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

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 162539

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Scarah <scarah at ...> wrote:
>
> 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.)

Geoff:
The same is true of the UK editions. There 
are, in fact, three types: the paperback 
sets with the cover art aimed more at young 
people; the hardback editions with a more 
"adult" dustjacket; and the version which 
I usually end up buying with which I would 
term a "library" edition. These have no 
dustjacket and have almost a plain colour 
cover except for a small square abbreviated 
version of the paperback art in the centre 
of the front cover.