was interesting, I never would have known if you didn't post!

[LunaStar_1000]

I've never read the adult version but I suspect there's only a little bit of difference. The covers are probably different because maybe adults are embaressed to be seen with a Harry Potter book and if they're seen with the adult version they can say they are reading something else which would be kind of dumb. Another thing I've noticed is when Jo makes a character swear she doesnt say the actual word I suspect that in the adult version it's pretty clear what they actually mean! :p

[KryptonKitty]

I don't think they will be different, as I don't think there are any differences in the text between adult and child versions we have now. Besides the cover, text font, etc. I doubt there will be anything different. Where I live we only get one version of the book so it wouldn't be too sensible to make them different...

Ok, this must be a record for the use of the word different in only one post. :lol: