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June 16, 2008
I just got a big box of books: the British editions of the first three Kitty novels! Yay!
So if you’re in Great Britain, here’s what the Kitty books look like:
Filling the Well
ideas are like oxygen: a journal by Carrie Vaughn
- Available January 2010:
Available March 2010:
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June 16, 2008 at 8:43 am
Maybe I’m just stupid, but why is there a (slightly) different cover for the books?
June 16, 2008 at 10:03 am
Nice.
I prefer the American covers though. They’re… smoother, sleeker looking. God only knows why they even bothered changing it for us Brits. They’ve not even changed all that much! It’s just the font really. *bemused*
June 16, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Sorry Brits, your covers & font are fugly!!
June 16, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Yeah, I’m not really sure why they changed what little they did. When you compare them side by side, the images are a little bigger as well. I’m sure there’s some arcane marketing reason for it all.
June 16, 2008 at 5:40 pm
I kinda like the British fonts more. Ties in well with the whole radio show aspect.
June 16, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Are they translated into British English?
June 16, 2008 at 9:01 pm
I think they are pleasing to the eye. But beyond that I just think it is darn cool that you have reached the shores of Great Britain. Very nifty and congrats.
Brian
June 16, 2008 at 11:22 pm
the british editions are clunky, i really prefer the american editions. and being a brit, they reached these shores long ago. it´s called amazon.co.uk
June 17, 2008 at 2:33 am
So, I guess I will have to buy your books from Sweden now if I want to continue getting the american covers. But congratulations of getting a british publisher as well (I assume).
Fun (to me) fact though: In Sweden the Nancy Drew character is called Kitty Drew, so all those books are “Kitty and the…whatnot”
June 17, 2008 at 8:05 am
The American editions have been available there as imports for ages — plus, I sent boxes over to my friends there.
Kitty Drew…awe, sounds like they should get together for lunch!
June 18, 2008 at 9:16 am
Not much difference that I can see. But I’ll still be buying them on import if they are released in the US first.
Kelley Armstrongs books have completely differnt covers in the UK which are far nicer that the awful american ones but I really don’t see the point of the samll changes they made.
As for the American English, I found it perfectly understandable. I don’t think you used any terms that are too obscure. We get a lot of US TV shows over here and so we generaly don’t have problems understanding mainstream American english – even if we don’t use it.
June 18, 2008 at 9:19 am
Hey, I just thought. If you’re being published over here now then you really should come for a visit and a signing !
June 18, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Trust me, it’s on the list. I have friends there I haven’t visited in ages.
June 28, 2008 at 7:07 am
found ‘em, tho’ it would be easier if the guys at Waterstones would make up their minds what they are, they were in horror in one store and fantasy in the other, two stores, same chain, same City. ridiculous. ah well.
June 28, 2008 at 9:42 am
For a while, one of the big chains here shelved it in romance…
The way I look at it: Kitty has something for everyone!