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Old 08-27-2011, 04:35 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default UK or US bookcovers?

Which covers do you prefer yourself?

I am from the US but personally prefer the UK ones, the only one i kind of like better in the US is GoF, but even then, i am not the biggest fan of Mary's art style, i just like the idea of it. The UK covers seem more professional to me, have a better art style, look more refined, represent the characters better, feel more appealing and dramatic-like, and they also remind me a bit of the movies aside from the last two. The US ones are alright, but the art style looks a bit odd to me, and, for some reason, Mary put harry in a cape and his normal clothes up until the fourth book, wheras they are in their proper robes in 3 and 4 in the UK editions.

Note, i know there are others from other regions, but i am most familiar with these two and i am sure most people here are from US and UK, so yeah.
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Old 08-28-2011, 03:32 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I prefer the UK ones. They're the ones I grew up reading and I like how clean they are (not sure if that's the right word), they have the title at the top in a box like thing and then a picture of a scene from the books. Also I think they are a more realistic style (apart from the Philosophers Stone) and I like that better.

I also think the adult UK versions are so so pretty.
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Old 08-28-2011, 10:37 AM   #3 (permalink)
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In Poland, We have a US covers.
I prefer US covers.

I think UK covers are too colorful.
But adult version looks great.
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Old 08-28-2011, 06:03 PM   #4 (permalink)
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i think both are amazing
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Old 08-28-2011, 07:40 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Well I do prefer the UK ones mostly because I feel that it is the dialect that Rowling originally wrote in. Book 4 of mine is the only US version because I was in the states when it came out and it is much bigger in size than the UK versions.

But here in Israel, the translation used the US covers so it is more known here I guess
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Old 08-28-2011, 10:29 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I actually prefer the UK adult covers. They're so pretty ^^ I've grown up with the british books with the UK covers and the norwegian books with the US covers, so I don't have any preferences, really. They're both equally charming to me
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Definitely U.S. for me... but they are what I grew up with...
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I grew up with the U.S. covers so that is what I prefer. I actually quite like Mary's art style.
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Old 09-18-2011, 12:49 PM   #9 (permalink)
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eh. im not picky i honestly really like both
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I've only known the US covers but I really do enjoy them. I like Mary's style.
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Old 10-15-2011, 02:52 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I saw both, and I like them the same, I didn't even know it was a different artist.
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I like them both, but prefer the U.S. ones.
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Old 11-20-2011, 07:17 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Harry Potter is British! English covers!
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Old 12-07-2011, 07:46 PM   #14 (permalink)
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It's purely because I'm English so I like the UK's ones
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Its UK the good one of Bloomsbury, but I have read the the US too XD
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Its UK the good one of Bloomsbury, but I had read US too
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I think they're both nice, it's hard for me to pick which one's are my favorites. The US ones look more realistic to me, plus they're the ones I've read. But I really like the UK covers as well...
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Old 03-07-2012, 06:53 AM   #18 (permalink)
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I live in Serbia, and our's are like the US ones. I have Deathly Hallows with the UK cover, and I think they're better.
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