OoP: cute chapter pictures - buy the USA not the UK editions (spoilers)

[alora]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Tim Regan" <timregan at m...> 
wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> This was the first time I bought the USA edition rather than the 
UK 
> one (since it was the first book release that I've been living in 
> the USA for). I have to say I prefer it. Now, I know we could 
> quibble about previous text changes that were made between the 
> editions (e.g. changing "philosopher's stone" to "sorcerer's 
stone" 
> is mad) but three things strike me as better in the USA editions:
> 1) The cover is really moody and beautifully understated, whereas 
> the JPGs I've seen of the UK one make it look garish.
> 2) The layout of the text is more spacious and hence it is easier 
to 
> read and feels better quality.
> 3) Aren't the pictures at the beginning of the chapters cute? I 
> twice wished they'd been at the end of the chapter or contained 
less 
> spoiler material (e.g. Grawp and Voldy's duel with DD), but they 
are 
> really lovely, and brighten the reading experience. I remember, on 
> another discussion board, some American's complaining that the USA 
> editions of Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trilogy do not contain 
> the chapter head graphics that Pullman did for the UK editions. 
Well 
> you've made up for it with these.

Dumbledad,

I just got my UK editions today, both of them.  I wanted each 
cover!  Call me weird.  Anyway, I have to agree about the 
illustrations at the beginning of each chapter.  And I LOVE the 
cover on the USA edition - very dark and mysterious, I think.  Some 
people I have talked to think that the pics are "childish", but I 
like them!

Alora