Hogwarts Text [was: Why couldn't the twins share?]

[monzaba at poczta.onet.pl]

No: HPFGUIDX 22747

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Indigo" <indigo at i...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Sofie Campbell" <sofie_elisabeth at y...> 
> wrote:
> > Monika wrote:

> > > And certainly, Fred and George could have shared their books, 
> > because they most probably were to do their homework together 
> anyway! 
> > 
> > I agree here totally and another thing that has bugged me as I 
> > recently re-read all four books, why don't the Weasley children 
> pass 
> > books on to each other? 

> My guess is the books required only remain static for certain 
classes.
<snip>
> Then there's the fact that the books may carry updates the previous 
> year's versions do not have.
> 
> The only way it'd be viable to hand the books down over time would 
> be, I'm guessing:
> 
> is if there's a magical Master Edition in some publishing house 
> somewhere, that automatically updates all editions of it that have 
> been sold and are still in legible condition.

What's most surprising, is that the Weasleys actually buy some books 
for their children second hand! Ginny's "Beginner's Guide to 
Transfiguration" (the reason of fight between Mr. Weasley and Mr. 
Malfoy) certainly wasn't new.

Monika
(The Snape fan)