So I decided to buy a copy of Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone in Japanese to read something other than little kids stories (oh, wait) and also because I can always pull my English edition out of the drawer and check any doubts. My question is: there are three different editions in Japanese: hardcover, paperback and pocket edition. Does anyone know if there are any differences between them text-wise (read: does one has more furigana than the other)? Thanks! PS: I'm sorry if I didn't post in the right forum.

hk4673 Wrote:So I decided to buy a copy of Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone in Japanese to read something other than little kids stories (oh, wait) and also because I can always pull my English edition out of the drawer and check any doubts. My question is: there are three different editions in Japanese: hardcover, paperback and pocket edition. Does anyone know if there are any differences between them text-wise (read: does one has more furigana than the other)? Thanks! PS: I'm sorry if I didn't post in the right forum.

I always get hard-cover editions when I buy Japanese books because they usually have bigger text and a lot more room to write notes. Usually pocket editions have no space for notes and the text is quite small. Paperback editions vary. Sorry, I don't know about Harry Potter specifically.

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hk4673 Wrote:My question is: there are three different editions in Japanese: hardcover, paperback and pocket edition.

I would imagine the pocket edition will have a small font and could even omit furigana (as it would be tiny).

Thank you guys for your replies! Oh, I didn't know the paperback is smaller than the hardcover (and it's already quite small, did they really need an even smaller version? lol). Yeah, the pocket edition must be tiny and it's just not worth buying it around here anyway. I guess I'll go for the hardcover, even though I'm not particularly excited about that cover illustration, lol!