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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
As long as it's clearly indicated that an editor has made changes to the original to satisfy his/her sense of relevance/political correctness/semantics/let's not require children to think/whatever ... then I take no issue with the practice. But I'd prefer that the indication came in the form of giant flashing red letters so I can avoid those editions like the plague.
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This is what editors
do, DD; it's their job. They use their professional judgement to decide what changes to make to a book to make it more commercially saleable. They don't as a rule, include in the book a detailed list of precisely what changes they've made.