I've just been reminded...

[rj_anderson]

...that some HP fans, fed up with the text of the US editions of the books being messed around with, are choosing to order the British editions from Amazon UK instead. This is fine if you really want to order all the way from the UK, but there's a much simpler and probably cheaper method --

Just order them from Canada. Our editions have the same text as the UK editions (not the US ones), and if you preorder from either Amazon.ca or Chapters Indigo, they'll ship it to you by June 21st.

This public service announcement has been brought to you by an annoyingly smug Canadian.

Comments

[jessanndi.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't say that the American versions have been 'messed around with' Certain sections that are different in the US version are due to both publisers getting a manuscript and editing it. But true, is it really necessary to take out the Britishisms. The book is obviously set in Britain so the language could have stayed intact.

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[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Well, that's really what I meant by "messed around with". When I hear complaints from American HP fans it's usually that they never realized how much fun they were missing with those Britishisms...

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[jessanndi.livejournal.com]

I love the way that starkers means something completely different in Australia.