Thread: Dangerously e-books: How do I know if my ebooks have been altered?
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Old 05-03-2014, 09:09 AM   #218
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Originally Posted by speakingtohe View Post
As Winston Churchill said "history is written by the victors." I am sure that this holds true in all but the driest of accounts, fiction or non fiction. Changing someone else's work and pretending that this is what the actually wrote is IMO bad, but censors have been doing it for a long time.

I think it is up to the reader to decide what they want to read. Sometimes a story retold with a change of style is more enjoyable. Almost always there is bias whether by the original author or by someone rewriting what they said.

You are only in danger if you believe everything you read and make life changing decisions based on it. Kind of like believing Cheese Whiz is really good for you because it is only 90% fat instead of 98% fat like butter.

Helen
Right, so what about self-help type e-books like Tony Robbins? Couldn't these be altered and contain harmful information? This is what concerns me more than anything else.
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