Little, Brown Book Group announced on Monday that J.K. Rowling's first book for adults, The Casual Vacancy, will be released on paperback in the UK beginning July 18, 2013, and will feature two new covers, seen below. More details on the release of the paperback by the Harry Potter author can be seen here; no word yet on when the paperback will be released in other markets, including the United States.

Little, Brown Book Group is delighted to announce that the paperback edition of The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling will be published worldwide in the English language on 18th July 2013, priced £7.99 in the UK. Ebook priced £4.99.

When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock.

Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils… Pagford is not what it first seems.

Pre-order The Casual Vacancy on paperback right here on Amazon.co.uk.