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Originally Posted by tompe
I really like to know what edition I am reading. So I am really missing that information in books available here and in other places. If you make a new edition by changing things I thing this should be noted in the book.
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Most of our books come from PG sources, and PG specifically say that they do
not aim to make their books conform to a specific edition or source, and that often they use multiple sources. It's generally, therefore, not easy to answer the question "what edition does this come from".
When I proof-read books against a specific edition, I generally say in my comments what that edition is. When I've been proof-reading Dickens (my favourite author) using "Google Books" scans, I've been surprised to see just how very different the different editions are in terms of punctuation, spelling, and even, on occasions, the actual text itself.