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Originally Posted by djchameleon
That's how the author wrote it and named the title of the book, so why change it? Is the point I was getting
It needed to be changed for the exact reason he said. Philospher stone would sound so f-ing boring compared to what they used. It doesn't matter what it is based off of. No one would have wanted to read it otherwise. Low marketing appeal. I NEEDED to be changed.
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But it was ONLY changed in the US, yet it still extremely if not more successful in the other countries where it remained as "Philosopher's Stone." So are you saying it NEEDED to be changed in order to be appealing to Americans only? Because it obviously wasn't "f-ing" boring in the UK, Australia and NZ where it was a best-seller... If they really thought it would be detrimental with its original name they would've changed it in every country's publication of it... but they only changed it in America so that's what's so silly. It's like they're saying "Oh, Americans won't get this Philosopher ****, we HAVE to change it so it sounds appealing to them. But all other countries are obviously cultured enough to understand the original title." It's kinda degrading!