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Originally Posted by Catlady
OK, so you're apparently talking about Ruth Plumly Thompson's The Silver Princess in Oz. The pub date is 1938, so it shouldn't have fallen into public domain yet.
I find it incredible that you have taken it upon yourself to decide that the book is offensive and must be cleaned up. It's not your call. She wrote what she wrote, and it should be left alone.
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1) She's not around to ask if changes are acceptable. Would she rather the book was changed, or that someone dropped it from their library and refused to share it with their children because they found some parts unacceptable?
Not every author cares (or cared) about preserving their exact published words indefinitely; they'd rather their stories were read & enjoyed, even if they were tweaked a bit to match newer cultural expectations.
(Do you believe movies made from PD books are wrong, because they edit the text? The movie may be leaving out the scene the author believed to be the most important in the book.)
2) Converting a book for personal use doesn't require waiting on the public domain.