[Mercedes-Lackey] US vs UK

[Melanie Dymond Harper]

On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 01:35:50PM -0600, Christi Koenig (SBC) wrote:
> The Shopaholic books, by Sophie Kinsella, were originally published in the 
> UK and have different titles here in the US.  I don't know that anything 
> else changed, though - I didn't buy the UK versions after I caught on to 
> the title change.  Unlike Harry Potter, but I guess the publishers thought 
> kids would be less likely to understand British-English.  Personally, I've 
> read enough British novels and watched enough BBC shows that I don't have 
> many problems, although Red Dwarf still has a few that are over my head. :)
>

Good grief. I didn't know they'd been published in the US at all. Do
they carry over at all well? (I have only read the first one.)

Cheers

Mel