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Thanks - very interesting.
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If it bothers you so much, then only buy ebooks from mainstream publishers from mainstream ebookstores. And if that isn't sufficient to quell your worries, buy the paper versions of the books. And if that still isn't sufficient, stop reading. Then you'll have no worries about the issue at all. ![]() |
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If I give a bibliographic citation for a print book, anybody with the same material as described in the bibliographic citation can assure themselves that the printed text did give the statement that was cited.
With ebooks, even when given the same bibliographic data, there is no assurance that the copy you have, contains the same text as the copy I have. As to why reputable publishers do it, it is sold to them as a form of DRM, complete with patents issued by the German Patent Office. Some theological publishers do it, in an attempt to minimize the possibility that nobody will realize that they are not teaching the same thing that they taught two decades ago. |
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In as much as the publisher in question makes more money from lawsuits, than selling books, and they have a habit of suing first, and asking questions later, I won't name them here.
The company has admitted to changing the content of their ebooks, to minimize detractors using their publications against them. They did the same thing with pbooks, but at least one can find used pbooks with the unchanged material in them. |
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The only solution is to do your initial work with ebooks, then locate a hard copy to verify that what you cited is in the hard copy. Ideally, you'll cite first edition, first printing of the work in question. |
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EbookNovice, if you only read (or mostly read) Public Domain (PD) books or indies, then, yes, you might get erroneous information. Not because someone CHANGED the ebook, but because the information is out of date or was wrong to begin with.
You used an example of a weightlifting book by Arnold Schwarzenegger (too lazy to look up correct spelling). If someone used advice from him they might be in trouble if they didn't also look up more recent developments and thinking in bodybuilding and/or weightligting. Almost all fields have advancements and developments, and what worked years ago might no longer be true. Or was never true to begin with, but was the accepted practice. Indie books do not have the same level (if any)of fact-checking that published books have, so you wouldn't be sure of accuracy unless you cross-referenced the information yourself, and not necessarily with any websites suggested in the book itself. It would be just as easy for an indie author(s) to print an erroneous book as to put it out in ebook format. If you ever doubt the validity of any information in any book (in any format), then do due diligence and CHECK the facts. This goes for BPH books as well as indie and PD. |
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I am not talking Huck Finn here, which does use the word as a noun? without a discriminatory or hate context IIRC and probably the Haggard series is the same. I think republishing an older book with those terms changed is the often only way these books will make it into the schools, but then again I have read many recent books with liberal usage. Guess I am all confused as I think censorship is wrong but I personally would rather have not encountered a book or two. Helen |
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