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Old 01-11-2011, 01:18 PM   #533
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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.

But I would definitely encourage the author to pester his publisher about Smashwords (and even maybe Rainbow eBooks) as long as there's no existing geographic restrictions for the books.

You know after all this discussion, the funny thing is that I don't even know if these ebooks were ever available to me in Australia. Geographic restrictions are currently a bigger obstacle for me than Amazon deciding to remove titles from sale. I'm still not sure why publishers denying whole markets to authors and a large body of work from the reading public wouldn't lead to rampant piracy - but that's another discussion.

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Look at what's happening with "Huckelberry Finn" and "Tom Sawyer." Taking out "nigger" and "injun" and replacing them with less volitale words -- "slave" for "Huck" but I don't recall exactly what it was for "Injun" Joe. It's a desecration of the book's intent and is being done "for all the right reasons." As usual.
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