Raincoast Books and Bloomsbury Unveil the Cover Design for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling

Raincoast Books and Bloomsbury unveil the cover design for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling. Raincoast Books will publish the book on July 16.

Toronto and Vancouver (PRWEB) March 9, 2005 -- Raincoast Books and Bloomsbury Publishing Plc are delighted to unveil the cover designs for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling, to be published on July 16, 2005.

The cover design for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince childrens edition is by Jason Cockcroft, who provided the cover image for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Jason Cockcroft has illustrated many other childrens books including Daddys Lullaby and Billywise (both published by Bloomsbury).  The cover design for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince adult edition is from a photograph by Michael Wildsmith.

The cover designs for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be used throughout the world excluding the United States of America. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be published in Canada under a joint partnership between Raincoast Books and Bloomsbury Plc.

On July 16, 2005 Bloomsbury/Raincoast will publish the following editions:

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Children's edition

ISBN 1-55192-756-X

$41.00 CDN, 608pp, 730g

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Adult edition

ISBN 1-55192-760-8

$41.00 CDN, 608pp, 730g

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Large Print edition

ISBN 0-7475-8152-5

$65.00 CDN, extent and weight to be confirmed

Any booksellers or media requiring high resolution cover images should send their request to the e-mail address below stating full name, position and company name. Please contact: danielle@raincoast.com

To view low resolution cover images please go: http://www.raincoast.com/harrypotter

For any other media enquiries relating to the promotion of Harry Potter books in Canada please contact:

Jamie Broadhurst

Director of Marketing

Raincoast Books

(Phone) 604-323-7124

Raincoast Books is the Canadian publisher of the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. Raincoast is a publisher and distributor based in Vancouver, BC.

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