Comments on: State of the Union Address Left out the Bit Where We’re Getting New Harry Potter Cover Art

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:21:00 +0000

I love the American covers for the last 3 books, but I could take or
leave the covers for the first 4.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:16:00 +0000

I love the American covers for the last 3 books, but I could take or
leave the covers for the first 4, so I’m excited to see what these new
covers look like.

By: strand0410

strand0410 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:53:00 +0000

For some reason, I always assumed the Americans got the same covers we did with a quick Sorcerer/Philosopher substitution. But after googling, blech! I like this new cover and if the others retain the design, they’d be a step up.

By: Craig Oxbrow

Craig Oxbrow — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:45:00 +0000

Still not correcting the title though…

By: Chris Talbot

Chris Talbot — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:42:00 +0000

First let me say that I really like this art work. It looks good and depicts a scene I happen to really enjoy if only for the line, “Harry wished he had eight more pairs of eyes.” :-)

Unfortunately, for someone who hasn’t read the books, there’s nothing intriguing about this picture. It looks like a scene from yet another fantasy story with medieval level of technology. There’s nothing in this picture that sets it apart from the rest.

Ultimately, while I like the picture, I believe it fails at it’s basic job of making a book buyer want to look at this. YMMV, of course.

By: sixteenthnote

sixteenthnote — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:10:00 +0000

Those are really nice!

By: sixteenthnote

sixteenthnote — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:09:00 +0000

I WISH GrandPre’s art was replaced with this on the hardcovers. I always found the US versions horrendously ugly. And, since my copies are pretty sad-looking these days from how many times I’ve read the books, it’d be nice to have shiny new hardcovers that look nice. Alas! I guess paperback works too.

By: Crusty Old Dean

Crusty Old Dean — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:26:00 +0000

I dig these swedish ones myself… http://i53.tinypic.com/wl5f7d.jpg

By: Emma Hodgson

Emma Hodgson — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:01:00 +0000

I have to admit that I really don’t like the American cover art for the Harry Potter novels, so I think these shiny new covers are long overdue. The Australian/UK cover art is amazing though, and I wonder if they’ll re-design them for the 15th anniversary too?