[HPforGrownups] Two different editions of HP series one for kids and another for adults?

[Scarah]

No: HPFGUIDX 162511

Antonia:
> I recently found out about this and I'm confused. I have to mention
> that  I am not from the US nor from Britain so over here (in Romania
> that is) we only got the Blomsbury editions in English and the one
> translated in Romanian (which is dreadful by the way). So the
> Blomsbury edition is for adults or for children? What is the
> difference between the two editions?

Sarah:
The only difference is the cover art.  The adult covers are meant to
be less embarassing to read in public.  :)  They're supposed to be
designed to look more like a mystery novel or something.  The text
inside is the same.

Antonia:
I heard that some lines were left
> out in the children editions. Is that true? Does anyone have the
> missing lines from the children editions from the 6 books? Are those
> lines important to the books? Do they refer to Severus?

Sarah:
The United States have a different publisher and editor, and there are
indeed differences from the Bloomsbury (UK) to Scholastic (US)
editions.  I think that must be what you're thinking of.  The Lexicon
has been kind enough to list them for us:
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/about/books/hbp/differences-hbp.html

No differences between adults' and childrens' except the cover.  But
there are differences between UK and US. (The US only puts out one
version.  I mean, they do eventually have hardback, paperback, and
different box sets and all, but there's no adults' vs. children's.)

HTH!
Sarah