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A book by any other name: why does the US change so many titles?

Stuart Turton’s new novel The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle has been supersized to Seven and a Half – and not because Americans die more often

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by Anonymousreply 4October 24, 2018 12:30 AM

I'm British, and I still remember looking up Harry Potter forums as a kid and being confused as to why so many posters were talking about The Sorcerer's Stone.

by Anonymousreply 1October 23, 2018 10:20 PM

Sometimes the book itself, too. The English edition of the second Bridget Jones book had a whole subplot about the death of Di, which did not make it to the American ed.

by Anonymousreply 2October 23, 2018 10:31 PM

Well, this one probably wouldn't have gone over too well.

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by Anonymousreply 3October 24, 2018 12:22 AM

That's pretty weird, R2. It's not like Diana was unknown in the USA.

by Anonymousreply 4October 24, 2018 12:30 AM
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