Yudster wrote:timp wrote:The adult version of the book is selling higher than the childs version according to the telegraph. They claim that this means more adults than children are actually going to read the book.
Like I said, she has abandoned her original audience and is now writing for adults. In my opinion, a mistake, but I bet she's crying all the way to the bank about MY opinion.
I actually think what she's done is try toget her characters to grow up with her audience which has caused a natural change in her writing. I agree the last couple of books aren't quite as childlike as the originals however I still really enjoy them and I'm desperate to know how it's going to end.
The reason the adult version is outselling the childrens is simple if you take the fact she started writing these books about 10 years ago for 10 year olds who are now heading to 20 her original fans have now outgrown the idea that they themselves are children. Also this happened last ime and about 50% of the people who last time had reserved a adult cover actually picked up a kids copy so we'll wait and see what happens after the initial rush.
What everyone seems to overlook is that - thanks to JK love her or hate her - she has caused the amazing upsurge in kids' reading over the last decade and has encouraged an incredible amount of other children's authors to write great kids' literature which, in my opinion, can be nothing but a good thing.
I know it's my job to sell books but NOTHING in my store gives me more pleasure than seeing the kids come in and sit reading or gasping in awe over the different books they want to read. It restores my belief that kids don't just want to be entertained by electronic devices and that they still do have an imagination.
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