Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Guest Post about YA in Germany at Persnickety Snark

Today Adele of Persnickety Snark is hosting me at her blog as part of her international blogger celebration. Head on over to check out what I had to say about the state of YA in Germany and also to read about bloggers from all over the world.


I thought I'd also take this chance to show you a few German versions of US books that are on the loose here in Germany.

Jay Asher's 13 REASONS WHY (German title DEAD GIRLS DON'T LIE)
Carrie Ryan's FOREST OF HANDS AND TEETH (German title FOREST OF 1000 EYES)
Markus Zusak's THE BOOK THIEF (same title in German)


John Green's LOOKING FOR ALASKA (German title - SOMEONE LIKE ALASKA)
Scott Westerfeld's UGLIES (German title - UGLY: DON'T LOSE YOUR FACE)
Kristin Cashore's GRACELING (German title - THE GIFTED)
Stephanie Meyer's TWILIGHT (German title - UNTIL MORNING COMES)

What do you think? Should I track down more German versions and post them on my blog?

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31 comments:

  1. prophecygirlSeptember 23, 2009 at 12:26 AM

    Yes, please post more! I love the 13 Reasons one. I have that German Twilight - it's lovely!

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  2. Emily RuthSeptember 23, 2009 at 12:26 AM

    Yes! This is so awesome!

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  3. Heather J. @ TLC Book ToursSeptember 23, 2009 at 1:52 AM

    yes! i love seeing what books are called in other countries - sometimes I like the other titles better. :)

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  4. NelySeptember 23, 2009 at 2:01 AM

    That was really neat. Yes, please post more I love seeing the different covers and new names.

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  5. EllzSeptember 23, 2009 at 2:01 AM

    I enjoy seeing the foreign versions. How fun to meet international bloggers!

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  6. MelodySeptember 23, 2009 at 2:02 AM

    Yes! I'd love to view them. :)

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  7. bermudaonionSeptember 23, 2009 at 2:44 AM

    I find it interesting that they changed the titles.

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  8. LivianiaSeptember 23, 2009 at 2:48 AM

    Yes, you should.

    I love the warning "Don't lose your face." I'll have to start using it.

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  9. RaspberrySeptember 23, 2009 at 3:14 AM

    Definitely interesting to see those - the Forest of Hands and Teeth one is gorgeous. Totally prefer that one to the US cover.

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  10. Donna GambaleSeptember 23, 2009 at 3:23 AM

    The guest post was great! And those German covers are so interesting. I love how different designers interpret books.

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  11. BookwormSeptember 23, 2009 at 3:50 AM

    I loved this post! Please, please do more!

    PS. Some of the title translations are funny....love 'em!

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  12. KaylynSeptember 23, 2009 at 4:08 AM

    I love teh German Twilight! It's gorgeous. And I think you should post more {:

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  13. JeaneSeptember 23, 2009 at 5:36 AM

    Please do post more! I always like seeing different cover versions- and I especially like that one of the Book Thief (even though I haven't read it yet)

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  14. Jenn M.September 23, 2009 at 6:55 AM

    lol...Ugly Don't Loose Your Face?!

    Some books I can see how the title needed to be changed for translation purposes. One I will never get is Harry Potter and the Philospoher's Stone being changed to the Sorcerer's Stone. We Americans are too dumb to know what the philosopher's stone is I suppose!!

    I like this...I'd love to see more!

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  15. brizmusSeptember 23, 2009 at 8:50 AM

    I always think it's so weird and interesting when they change the titles. They do that in French a lot, too, and for some reason the French titles they choose are always terrible and half the time make no sense.
    Anyhow, yes, keep posting! Love seeing the other covers!

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  16. CarlaSeptember 23, 2009 at 11:53 AM

    That 13 reasons why cover is mesmorising and makes the book like kinda creepy. Love it.

    Ugly: Don't loose your face bwahahaha

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  17. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2009 at 4:00 PM

    Awesome! I loved looking at the other covers and seeing how the titles "translated" (or, you know, didn't!). When I was in England, I spent a solid half hour looking for my favorite books from home to see what they looked like in the UK -- and was surprised by many of the differences in cover art, etc.! Craziness! But really cool :) And, of course, I had to buy a British version of Harry Potter And the Sorcerer's [Philosopher's!] Stone! It has a place of honor on my bookshelf :)

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  18. StaciSeptember 23, 2009 at 4:30 PM

    The titles made me chuckle!! But I loved the covers!

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  19. UnknownSeptember 23, 2009 at 4:55 PM

    Definitely. Its so interesting to see the different ways books are marketed in different countries.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  20. AliSeptember 23, 2009 at 6:30 PM

    I really enjoyed seeing the covers, and especially the different titles, of the German versions. Fascinating.

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  21. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2009 at 7:29 PM

    Yes, please! I love seeing different titles and book covers for titles.

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  22. SadakoSeptember 23, 2009 at 9:33 PM

    Yes! German things are awesome.

    I loved finding out that they had a French BSC version and seeing all the BSC members' names en francais...

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  23. Ladytink_534September 24, 2009 at 4:04 AM

    Oh these are completely different! Really like The Book Thief one though. I just love looking at covers from different places :)

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  24. BookloggedSeptember 24, 2009 at 8:34 AM

    This was most fun. I hope you will do more.

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  25. Beth KephartSeptember 24, 2009 at 11:07 AM

    If you ever see NBG over there in Germany (I'm not sure when the translation is due out), I'd love to see what it looks like!

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  26. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2009 at 5:23 PM

    Please do! I love seeing other covers in different countrie!

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  27. Ana S.September 24, 2009 at 8:09 PM

    I love the German cover of The Book Thief!

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  28. LindaSeptember 25, 2009 at 3:04 PM

    this is a great idea! It's cool to see the different covers and the "new" names...

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  29. Dawn @ sheIsTooFondOfBooksSeptember 25, 2009 at 10:53 PM

    Yes, please keep posting these! It's neat to see the various cover art and titles.

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  30. Lenore AppelhansSeptember 27, 2009 at 9:07 AM

    Glad you all like it so much! I took more pictures yesterday that I'll post on Wednesday :)

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  31. DoretSeptember 27, 2009 at 4:11 PM

    I love the Book Thief cover. And Yes to more German covers

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