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Originally Posted by EbookNovice
But most of the e-books I'm reading are free and are only self-published on a very small level.
Right, I thought this too.
But most of the e-books I'm reading are free and are only self-published on a very small level.
Thanks, but that's only applicable for a book that's well known. What if the e-book I'm reading is from a self-published author? Even if it's a more popular e-book, it just seems so much easier to make changes without people knowing about it compared to a hard cover book.
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As HarryT pointed out any book can be changed. Mostly it is non harmful overall (IMO only), just a language, terminology change, with maybe a correction thrown in. And abridged editions have been around for a long time. I was most upset when I found out that the Readers Digest books my grandmother subscribed to were digested (shortened considerably)
Should have known that 6-12 books will not fit in 500 pages, but I was only 12 at the time
The best source of free books is a public library, although this does not guaranty complete integrity as to it being the very first published edition.
And with fiction how much harm is done as long as you enjoy the book or even if you don't. Not like it is a cookbook with all of the salt increased in the recipes so you can't eat them after slaving away in the kitchen or a self help book promoting dangerous alternative therapies.
Thanks for posting your reactions. I was just wondering yesterday if you were reading the replies and there you were replying
Helen