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Originally Posted by Karellen
I can understand that. What I don't thinks is acceptable is the way these (sometimes major) changes are made with no notification at all...
...There is no note, from either the author or the publisher, in the ebook version to indicate this is a re-release/modified/updated version of the original published version. Shouldn't this be made known to the consumer?
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I do agree. The author (or publisher, but the Nemesis ebook looks self-pubbed) should tag it somehow. If the changes are minor enough (just the numbers in Nemesis) maybe a little note before the text is fine.
More major changes should me made known prior to purchase. Heck, they can use it as a selling point, like what was done with The Stand.
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What if Isaac Asimov decided to re-release Foundation, because it had be be updated for the 2020's? (assume he is still alive) He edits his novel and adds terms like "internet", "iPad's", "smart phones", "Warp speed", changing "Transcription Machine" to "Laptop". Would that be acceptable?
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Meddling like that is understandable if the author is still alive and is the one requesting the changes. But you have to be careful because of the butterfly effect. When the longer version of The Stand was released, lots of dates were updated and dollar amounts changed, but then that caused knock on effects elsewhere.
What happened with Star Wars has become a poster child for bad editing. But then there is The Hobbit, where the changes were for the better. So not all changes are bad ones.