Difference in US and UK Edition size

[Mandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 96697

> > Geoff wrote:
> > I can never understand why the US editions seem to be so long. My 
> > PS and OOTP copies which are fairly standard Bloomsbury UK 
editions are 223 and 766 pages respectively. 

> Jim wrote:
> The Scholastic editions have always used a larger font than usual
> (maybe as large as 10 points) and extra leading (space between 
lines).
> I've noticed already that UK editions always seem to have much
> narrower margins as well.  I have the U.S. and U.K. editions of a
> Patrick O'Brian novel and the difference is immediately noticeable.


Mandy here:
The difference in size is almost comical.  When my mum brought over 
the UK editions for me, she laughed at the size of the US edition of 
OotP, saying it looked like a concrete breezeblock, and weighed about 
the same.  Not only is the font larger and wider and the margins 
narrower but the US editions also deal with the correspondence 
between the characters within the story differently, for example: 

The Educational Decrees are laid out just like an official 
letter/document that the government might use.  `By Order of The High 
Inquisitor of Hogwarts' will be in large, fancy, almost medieval 
looking font. The signature of Dolores Jane Umbridge will be in a 
signature font, complete with an official looking stamp on the bottom 
of the page from the Ministry of Magic. And the whole thing is bolded 
to make a strong statement. Sometimes one decree will almost take up 
a whole page.  

Percy's letter is written in handwriting font and signed with a 
signature in a style that a young man might use.

Newspaper articles are laid out like they are cut and pasted from a 
newspaper. The headline at the top, and a long thin column of text 
below.

There are also the illustrations at the start of each chapter, and 
the title of the chapter is also in a very large font, which pushes 
the first line half way down the page. 

The US editions are lot of fun and worth reading if you haven't 
already.

Cheers, Mandy