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Old 07-21-2014, 04:27 PM   #1
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Could a guideline be added to encourage ebook uploaders to not change text?

Such as:

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Mobileread strongly prefers that uploaders do not make changes to the original text and that, if possible, the edition of the text the upload is based on be noted. However, if any changes to the text are made, they should be clearly noted in the post for the upload with as much detail as possible to the types of changes made.
Thanks for any consideration!


ETA - This comes in response to this long thread. The worry is that some uploaders may make (and have made) "editorial decisions" to purposely change the text (such as substituting one word for another) thinking that most readers would prefer this while this seems to definitely not be the case according to the large majority of opinions in said thread, and there is nothing here at Mobileread to guide uploaders not to do so or to even clue them in to what most readers would prefer on that count. I think creating a culture of encouraging uploaders to preferably not make any changes to text they are uploading, but if so, to clearly note the changes in their post, would be beneficial to the community in the long run.

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