# Harry Potter (yes, again) -- Adult Edition
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-yes-again-adult-edition/122307
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 4, 2002, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-yes-again-adult-edition/122307 "2002-08-04T17:09:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2002, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-yes-again-adult-edition/122307/1 "2002-08-04T17:09:26Z")
Has anyone here read any of the _Harry Potter_ “Adult Editions”? How do they differ from the standard editions?
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### Author:  [@Babar714](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babar714)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2002, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-yes-again-adult-edition/122307/2 "2002-08-04T17:47:03Z")
For one thing, that ain’t just a magic wand.
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### Author:  [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2002, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-yes-again-adult-edition/122307/3 "2002-08-04T18:07:23Z")
I’ll bite. What the hell are you talking about? I’m not aware of any other versions beyong the UK and US versions.
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### Author:  [@majinborg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/majinborg)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2002, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-yes-again-adult-edition/122307/4 "2002-08-04T18:45:21Z")
As far as I know, the “Adult Editions” are the same books as you can buy in any one of the several languages the series is now published in, only without the brightly-colored covers. It’s a marketing thing; adults weren’t buying the book for themselves out of fear of being seen reading a “kid’s book”.
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### Author:  [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2002, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-yes-again-adult-edition/122307/5 "2002-08-04T20:09:17Z")
I was wondering about this last night. I have only seen book one in an adult edition (love the blue cover, btw) and wondered if any of the other books had alternative editions. Besides being a different cover, they’re considerably smaller-mass market size rather than trade. _I_ have all four in the kid editions 🙂
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### Author:  [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2002, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-yes-again-adult-edition/122307/6 "2002-08-04T20:53:11Z")
I have the adult editions. They have regular “adult sized” type and extremly nice covers.
If you search for “harry potter cover art” or similar on the net you will be able to find all the variations. Many countries have their own cover art, the Swedish is my favourite, I really like their Harry, especially on the fourth book.
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### Author:  [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-yes-again-adult-edition/122307/7 "2002-08-04T21:00:57Z")
I have the adult editions. They have regular “adult sized” type and extremly nice covers.
If you search for “harry potter cover art” or similar on the net you will be able to find all the variations. Many countries have their own cover art, the Swedish is my favourite, I really like their Harry, especially on the fourth book.
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### Author:  [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2002, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-yes-again-adult-edition/122307/8 "2002-08-04T21:08:42Z")
I have the adult editions. They have regular “adult sized” type and extremly nice covers.
If you search for “harry potter cover art” or similar on the net you will be able to find all the variations. Many countries have their own cover art, the Swedish is my favourite, I really like their Harry, especially on the fourth book.