Why does the US Harry Potter 7 have about 150 more pages than the UK version?

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Also, what are these pages filled with?

Answer 1

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Because it's a different publisher, the American is Scholastic, and the British is Bloomsbury. The American use12-point Adobe Garamond font, which is bigger than the one in the British one and plus Americans put the headline of the chapter above every page and the chapter number and have bigger margins. Also every chapter in the American edition starts with a picture showing a scene in the chapter and the British version doesn't include illustrations. And since I'm from Macedonia, and I've seen both American and English versions of the same books, I can say that there is no difference in the text, only in the number of pages and in the cover. And as an additional fact both versions are coming out at the same time.

Answer 2

Larger text for them so they understand it

Answer 3

smaller words so yanks can understand it easier

Answer 4

To explain things to the yanks in a very simple manner probably takes up the extra pages.

Answer 5

The pages in the US version maybe smaller or have bigger font than the UK version. I don't believe that they would put something more in the US version and leave it out in the UK version.

Answer 6

Larger print or the book may be in a smaller format.

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The same reason Philosopher became Sorceror.

Answer 7

perhaps they have bigger gaps in the tables they need to use it as a wedge for the leg of the table =)

Answer 8

Its the same book except the US ones have larger font.

They are the same exact book and all.

Answer 9

Its because the Americans don't understand English and need to use 3 words when we would use one, just listen to Mr Bush, so therefore in order fro the book to be read in the States it needs more word to be undstood there. Suspect I will be shot for saying this.

Answer 10

Interesting point-of-view from you Brits. It's actually because the US version has larger print. I had to think about it because it could have been added advertising.....

Answer 11

Well you aren't comparing similar versions now are you? The Brits get both a child's version and an adult version (so the adults don't feel childish reading it, I suppose), the American version is designed to be a bit of both.

Additionally, are you comparing the deluxe US edition to a UK edition? The Deluxe edition has a lot of art bonuses.

And yes, the American editions aren't word for word copies of the UK edition largely due to slang (if it were written purely in the "Queen's English" then I doubt the versions would be different except for a bit of spelling). Most Americans had to figure out that "snogging" meant kissing from the context, and that is slang they left in. It wasn't until I watched Dr. Who that I was sure "Wotcher" was intended to be some odd and nonsensical semblance of a greeting.

In short, it is largely because of the dialect differences.

Answer 12

Could be larger print, larger margins or smaller pages

Answer 13

Well mabey its cause the print has to be spaced more for Americans because they are stupid and if the words are to close together they think it is just one long sentence

Answer 14

Us idiotic Americans across the pond cannot read, nor speak English. We can however, speak and read in fluent Ghetto, Redneck, Ebonics and Western Valley Girl. What can you expect from a country that voted in a man who doesn't know what an OB/GYN is?

We need that larger font and broken down English because most people over here don't understand wit, imagination or proper grammar.

Gosh darn it I'm cynical.

Answer 15

Tiz probably printed larger.......so that the book is thicker..so that they will think they are getting more for their money.
(Wake up...why would J K Rowling write a longer version for the USA market? And then release them at the same time?)

Answer 16

Language differences, font and pages. They had to change a lot of words from the british version to the US. I mean there are words that we wouldn't understand or the way they talk in the UK is completely different than the US. Yes,it's english but it's still different. Also check out the covers for the two different styles. The fonts are different and one may take up more pages than the other.

Answer 17

it is to do with the page, font and margin size as others have said. but also because they sometimes have pictures at the start of chapters which take up more room.. needless to say, lots on anti-american jokes regarding their reading capabilities could be made if i felt particularly venomous!!!

Answer 18

The print may be larger than the uk version.

Answer 19

It's most likely to be due to the size of the font. They wouldn't release two different versions of the same story, excepting for spelling changes.

Answer 20

Bigger writing and more smaller words? (This is George Bush country we're talking about. Oh no, wait. He's a right-wing Christian, he wouldn't be into Harry Potter. No idea, sorry.) ... (Actually, maybe just bigger writing, wider margins, smaller pages ... different design, in a nutshell.)

Answer 21

Larger text and they have sketches to begin each chapter

If you look on I think mugglenet you can see the American versions pictures

Answer 22

It's the same thing, only with larger font and perhaps smaller pages (not sure about the latter though).