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Because they have often needed to wait for the English edition to be edited, after which the translators get to work. If everybody had been prepared to wait at least an extra year (and more, for some languages) we could probably have had simultaneous publication… but I'm guessing that idea wouldn't have been too popular! In the case of the audio-cassettes, you have to allow the poor readers to find the time to record the books, remembering that they often have other work to do (Stephen Fry, for instance, just happens to be an author/actor/director and television presenter as well as the British voice of Harry Potter).