hmm,interesting to see new coversfor the books,but i must say i’m not too tempted to buy them(i’m fine with my 2 sets XD).

Please excuse me making another comment so soon, but looking at them again, the thing that strikes me is that the colours seem so cold, and because the images are also very stiff (and I do understand that they are meant to be like prints) it just seems way too cool and unengaging, they remind me of posters from an era like Art Deco, except those often had a bit more colour, but they were very restrained designs.

top secret…yes
a great idea…maybe
better than the US Scholastic editions…never

I think they’re quite pretty, actually, but I agree that they should have kept the traditional Harry Potter font.

I wonder why they aren’t releasing them in hardback though?

Liked the dementor gripping its head in PoA. Didn’t like some of the other artworks since they looked so blah.

However, why did they chose to use a cursive style for Harry Potter and use ordinary font for the second half of the title? I liked the American version that had Harry Potter as the unique font while the second half of the title was cursive. It’s almost as though they’re copying the American version, except for in a slightly reverse order.

But…the covers are awesome. Why are so many people dissing them? They look more mature, but isn’t that a good thing? These are mature books, we all know that. They’re much, much more than just a children’s story. I don’t think you need cover-to-cover colorful illustration to convey that sense of magic and mystery. And remember, this is Bloomsbury, not Scholastic, so there’s no reason to expect the lightning bolt logo. The Bloomsbury editions were never as cartoony as the Scholastic ones. Just saying.

Hey, at least it’s not as bad as the “adult” editions Scholastic did. Now THOSE were lame! :P

I don’t like them at all. If I’d never read the HP series, and I saw the books with these covers, I’d be put off from buying them and reading them.. I now you’re not supposed to judge a book by it’s cover, but trust me! a good cover really does help in the selling!!

If I had never read Harry Potter, these covers would kill my desire to do so. They are not inviting at all…I’ve seen hand drawn middle school book report covers have more appeal. Definitely not a good move.

I like the drawings and I know Clare Melinksy must be good at illustrating other books but for HP it’s just too …. simple.

My previous comment is not to insult the skill of the artist, the artwork itself is great…there is just a blandness in the presentation.

These are very different, but I sort of like to see different interpretations of the book covers, might grab the attention of a different audience??

I wouldn’t really say that they are bad…, just different. I like the POA and DH covers but that’s just it. The original British covers are still the best for me. They seem a bit like the Final Fantasy games box art

Wow I too am in the minority hpbruin!

I think the illustrations are beautiful and really original. They are not the classic style that we are used to but I think they are really lovely and reflect each book in a nice way. But I definately don’t like the white cover they hav chosen, the layout is a little odd, they could have picked s better background to make the illustrations stand out better and look less washed out and pastelly.

The paper looks nice though. I think I’ll buy one just for the hell of it.

it looks like its just been copied from clipart, unimpressed here :(

i like the older version better