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Originally Posted by grannyGrumpy
@Ripplinger, the question that arises when reproducing a vintage book is which edition to follow. I've done several books that had extensive changes between the first edition in 1870 and the "authorized" third edition 20 years later, and I followed the changed punctuation and spelling in the later edition. Was that the wrong thing to do?
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For myself I'd prefer reading the original published in 1870, but following the third edition when converting to ebook isn't wrong by any means.
The difference is authorized changes vs someone converting to ebook deciding to make changes.