OOP length

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., dfrankiswork at n... wrote:
> Each of the books has been longer than the previous one, and the 
differences have themselves been increasing.  (It's difficult for me 
in the UK to be precise about this as Bloomsbury decided to print GOF 
in a larger font than the other three books - what did Scholastic do?)
> 

I know!  When I got the UK editions, I was really surprised by 
Bloomsbury's decision to print GoF in such a different style.  What I 
REALLY like about the UK versions is that they don't have a table of 
contents giving away chapter names.  When I got my copy of GoF on the 
release date (in America), I accidentally saw the chapter title "The 
Death Eaters."  At the time, I vaguely hoped that the death JKR 
mentioned in interviews would be taken back by these so-called Death 
Eaters (they would eat death, resurrecting the person), but thinking 
about that now, it would have tempered the sadness and ruined the 
effectiveness of it (I didn't know GoF would be as mature as it is).  
What I like about the American versions is the chapter illustrations 
and the cover illustrations.  To answer the question about 
Scholastic's print choices, they have been consistent thus far in 
size and spacing, with SS coming in at around 310 or 320, CoS (which 
is my second-favorite behind GoF and all this Chamber-bashing be 
darned) at 340 or 350, PoA at 430 or 440, and GoF at 730 or 740.

> OTOH, I believe JKR said that OOP would be shorter than GOF.
> 
> Thoughts?  Bets?  Do we want a poll?
> 

I'm guessing around 550 or 600 pages (American) for OotP, then around 
GoF-length or a tad longer for Book Six, and something like 900, 
1000, 1100, 1200 pages for Book Seven.  I'm with Amy there, the more 
the better for the final go.  I remember Rowling saying about Book 
Seven something like, "It's going to be about the length of the 
Encyclopedia Britannica because I'll want to say goodbye."  Backing 
this up is Rowling's statement that she knew GoF "would be the 
longest of the FIRST FOUR" leaving plenty of room for us Potterphiles 
to hope for ever-larger tomes.  I would certainly not be opposed to a 
900-page OotP if it happened, but I think I'll stick with my guess of 
about 550 here.  I think the long delay in the book is more related 
to Rowling's personal life (getting a husband and all) and grappling 
with more mature themes (death, hormones--not that hormones are 
mature, and just a general sense of foreboding that began in GoF and 
grew to fever pitch by the end of the book) and depth of plot (and 
hopefully revelation) than it is related to the length of the book 
(parentheses are the devil).  What do others think?

Devin