more on OoP cover (was Re: Two comments)

[Alex]

No: HPFGUIDX 54226

> cantoramy wrote:
> > I don't know why, but my first thought was that the MG cover was 
> > just a "mock up" and that the colors would be added in before the 
> > actual printing. 

nobodysrib:
> As someone who works in publishing, I very much doubt that they would 
> release non-finished book images. 

As a designer who works for a marketing company, I agree and would like to 
add that there's no way Scholastic would release preliminary art to the public, 
especially for a book like this one that so many people are anticipating. This 
art wasn't leaked, it was publicly released. Also, to the other poster who 
thought that the cover was a ruse, I think that Scholastic would suffer a huge 
backlash by the bookselling community if come June the books are delivered 
with a different cover than the one that the major booksellers (including 
Amazon and Barnes & Noble) are already using for advertising!

> cantoramy wrote:
> > After all, they have 3 months.

nobodysrib:
> In the publishing world, three months isn't all that much time to 
> make changes.  At this point in time, I imagine that the books are at 
> least in their final formatted version, if not already being printed.

Indeed if it's not entirely designed and laid out, it's probably mostly done and 
they have probably begun printing or will be doing so shortly. The complexity 
of printing 8.5 million copies of  a book as thick as OoP is immense and very 
time-consuming. That's over 7.5 billion pages to get printed, placed in the 
correct order and bound! The dust cover is the last step and the easiest part, 
but that's the most important piece for booksellers to have for their own 
marketing efforts. I have to believe that the book cover we're seeing is final, 
and that GrandPre, JKR and Scholastic are ok with it.

~~aesob