WHY a UK (PS) vs. US (SS) edition and other newbie musings

Joanne0012 at aol.com Joanne0012 at aol.com
Mon Dec 3 23:09:46 UTC 2001


No: HPFGUIDX 30684

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Darlene" <Dar20 at a...> wrote:
> I'm wondering, 
> WHY are there two editions?  Did the US publisher think we would not 
> be interested in reading the UK version?  Is this a common thing to 
> do?  

No, it's not terribly common.  A very condescending VP at Scholastic gave the 
following interview and excuses:

http://www.hpgalleries.com/c117.htm

One good thing about being obsessed with HP is that there's always someone 
who's more obsessed than yourself.  Here's a chart that lists differences 
between the British and American versions:

http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/differences-ss.html






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