UK vs US

[Lesley McKenna]

No: HPFGUIDX 170928

> Brenda:

> I am new to the whole chat room, posting stuff, but I was wondering:
> How different is the UK version of HP versus the US version? I live
> in the US, and only have the US version. I don't even know where to
> go to get the UK version. Am I missing a lot by reading the US
> version and not the UK version? I've been reading the posting on 
> this site and notice often how the UK version seems to explain more. 
> Is that true?

Hi All,

I too am new to the whole chat room scene and like Brenda, I am interested in the differences in the US and UK versions of the books. I live in Australia and I am glad that we get the British versions here as I imagine they are published the way JK wrote them.

I am curious though; if the difference is just word usage and slang, then why are the US versions so much longer than the UK versions?

When the publication date for 'Deathly Hallows' was announced, I was so excited to see that the book was almost the same length as 'Phoenix.' Then I discovered that that page count was for the US version and that the UK version is fractionally shorter than 'Goblet.' Of course, the final length of the book depends on the page set up and the size of the print. The print in 'Prince' was quite a bit bigger than the print in 'Phoenix',. Also, the print was more spread out. Therefore 'Prince' at 607 pages was quite significantly shorter than 'Goblet' at 636. More than a mere 29 pages in fact.

Nitpicky I know, but if you love the books as much as I do, then it's all relevant. 

wrappedinharry