tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2674562610629395012.post993364455395847253..comments2023-09-26T08:47:03.666-04:00Comments on Joy in Chaos: Harry is coming today! (Revised)Chaotic Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16743049921159926147noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2674562610629395012.post-47564282289261919432007-07-22T20:33:00.000-04:002007-07-22T20:33:00.000-04:00To answer your question about the covers, it's all...To answer your question about the covers, it's all a matter of marketing and who-controls-what. I think publishing houses, while linked together by name, have totally different offices in different countries with full editorial control over what goes on in each place. <BR/><BR/>When a book is sold to a pub., the agent (if the author has an agent) often will negotiate rights to publish in other English-speaking countries, as well as rights-to-publish in translation. So even though a book is bought by a publisher here doesn't necessarily mean that it'll see the light of day anywhere else. <BR/><BR/>And if it does get published elsewhere, it's likely the cover will be different, because it's being published by a different office, catering to a different audience. But don't quote me on this. :)Ginger Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03577120480713734819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2674562610629395012.post-48135416017875077452007-07-22T17:41:00.000-04:002007-07-22T17:41:00.000-04:00Heh...as if anyone seeing "J.K. Rowling" sprawled ...Heh...as if anyone seeing "J.K. Rowling" sprawled across the top won't know which book it is! Whether you've read the books or summarily ignored them, you probably can't help knowing who wrote them. Sheesh. :)<BR/><BR/>P.S. My copy is coming by private messenger. She was going to swing by first thing Saturday (bless her heart!) but I told her to wait until Monday, when she'll be in town anyhow. So, I won't spoil it for you if you don't spoil it for me!karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015005627576368267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2674562610629395012.post-57821236953759356442007-07-22T09:56:00.000-04:002007-07-22T09:56:00.000-04:00The one on the left is the standard edition, the o...The one on the left is the standard edition, the one I have. The one on the right is the "adult" version, with less colourful colours for grown-ups who don't want to be caught reading a children's book in public.Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957626443087438904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2674562610629395012.post-75388622041421090282007-07-22T09:22:00.000-04:002007-07-22T09:22:00.000-04:00If anyone is going to blog about what happens they...If anyone is going to blog about what happens they need to put SPOILER in the title so people know not to read it. I don't want to find out what happens, either.Lynn Stallworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12032453871395413032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2674562610629395012.post-72008998520321450392007-07-22T00:15:00.000-04:002007-07-22T00:15:00.000-04:00Sigh-I didn't read any Harry Potter today. Not a ...Sigh-I didn't read any Harry Potter today. Not a page. Tomorrow's Sunday though, a great day for reading. So I am holding out hope.Chaotic Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743049921159926147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2674562610629395012.post-70908698498000013662007-07-21T20:47:00.000-04:002007-07-21T20:47:00.000-04:00I do like the American cover better than the Canad...I do like the American cover better than the Canadian one this time. Partly that's because all of the countdown-to-release-day hype featured that image (including the counter on my own blog), but also because the image itself is just stronger and simpler. (The Canadian one features Harry, Ron, and Hermione surrounded by all kinds of stuff. The only virtue of it, really, is that it's so colourful and busy that Bub spent about ten minutes gazing at it this afternoon while I just kept on reading.)<BR/><BR/>I did the same thing you did - I was out all morning and dreadfully worried that they wouldn't leave it, but when I got home, the screen door wasn't shut the whole way, so I knew it was there.Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957626443087438904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2674562610629395012.post-85429271974172504472007-07-21T15:39:00.000-04:002007-07-21T15:39:00.000-04:00hear hear! It will take me a while to read it to,...hear hear! It will take me a while to read it to, what with an out of town guest arriving as well, but I am getting started! Hooray!painted maypolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06446625015003854710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2674562610629395012.post-85660161808054449942007-07-21T13:49:00.000-04:002007-07-21T13:49:00.000-04:00Would you be surprised to know that in an MFA prog...Would you be surprised to know that in an MFA program in writing FOR CHILDREN there are many, many people who have not read Harry and will not read Harry.<BR/><BR/>Mind-boggling. :)Ginger Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03577120480713734819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2674562610629395012.post-24614328314240992032007-07-21T12:28:00.000-04:002007-07-21T12:28:00.000-04:00dude. i am apparently the only person in the worl...dude. <BR/><BR/>i am apparently the only person in the world who hasn't read harry potter or is going to blogher.<BR/><BR/>sigh.<BR/><BR/>enjoy your time with harry!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662448292809451387noreply@blogger.com