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Originally Posted by HarryT
I would make a distinction, however, between changing the title, and editing the book to change cultural references. I just don't see the need for the latter at all.
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I agree and a lot may agree with that too. In the case of the Harry Potter books, I can see a lot of Americans objecting to the original language of British English used in the books- there are a lot of Americans ( not only Americans but also non Americans who are influenced by American media) who wouldn't be familiar with many of the British vocabulary used, yes it's always nice to learn new words and learn the differences between British/American English vocab but there are many who expect these books to be simple and not laborious, especially since they're aimed at children, and so in my opinion, "Americanizing" the HP books is a good move by Scholastic so now readers have a choice, if they want to read the books in English US (Scholastic) or English GB (Bloomsbury).