The UK's largest Science Fiction & Fantasy Forums

Go Back   Science Fiction Fantasy Chronicles: forums > Books and Writing > Authors > J K Rowling



J K Rowling The works of J K Rowling, not least the Harry Potter series.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Rate Thread
Old 15th April 2008, 01:24 AM   #16 (permalink)
Registered User
 
alexx's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 20
Re: Children and Adults

Personally I've seen more adults with the children's edition than the adult's..so it was a bit of a waste of money to make them as far as I'm concerned.
alexx is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16th April 2009, 05:00 AM   #17 (permalink)
Where matter vanishes...
 
Grimward's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,304
Re: Children and Adults

Sorry to resurrect an old one here....

It would be interesting to learn whether the different covers made any actual difference in the rate customers grabbed them off the shelves....especially in the case of the older books from the series, like the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone book on the previous page. The "mature" cover (Bloomsbury's, apparently) had to have been published after that first book had already reached "saturation" levels, no?
Grimward is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 16th April 2009, 10:18 AM   #18 (permalink)
Scottish Roman
 
The Ace's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 2,634
Re: Children and Adults

I'm not sure, I know they were released simultaneously in the UK, you got to choose which cover you wanted when you ordered it.
The Ace is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 17th April 2009, 03:49 AM   #19 (permalink)
Where matter vanishes...
 
Grimward's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,304
Re: Children and Adults

Wow....I'm not sure I ever physically saw the "mature" covers over here. Could have been oblivious, of course, but if they are over here, they either aren't in the YA section where Potter usually resides (which, reasonably, might make sense if the cover was angling for an "older" audience) or they disguise themselves as Piers Anthony offerings....
Grimward is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 22nd April 2009, 10:34 PM   #20 (permalink)
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 203
Re: Children and Adults

I haven't seen either of those covers at all, but the American editions have always looked different anyway. I rather like the youthful appearance. All of mine have illustrations of Harry Potter and various characters from the books. I think the movies have done a lot to try to retain that "feel" of a magical community in the real world.

I just don't relate to a HP book with a picture of a gem on it. It looks more like a romance novel or something. I also think the HP books are so immensely popular even among adults that there should be no embarrassment for people of any age reading them.
kythe is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 23rd April 2009, 05:19 AM   #21 (permalink)
Where matter vanishes...
 
Grimward's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,304
Re: Children and Adults

I have to agree, kythe. Whether it's long association (it has been what, 12 years since the first was published?) of her art to the stories or the fact that her art hearkens back to similar illustrations I grew up with in stories I read as a child, a Potter story without Mary GrandPré art would not be the same, methinks....
Grimward is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 23rd April 2009, 09:45 AM   #22 (permalink)
Sanders
 
The Procrastinator's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 528
Blog Entries: 1
Re: Children and Adults

I never saw the point of the "grown-up" covers. "Grown-up" seems to equate with Boring. Much prefer the "kiddies" covers and am not the slightest bit embarrassed to be seen reading them in public. Marketing gimmicks, we do not appreciate you.
The Procrastinator is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Children and YA Fantasy Reference Book GOLLUM Young Adult Fiction 3 21st September 2005 02:52 PM
children bring the Royal ruckuses to court Texane The Lounge 0 30th May 2005 02:11 PM
I must ask... McMurphy World affairs 147 23rd December 2004 03:04 AM
Immigrants to the UK to lose children? I, Brian World affairs 0 23rd November 2003 08:36 AM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 07:26 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.2
Copyright ©2000 - 2009, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
SEO by vBSEO 3.2.0 ©2008, Crawlability, Inc.