UK adult editions

[psychic_serpent]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Pigwidgeon" <simon.hp at v...> 
wrote:
 > The adult edition of OotP is selling well. It is currently the 
second 
> best selling book in the UK. I believe the ratio is about 6:1 
> (children:adult) being sold at the moment, but I could not find 
> figures online to back this up (the figures were in The Times on 
> Saturday, but not on their online equivalent).
> 
> However this does not examine if there are any underlying reasons 
> for this balance. I have a childrens edition, but would have 
> preferred an adult one (I like the adult cover more). However, 
> even though the shop had some, I was unable to get the adult 
> edition at midnight on the 21st. It would have involved the shop 
> trying to find a copy and I was just after getting out with a copy 
> and to start reading.
 
I also have a children's copy of the UK book, even though I also 
like the cover of the adult version better and could easily have 
ordered that version from Amazon UK.  The only reason I didn't is 
that my other UK books are also the children's versions, and I just 
wanted my set to match.  That might be another reason for folks 
buying the children's copies, even though they're adults--wanting 
their new book to match existing copies.

--Barb