I imagine cover preference is largely what you're used to.
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And I think the Order of the Phoenix cover is quite beautiful
That is gorgeous.
The British edition is smaller and easier to carry around.
I like the early British/Canadian covers, but for HP7 I think the American one looks MUCH better--less busy, more suited to the tone of the story. My theory is that since in the UK they release a separate cover for the adult market, the regular cover is more a "kid's book" look than in the US where the 40-something nurse manager on my bus route and her 10-year-old daughter are reading the same edition.
Okay, this will brand me as crazy, but I kind of love those primitive illustrations on the French covers.
Then there are the "Adult Editions", which are okay, but boring:
Phoenix: [link]
Half-Blood Prince: [link]
Azkaban: [link]
I like the adult Half-Blood Prince. The others, NSM.
I like the Azkaban one, it's ominous and elegant.
Yeah, at first, the very existence of the "adult" covers amused me, but they are rather pretty in their own way.
The OotP one is very third-reich.