New Cover Art for Fantastic Beasts, Quidditch Through the Ages Due July 31, 2009

Posted by: sue

April 14, 2009, 04:43 PM

Bloomsbury, the UK publishers of the Harry Potter novels by J.K. Rowling, has announced they are re-releasing two of the companion books this summer: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages. Due to be released July 31, 2009, you can see here in our galleries the new artwork for Fantastic Beasts, and the new Quidditch cover art here.

The Bookseller cites a spokesperson for Bloomsbury as saying :“There are always new Harry Potter readers coming to the series each year who will be looking for other exciting things to read.” According to the article the two books "will again raise funds for the charity with £1.15 from each £4.99 title sold going to Comic Relief." "Previous editions of the book were published in a slim format similar to the £1 World Book Day books but the latest editions will be chunkier versions comprising 128 rather than 96 pages, including the original illustrations. So far, according to Nielsen BookScan, Fantastic Beasts has sold 509,473 copies while Quidditch has sold 491,853."

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2611 Points

That is so cool but I prefer the old ones. I love the originals!

Posted by Taylor Potter ~★ROAR★~ on April 14, 2009, 04:52 PM report to moderator

196 Points

Now their cover art matches the Tales of Beedle the Bard’s! Hopefully that means that Jo is planning on making more of these little Hogwarts Library Books in the future.

Posted by Jaymie Brooks on April 14, 2009, 04:52 PM report to moderator

24135 Points

Awesome! Hopefully this gets more people buying those two books! Because they’re really great! :)

Posted by hermyone*ROAR* on April 14, 2009, 04:53 PM report to moderator

24135 Points

I would love to read and own more Hogwarts school books! I wish they would be written! :)

Posted by hermyone*ROAR* on April 14, 2009, 04:54 PM report to moderator

791 Points

Cool! I still have to get those books. I like the Fantastic Beasts one.

Posted by Lysh on April 14, 2009, 04:55 PM report to moderator

3238 Points

They are pretty cool! I like them both! I don’t like that the Fantastic Bests and where to find them has the hogwarts emblem on it, cause it isn’t a specific book just for Hogwarts! But, all in all they are sweet!

Posted by phoenixes are in ravenclaw on April 14, 2009, 04:55 PM report to moderator

6196 Points

So cool!!! I wonder if Jo is going to add anything to the books???

Posted by Professor Cassandra *~WBM~* on April 14, 2009, 04:55 PM report to moderator

4630 Points

I def want that book!!!!

Posted by Live Laugh Love Potter ♥ROAR♥ on April 14, 2009, 04:56 PM report to moderator

2924 Points

Wow, there are 28 more pages! I don’t really like the cover art, but I like more canon xD

Posted by Niphai on April 14, 2009, 04:57 PM report to moderator

4630 Points

I don’t have the book at all, but I do think I like the originals

Posted by Live Laugh Love Potter ♥ROAR♥ on April 14, 2009, 04:57 PM report to moderator

3805 Points

These look great but too bad my parents would never let me buy a book I’ve already got just because the covers changed. I love cool covers!!! This is a cool cover!

Posted by Calum Wilson (RuneDream54) on April 14, 2009, 04:58 PM report to moderator