Inane fact for the day

[kiwifruitbat]

According to Wikipedia...

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (UK) has 223 pages.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (US) has 309 pages.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (UK) has 251 pages.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (US) has 341 pages.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (UK) has 317 pages.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner

Comments

[fftimberwolf]

possibly the book size itself. If you can fit more words to a page, you can use fewer pages.

[kiwifruitbat]

Not really sure - the books seem to be the same size... but it might only be a couple of centimetres difference.

I'll have to physically compare.

Might even be slightly bigger printing type.

[allova]

What someone said above, plus font size and margin size.

[kiwifruitbat]

Indeed.

[thulrandir]

you sure its not because of the token Minority character they had to add, due to the American policies on affirmative action? ;)

[kiwifruitbat]

Oh? Which one was this?