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It is my opinion that any snobbery and/or conceit lies with those who think they're somehow entitled to have stories that aren't written in a way they prefer to be modified/edited to meet their sensibilities.
What about the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy? Should they all be combined into one movie and pared down to 90 minutes total so that the people who prefer to see stories told in an hour-and-a-half can enjoy it?
What about the people who prefer their books even longer and wordier? Should an edition be released that pads the story even more? Give Tom Bombadil a few more songs to sing? Take longer to solve the "Speak Friend, and Enter" puzzle? Add a few POV chapters for Bill the pony? Surely it wouldn't "hurt" anything?
If it made any sort of sense, and it truly didn't "hurt anything," authors and rights-holders would already be falling all over themselves to have multiple editions of their works out there to maximize the potential to be loved by all. i should think the fact that it's NOT already happening would speak volumes.
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