Amazon altering the content of purchased ebooks: Difference between revisions
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|Description=Amazon automatically allows publishers to make substantial editorial changes to users' purchased books | |Description=Amazon automatically allows publishers to make substantial editorial changes to users' purchased books | ||
}} | }}Amazon allows publishers who publish e-books through their store to alter their existing works. This may be simply to correct minor errors, but in some cases can constitute substantial changes in wording, for example to make a work more politically correct. The highest profile example of this was the '''editing of Roald Dahl's books''' in 2023, aimed at removing language deemed offensive or outdated. | ||
Amazon allows publishers who publish e-books through their store to alter their existing works. This may be simply to correct minor errors, but in some cases can constitute substantial changes in wording, for example to make a work more politically correct. The highest profile example of this was the '''editing of Roald Dahl's books''' in 2023, aimed at removing language deemed offensive or outdated. | |||
==Post-purchase e-book edits== | ==Post-purchase e-book edits== | ||