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Originally Posted by HarryT
This is what editors do, DD; it's their job. They use their professional judgement to decide what changes to make to a book to make it more commercially saleable. They don't as a rule, include in the book a detailed list of precisely what changes they've made.
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I understand that Harry. That doesn't change my opinion. I'm perfectly OK with editors making the kinds of changes everyone is talking about. I just don't want to
read the editions of those editors who are changing words simply because the usage of certain words has changed over the years. If I can avoid them, I will.
I'm not asking for a detailed list of changes; I'm asking for a simple; "the editor of this edition has changed words from the original because they can, and because they felt compelled to do so." If they give absolutely no indication that they've made changes of that nature, then that's unethical behavior. The fact that editors of the past may have set a precedent of unethical behavior is irrelevant. If you feel strongly enough about changing it, you should have no difficulty owning it and clearly indicating that you've changed it.
And I'm not referring to editors who are clearly working in conjunction with a cooperative author.