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Originally Posted by Catlady
Anyone with a computer can alter the text of a public domain book and upload the digital file, with no one being the wiser. It may be malicious, it may be a misguided desire to be inoffensive. Doesn't matter what the motive is.
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For which there is no solution. Why discuss it if it can't be fixed? When it comes to public domain books, you can either trust/hope that the uploader/seller has not made undocumented changes (or even
ask them), or you can forgo the ebook and buy/borrow/find a print copy that suits.
None of that changes the fact that the answer to the OP's original question is; "you don't." But with a little research, you might be able to
limit the possibility of getting an altered text. If that still doesn't let you (the OP) sleep at night, then don't read ebooks.