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Originally Posted by HarryT
Title changes are common, often for copyright reasons, but rewrites of this form are thankfully rare. The changes are pretty arbitrary, though; eg references to "Guy Fawkes Night" remain - would the typical American teenager know what that was?
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The typical American teenager may not know what it was, but may be encouraged to find out; hence, one of the values of reading. But if a book is an assembly line entertainment product tailored for maximum sales, then such value is of little importance.