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I wish publishers didn't feel they had to change spellings (and vocabulary, in some cases) when publishing books by British authors in the U.S. and vice versa. (I still can't believe they changed "philosopher's stone" to "sorcerer's stone". Talk about giving something a completely different meaning!) It's nice that Amazon is smart enough to find colour/color either way it is spelled, but to my mind leaving the spelling in its British form adds to the charm of the book-- and clearly Amazon readers would find the book if the spelling were left alone.
Then again, sometimes titles are changed completely in new editions. Good Night Irene, by Carole Nelson Douglas, was changed to The Adventuress in the latest printing, at the author's request (evidently that was her preferred title). And then sometimes author's names change, as when Alis Rasmussen became Kate Eliot... how are we supposed to keep up???
Anyway, I suppose I might mention that I personally couldn't get through The Colour of Magic, but I liked several of the later books in the series, particularly those featuring the witches (Wyrd Sisters, Witches Abroad, Maskerade, and especially the Tiffany Aching books, The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, and Wintersmith). I'm quite looking forward to I Shall Wear Midnight (the title of which seems designed to remind one of the poem that begins, "When I am old, I shall wear purple....") The Tiffany Aching books are all available as ebooks now, and don't require that you've read any of the others to enjoy them.
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