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==Post-purchase e-book edits== | ==Post-purchase e-book edits== | ||
In February 2023, {{Wplink|Puffin_Books|Puffin Books}}, a book publisher, was found to be automatically updating Roald Dahl e-books previously purchased by UK users on Amazon with new "sanitized" versions that contained hundreds of changes to the original text. Users who had purchased the e-books before the changes were implemented found their copies automatically replaced with the edited versions, without being given a choice or notification beyond the updates themselves.<ref name="times1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/roald-dahl-collection-books-changes-text-puffin-uk-2023-rm2622vl0|title=Roald Dahl ebooks ‘force censored versions on readers’ despite backlash|author1=Ben Ellery|author2=James Beal|date=25 February 2023|format=article|publisher=Times Media}}</ref> | In February 2023, {{Wplink|Puffin_Books|Puffin Books}}, a British book publisher, was found to be automatically updating Roald Dahl e-books previously purchased by UK users on Amazon with new "sanitized" versions that contained hundreds of changes to the original text. Users who had purchased the e-books before the changes were implemented found their copies automatically replaced with the edited versions, without being given a choice or notification beyond the updates themselves.<ref name="times1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/roald-dahl-collection-books-changes-text-puffin-uk-2023-rm2622vl0|title=Roald Dahl ebooks ‘force censored versions on readers’ despite backlash|author1=Ben Ellery|author2=James Beal|date=25 February 2023|format=article|publisher=Times Media}}</ref> | ||
In 2023, The Telegraph reported that '''hundreds of changes''' were made to Roald Dahl's classic children's books, including ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'', ''Matilda'', and ''The Witches''.<ref name=":3" /> These edits were performed by the publisher Puffin in collaboration with a group called '''Inclusive Minds''', with the stated goal of ensuring the books ''"can continue to be enjoyed by all today."'' | In 2023, The Telegraph reported that '''hundreds of changes''' were made to Roald Dahl's classic children's books, including ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'', ''Matilda'', and ''The Witches''.<ref name=":3" /> These edits were performed by the publisher Puffin in collaboration with a group called '''Inclusive Minds''', with the stated goal of ensuring the books ''"can continue to be enjoyed by all today."'' | ||