Harry Potter ebooks! Really! - Page 13

ProfCrash · 03-27-2012, 06:46 PM

OK this is weird. I gifted the books to one email address but I can log in to the account that I bought them through and download them. I am a bit baffled right now. I created a second account with the email address I had the gift sent to but could not get the books there.

Weird

ETA: I guess it is not. I had my original account open when I entered the gift certificate code so that is where the books were saved. The moral of this story, you do not need two accounts to buy the UK version in the US. You just need two emails.

Go figure

ucfgrad93 · 03-27-2012, 06:53 PM

I about damn near had a heart attack when I went to Amazon and saw that they were for sale.

ProfCrash · 03-27-2012, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ucfgrad93

I about damn near had a heart attack when I went to Amazon and saw that they were for sale.

Yeah who told me not to be optimistic.

Granted, I wasn't but I pretended to be for the sake of the baby.

Victoria · 03-27-2012, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Hatgirl

I disagree. For years people on this site have been asking why authors can't insist ebooks be sold without ADE/AZW-style restrictive DRM and authors have said they are forced to agree to whatever the publishers want. Well, J.K. Rowling is the 500lb gorilla in the room, and she can do whatever she wants. And she wants simple watermarking.

Good for her

My sentiments exactly. Bravo Ms. Rowling

ucfgrad93 · 03-27-2012, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ProfCrash

Yeah who told me not to be optimistic.

Granted, I wasn't but I pretended to be for the sake of the baby.

Agreed, I was certainly wasn't expecting them any time soon. But I was just shocked when I went to Amazon's website and saw this........

ProfCrash · 03-27-2012, 07:26 PM

Yup. And they are all sitting safely on my Kindles and my hard drive. I am going to start them tonight mainly to see how different the UK version is from the US version.

pdurrant · 03-27-2012, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ProfCrash

Choose the gift option and email the UK version to yourself at a second email address. All you have to say is that the person is a Brit. Then you get a gift certificate code and you can download the UK version. It was disgustingly simple.

Yes, someone kindly sent me a gift (perhaps that $7.99 I have someone by paypal helped), but I think it is just as possible to do it by sending a gift yourself to a second email address you own. You then redeem the gift code on your own Pottermore account.

And yes, having briefly compared the text, there are a lot of changes, in punctuation, spelling, and word-choice between the UK and US versions.

Oh - and the US versions have chapter heading illustrations, and a couple of signatures, and a swash.

pdurrant · 03-27-2012, 07:43 PM

The chapter heading illustrations in the US ePub are about 200 pixels square. Some are up to 300 or so wide, and a bit smaller.

ProfCrash · 03-27-2012, 08:39 PM

There are websites that list all the differences between the UK and US versions.

Polyphemus · 03-28-2012, 02:06 AM

All seven are sitting quietly on my hard drive and in my Kindle for Android.

Didn't have any trouble with the vacuum cleaner.

december · 03-28-2012, 07:31 AM

Sorry if this has already been asked - how are the special fonts handled? (Thinkng mainly of the Marauders' handwriting in book 3.) Are these just embedded images, or truly embedded fonts?

I'm thinking about buying the series as gift for a family member with bad eyesight, so if I can't resize the text, it sounds like we may be better off going with the UK version with no fancy fonts or illustrations.

portablejim · 03-28-2012, 08:56 AM

Never read the potter books, however, I may buy them within the near future.

Looking at a list of differences I am unsure which one I will like better as I am used to half the terms being UK spelling (e.g. UK: ice lolly vs US: ice pop) and half in US spelling (e.g. US: bonnets vs UK: bobble hats).

JoeD · 03-28-2012, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by portablejim

Never read the potter books, however, I may buy them within the near future.

Looking at a list of differences I am unsure which one I will like better as I am used to half the terms being UK spelling (e.g. UK: ice lolly vs US: ice pop) and half in US spelling (e.g. US: bonnets vs UK: bobble hats).

Interesting link

Never heard the term bobble hat used in the UK whilst I've heard people say bonnet a lot, especially around easter time where you hear "Easter bonnet" or "Easter hat" a lot. Maybe it's a term used is southern England? Anyone from the UK that's heard that term, which part of the country are you in?

One Hundred / One Thousand, That seems a little odd? Anyone know what context that was used in such that a hundred is a thousand in the US?

Funnily enough, if I were reading a book set in a city in the US, I think I'd rather the book contain americanisms along with a pull out card that listed the differences the editors picked up on

Unless it was a character from the UK in a US city, in which case you'd expect some UK slang to be used.

MikeB1972 · 03-28-2012, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by JoeD

Interesting link

Never heard the term bobble hat used in the UK whilst I've heard people say bonnet a lot, especially around easter time where you hear "Easter bonnet" or "Easter hat" a lot. Maybe it's a term used is southern England? Anyone from the UK that's heard that term, which part of the country are you in?

I hear it over Manchester way (Maybe it's an age thing instead of a north south divide?), I always thought a bonnet was one of those victorian type girlie hats and a bobble hat was a wool hat with a bobble on top.

Yep looks like google images agrees with me (Unless it's adjusted the search results for my area)

jayne80 · 03-28-2012, 09:41 AM

Bobble hat is a knitted hat with a woolen ball/pompom (bobble) stitched to the crown.
I'm in Essex (south east) below London.

03-27-2012, 06:46 PM	#181
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	OK this is weird. I gifted the books to one email address but I can log in to the account that I bought them through and download them. I am a bit baffled right now. I created a second account with the email address I had the gift sent to but could not get the books there. Weird ETA: I guess it is not. I had my original account open when I entered the gift certificate code so that is where the books were saved. The moral of this story, you do not need two accounts to buy the UK version in the US. You just need two emails. Go figure Last edited by ProfCrash; 03-27-2012 at 07:21 PM.

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ucfgrad93 Wizard Posts: 2,360 Karma: 9026681 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Colorado Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2nd Gen	I about damn near had a heart attack when I went to Amazon and saw that they were for sale.

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ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	Yup. And they are all sitting safely on my Kindles and my hard drive. I am going to start them tonight mainly to see how different the UK version is from the US version.

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pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,504 Karma: 306214458 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	The chapter heading illustrations in the US ePub are about 200 pixels square. Some are up to 300 or so wide, and a bit smaller.

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ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	There are websites that list all the differences between the UK and US versions.

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Polyphemus I am not The Stig Posts: 131 Karma: 1881506 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Southern California Device: KK-3g; PRS-350; Galaxy Tab 7.0+; Galaxy Tab 3 10.1	All seven are sitting quietly on my hard drive and in my Kindle for Android. Didn't have any trouble with the vacuum cleaner.

03-28-2012, 07:31 AM	#191
december Nameless Being	Sorry if this has already been asked - how are the special fonts handled? (Thinkng mainly of the Marauders' handwriting in book 3.) Are these just embedded images, or truly embedded fonts? I'm thinking about buying the series as gift for a family member with bad eyesight, so if I can't resize the text, it sounds like we may be better off going with the UK version with no fancy fonts or illustrations.

03-28-2012, 08:56 AM	#192
portablejim Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 88 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: NSW, Australia Device: Kobo Touch Black	Never read the potter books, however, I may buy them within the near future. Looking at a list of differences I am unsure which one I will like better as I am used to half the terms being UK spelling (e.g. UK: ice lolly vs US: ice pop) and half in US spelling (e.g. US: bonnets vs UK: bobble hats).

03-28-2012, 09:41 AM	#195
jayne80 Connoisseur Posts: 68 Karma: 5837 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: UK Device: iphone 4s, ipad 3, kindle touch,kindle PW, kobo mini, kobo aura	Bobble hat is a knitted hat with a woolen ball/pompom (bobble) stitched to the crown. I'm in Essex (south east) below London.

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