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Originally Posted by Catlady
One more time: It is easier, and therefore more likely, for digital books to be altered without anyone knowing, than it is for physical books to be altered without anyone knowing.
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Easier, sure but I'm not sure it's more likely. What motivation would someone have for this in a clandestine fashion? I suspect anyone who'd actually put that much effort into it would claim credit for their work. At the very least most would add an editor's credit to what they publish. Seems to me they'd want to let people know they've 'improved' it. I doubt we'll be seeing a rash of adulterated classics being passed off as the 'one true version of the author's words and vision' any time soon.
I'm not saying you should only buy Penguin editions. What I am suggesting is that we should bear in mind where something is coming from. I dare say the lion's share of the ebooks you'd find on this site are faithful reproductions of the original text or at least the text of the edition worked from.