Thread: Dangerously e-books: How do I know if my ebooks have been altered?
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Old 07-20-2014, 01:24 AM   #319
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Originally Posted by eschwartz View Post
It is only difficult to alter a paper book (or a digital book ) if you aren't the publisher.
Not so true with digital books; I do it all the time. In fact, I've got two corrections noted to make on the ebook I'm currently reading - a typo correction and a miswritten phrase. But then, I'm not recirculating it; I've only passed one corrected book along to someone, and he's an editor for that publisher.

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Originally Posted by eschwartz
And according to the references on this thread, it seems publishers are quite happy to change the text. So manuscripts are still the only authoritative source, since you can test the handwriting.
So it seems there are no authoritative sources for most books, given how many of them have been created digitally.
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