Was US POA audio modified from UK or US print?

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> Mandy here:
> Here's another, somewhat related, fact; the reason behind why JKR 
> uses her initials instead of her name. The publisher in the UK and 
> the US didn't believe a female author would sell to boys!  Which to 
> me is also insulting.  The sheer arrogance of publishers in both 
> countries is staggering at times.
> Mandy

Agreed, but (again), not to excuse Bloomsbury or Scholastic, I don't know that the 
motivating force was arrogance as much as fear. There have been some wonderful women 
authors who've created fabulous Young Adult fantasy series (Susan Cooper, Ursula Le 
Guin, just off the top of my head) but none who have reached the JRR Tolkien or CS Lewis 
level of popularity. The one exception I can think of is... E. Nesbit.

Bloomsbury was committing a comparatively huge marketing budget to an unknown 
author. (The book didn't become a hit just because it was fabulous--they marketed the 
heck out of it.) No doubt they were anxious that teen boys (who are notorious for avoiding 
'girl' books) not be turned off. And initials had worked so well for John Ronald Reuel 
Tokien and Clive Staples Lewis....

Antosha, who is somewhat embarrassed to be playing devil's advocate here