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harry potter - How does the new edition of the Fantastic Beasts book differ from the old one?


In 2016, the publisher Scholastic has pulled the English versions of the book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (by Newt Scamander) from the stores, and promised to publish a new version in 2017. The new book is now published.


What are the most significant differences between the old and the new version? (Besides the new one being more expensive because it's only available in hardcover at first, I mean.)


cover of old book cover of old book


I suspect there are probably some differences, because why else would the publisher pull the previous version?


Note that I am not asking about the screenplay book of the film by the same name, because that's a different book entirely. The cover images above are only for illustration.



Answer



Things changed:





  • Newt is no longer said to have graduated Hogwarts.



    2001 Upon graduation from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Mr. Scamander joined the Ministry of Magic in the Department for the regulation and Control of Magical Creatures.


    2017 Upon leaving Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Mr. Scamander joined the Ministry of Magic in the Department for the regulation and Control of Magical Creatures.





  • Fantastic Beasts is now in its 2nd edition, not 52nd edition.




    2001 during which he collected information for his worldwide best-seller Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, now in its fifty-second edition.


    2017 during which he collected information for his worldwide best-seller Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.


    2001 The rest is publishing history: Fantastic Beasts is now in its fifty-second edition.


    2017 The rest is publishing history.


    2001 Seventy-five species are described in the following pages, but I do not doubt that some time this year yet another will be discovered, necessitating a fifty-third revised edition of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.


    2017 Eighty-one species are described in the following pages, but I do not doubt that more will be discovered, necessitating another revised edition of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.



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Things added:




  • A new foreword from Newt to tie-in with the movie (660 words)




  • 6 new beasts to tie-in with the movie (1,734 words)





  • New illustrations (not from Rowling)




Things Removed:




  • Dumbledore's foreword (572 words)




  • Harry and Ron's doodles





  • JK Rowling's illustrations




Other minor changes:




  • The number of beasts mentioned in the intro has increased by six to match added contents.




    2001 Seventy-five species are described in the following pages,


    2017 Eighty-one species are described in the following pages,





  • The about the author has been moved to the back of the book.




  • The capitalization was tweaked in the MoM classification system blurb.




    The Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures gives classifications to all known beasts, beings, and spirits.





See also an article I wrote for TheRowlingLibrary, "What was changed in the new Fantastic Beasts book and what it means for canon".


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