OoP - Cover art, UK edition

[Catherine Coleman <catherine@cator-manor.demon.co.uk>]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "heiditandy" <heidit at n...> 
wrote:
> Catherine wrote: 
> > 
> > I just had a look on Amazon.co.uk, to see whether the cover art 
is 
> > available yet, and saw what appears to be a detail.  The picture 
of 
> > Harry seems to depict him out at night, looking alarmed or 
confused, 
> > with some kind of packback over his shoulder.  I find this 
> > interesting, considering the UK edition usually centres on a 
fairly 
> > significant event in the books (Platform 9 and 3/4, the car, 
flying 
> > on Buckbeak, the Dragon task), and we know that Harry is 
supposedly 
> > going somewhere new this time round - so is this going to be 
> > significant enough to put on the front cover?  Is he going on 
some 
> > kind of journey?  Is he lost?
> > 
> > Making a lot out of probably nothing,
> 
> Um, possibly. That's actually the cover image of Harry from the 
front of
> PS's original UK release, with a new backdrop - likely created
> internally at Amazon. But it's an interesting thought...
> 
> 
> heidi

Well, I'm not going to swear, but I can't *believe* that I didn't 
notice that.  I thought it looked familiar.

Oh well, back to the drawing board.  Heidi, can you remember from 
last time how soon the new covers became available?

Catherine