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16 Apr 2023

We are slowly evolving towards a distopian future where all books are edited to accomodate sensitive "woke" readers.

From re-editions of Roald Dahl, James Bond, and more..

Roald Dahl books rewritten to remove language deemed offensive | Roald Dahl | The Guardian

theguardian.com

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/18/roald-dahl-books-rewritten-to-remove-language-deemed-offensive

Roald Dahl’s Books Are Rewritten to Cut Potentially Offensive Language

nytimes.com

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/20/books/roald-dahl-books-changes.html

Why James Bond Books Are Being Rewritten | Time

time.com

https://time.com/6258547/james-bond-books-rewritten/

Enid Blyton’s Famous Five edited to remove ‘offensive’ words | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

news.com.au

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/books-magazines/books/enid-blytons-famous-five-books-edited-to-remove-offensive-words/news-story/47a63bb79a5d870f19aed58b19469bb5

Jeeves and Wooster censored in Penguin's latest sensitivity edit

telegraph.co.uk

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/04/15/jeeves-and-wooster-censored-penguins-latest-sensitivity/

I'm a long-time e-reader, on Kindle, and have been scared by the fact that Amazon can update editions of the books you bought (actually, only "licensed" it seems) thus remove content you paid for.

The advice from many is not ensure you buy a printed copy of original editions.

It appears identifying the original edition is not always easy.

Amazon - my usual bookstore - makes it surprisingly difficult, considering this is their original business.

Workaround is to use another site to find the ISBN of the original edition, or at least an edition that has not been edited, and then search for it on Amazon.