US & UK editions,

[joanne0012]

No: HPFGUIDX 35557

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "mjollner" <mjollner at y...> wrote:

> Thanks for the link - I'll have to take a look at it - but the point 
> of my post was that upon perusing my newly received UK editions, I 
> was amazed at how *few* textual changes there actually are between the 
> US and UK editions, and how great are the differences between the 
> respective cover illustrations.  I suppose once Scholastic decided 
> that Book One needed a title change, the powers-that-be felt, "why 
> stop there?".  So IMO, there is no need for separate editions, but the 
> fact that there are so few *real* differences between them means that 
> the US editions are not "dumbed down"...

The very fact that ANY substitutions were made and British language was 
changed for the American kids DOES mean that they were "dumbed down."

> The covers of the US editions are much more attractive than their UK 
> counterparts and stylistically, the various titles seem much more a 
> part of the same series. 

One of the reasons I focused on the text aspects of your message was that I 
think Grandpre's work is hideous.