How to: Blow a Book-Seller’s Mind
May 8th, 2007 · Posted in DIY, Jokage ·Apparently, all it takes is to order the children’s version of the new Harry Potter. Took the guy at the desk five minutes (and three times, “are you sure?”) to figure out that, yes, I do in fact want the children’s version, and not the adult* version.
RodeoClown: isn’t afraid of reading the children’s edition
*I don’t think there’s actually much of a difference between the two - maybe they took out a gratuitous sex scene for the children’s edition.
May 8th, 2007 at 10:39 am
>gratuitous sex scene
Yes, I think we all knew Harry Potter was heading towards this…
May 8th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
That’s funny that the book-seller assumed that you would, of course, want the adult version. Personally, I can do without the “gratuitous sex scenes” in most of the movies, especially, today. Sometimes it’s so blantant how they squeeze that stuff in there. Enjoy the book!
May 8th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
JD - I had to rescue your comment from the spam bin. I’m guessing it was because the bulk of the comment was ‘gratuitous sex scene’
Kim - Yep - the pointless sex scenes are pretty annoying, even more so now they are creeping into TV shows and PG movies.
I’ll have to get someone else to read the adult version, and let me know what the difference is
May 8th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
I don’t believe there is one at all, in the past i was under the impression that they just gave them a different cover for the poor insecure adults who couldn’t handl the internal scrutiny they feared they were receiving by innocent bystanders for reading a childrens book…ie it was to make it look like it wasn’ta ctually aimed at kiddies.
I can’t believe you’ve ordered one before me.
May 8th, 2007 at 11:15 pm
It blows *my* mind that the publisher feels the need to publish two versions of the book at all…
Would anyone embarrassed to read the kids version *not* be embarrassed to read the adult version? It’s still a J.K. Rowling children’s novel - changing the cover doesn’t convince other people looking at you that you somehow more mature. It says “Harry Potter” in big letters.
I’d be a lot more embarrassed by an attempt to hide what I was reading, personally.
*shrugs*
May 9th, 2007 at 10:14 am
Nice comment Chris.
I agree, when I look at some one reading the “G” version or the “MA” all I am going to see is “Hey, that guy is reading Harry Potter”.
The way I figure it they’re both are going to be so common… I mean do people get the “MA” version in the hope that others won’t look at it and instatnly recognise it as a Harry Potter book?
(In loosely related news has Terry Pratchet done the same (changed distintive cover design) of his Discworld series?)
My advice to all those buying the “MA” version is “why bother?”. If you don’t want others to know that you read Harry Potter then don’t read it in public, becuase, no matter which cover you have, when there have been 7 trillion of these sold both covers are going to be fairly well recognised.
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Dez!: Hasn’t read any HP yet, but does have them on his “List of stuff to read before I die”
May 9th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
I remember reading that when they re-released the original few novels with the newer cover, they sold a whole bunch more.
I guess they just look classier on the shelf, and as so many adults seem to be afraid of being thought of as childish, the cartoony covers are very off-putting.
I have no qualms with watching cartoons and reading comics - I see them as just another medium (or large) - and it annoys me when people write them off simply because they used to watch childish cartoons when they were young.
May 10th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
sailor moon is still one of my fave shows…
May 15th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
I thought the same as Spannalise, thought it was just a different front cover. I don’t mind either way.. On book three at the moment, hope I make it to the end before the new one comes out but Iam only reading on the bus - better kick up the reading time or else there is no hope.
May 15th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Just a quick note: I was being sarcastic about the different versions having different content - They are the same, save having different covers
Nixter - I find the best way to finish books is to keep them in the bathroom, and read them when… doing my business. I’ve finished many books in the small room.
May 15th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
and let me tell you, growing up in a house with one bathroom and too busily reading boys SUCKED especially for the first half of life when the shower was in WITH the toilet….again i repeat
SUCKED
May 18th, 2007 at 10:04 am
Spannalise ==> LOL!!!
My daughter has the same thing to look forward to!!
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