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To play devil's advocate, they should be merged because they're mostly the same product. If I'm contemplating buying a paperback novel, I might read criticism f
by dmurray 6y ago
To play devil's advocate, they should be merged because they're mostly the same product. If I'm contemplating buying a paperback novel, I might read criticism from reviewers who only had the hardback edition. Maybe occasionally this will make me buy some books with poor-quality printing and binding, but mostly I'm interested in the content of the book. And if I did care about the presentation, I might be better off reading reviews for different paperback books by the same publisher.
In the same way, an e-book mostly has the same content as its paper source, and most of the time the publication process will be of an acceptable quality and what I care about is the content.
- Talanes 6y agoThese assumptions all break down once other publishers enter the market though. If the work is public domain, then finding reviews of the general content is likely much easier and less useful than a review of how this edition has been put together.