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[cellio]

In checking for updates on the first season of Blake's 7 (still delayed until September, sigh), I noticed that the second half of the second season of West Wing will be released at the end of July. (The first half came out at the end of April, and it followed the second half of the first season by something like 8 months, so I didn't expect this for a while.) Order placed. :-)

A few minutes later I got mail from them advertising the new Harry Potter book, which can be ordered in either the adult edition or the children's edition. Huh? I didn't know there were two different editions. Is that true here in the US too, or is it a UK thing? I wonder what the nature of the changes is. Aren't these books written for kids in the first place?

And speaking (loosely) of the UK and TV, according to Neil Gaiman there will soon be a US release, on DVD, of Neverwhere, a BBC mini-series. I saw the show a couple years ago and enjoyed it. It's being produced by A&E for US release only, in an odd turn of fate. So I can get US TV from the UK and UK TV from the US? :-)

Comments

[msmemory.livejournal.com]

Haven't checked the amazon.co.uk site, but the US is selling the standard edition and a Deluxe edition. Perhaps that's what the UK office is calling the Children's and Adults' editions?

adults v childrens HP5

[fiannaharpar.livejournal.com]

The only difference is the cover. This is if I remember correctly.

[damned-colonial.livejournal.com]

I think the adult/children thing is a matter of the binding and cover illustration... the kids edition is all brightly coloured and stuff, while the adult edition is less embarrassing to read on the bus :)

K.

[cellio]

Ah, marketing... :-)

[meadhbh-9.livejournal.com]

I remember being confounded by the same question a few years ago. I have a friend who is a manager at Chapters/Indigo (runs a store in down town Toronto) who told me that it is just a difference in the cover and text size.

(Like my new pic? That's Ciaran looking directly up at me from the kitchen floor... think he was trying to tell me something?)

[cellio]

Cute kitty!

Why yes; that's the "why am I down here all by myself when you should be either holding me or feeding me?" look. I'd know it anywhere. :-)