Cover's a fraud

[Tom Marvolo Riddle]

No: HPFGUIDX 54094

<kenneyjohn at y...> wrote:
> It is and has been my belief for some time now, that book five 
will 
> not be called "Order of Pheonix".
> 
> This has all been an elaborate practical joke on JK's behalf to 
trick 
> us into discussing theories that are way off track.
> 
> The covers seemed rushed. At least the UK version does.
> 
> The Adult version is different to our adult editions which have a 
> coloured banner superimposed on a b/w photo
> 
> Secondly, MGP usually has more detailed covers for the 
readers to 
> deal with. There was so much more on her GOF cover.
> 
> It seems I am dissapointed.
> 
> The cover seems too simple
> 
> Are they trying to trick us or am i just crazy?


Hi.  I'm Zach.  I've been watching this group for a while but this is 
my first post.  

I used to think the Order of Phoenix was just a working title too.  
After all, book 4 was call HP and the Doomspell Tournament for 
the longest time.  

But I was just at Border's last night and there were posters, book 
warks, cutout displays, everything you could possibly think of that 
said "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."  When Book four 
was coming out, the promotional material just said, Harry Potter, 
year 4.  If you listen to the audio book Jim Dale does (at least the 
early version) he doesn't even give a title, he just says that it's the 
fourth book in the Harry Potter series.

My point is, I doubt Scholastic, Bloomsbury, etc., would spend 
this much money and time printing up promo materials with a 
specific title in them if the title were going to be changed at the 
last minute.

As for the design of the books, I think that MGP has made a 
departure from the more colorful covers of earlier books 
because Harry Potter is moving away from the children's book 
genre.  

As for making us crazy, well, after reading the posts in here for 
the past week or so, I've come to the conclusion that everyone in 
the group (myself included) is quite crazy on their own and need 
no help from JKR or any publishing company.

Slight side note:  The only thing I see reflected in Harry's glasses 
are the lights of the candles he's facing.  Did I miss something?

Zach