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Old 01-11-2011, 09:05 AM   #530
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Originally Posted by caleb72 View Post
Scares the hell out of me as a reader - but it could work in theory. I would hope that there is something that warns the reader that they're getting a altered version of the original work though.
I don't think Amazon would allow you to make it clear they were only selling a censored version, but maybe "Amazon version" would end up just as well understood as "TV version" is now?

If the only other alternative is no Amazon version at all, it would certainly make commercial sense to release two versions. I don't think it would create that much extra work, and it would probably be something that could be farmed out to a third party.

If it is just swearing that might cause problems it could be solved with a quick search and replace (first letter of word followed by stars). Sex scenes tend to be standalone, so you could chop those out easily enough. Violence would be a bit tricky, but not impossible.
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