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Originally Posted by shalym
Yes...it's possible to disagree with them, and if you* do, the proper response is to not read what they write. I don't believe it's proper to change what they have written to "clean it up". There are millions of books to read, a large portion of which were probably written by authors that you do agree with. Why not read those books, rather than try to change the other ones to fit your definition of "clean"?
Shari
*To clarify, I am using the collective "you". I am not intending to call out any specific person.
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So where does the buck stop? Changing the font and formatting? Adding spaces after paragraphs to make it easier to read? Having the book read to you by a robot? I don't have to buy specific eBooks to be able to do any of these. They seem like common sense changes to the book. Maybe some author would be opposed to the change, but I don't really see the differentiation between those and removing certain words systematically for whatever reason.
I find it very arbitrary that the decision on how to consume a novel stops with the author's words. It's a very limiting way of viewing the medium. Everyone experiences writing in different ways, and if communication is paramount then reader control should be equally important.