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I don't think that most consumers of these books will know that modern changes have been made. And I think that most of them would be less willing to pay for co
by OscarCunningham 4y ago
I don't think that most consumers of these books will know that modern changes have been made. And I think that most of them would be less willing to pay for copies with these changes. So they're being mislead for increased profit.
Even in the US, the First Amendment doesn't protect false advertising. I don't think making these changes without informing the buyer would be illegal under current law, but I don't think it would be unconstitutional to make it illegal, not would it contravene the spirit of free speech.
- beej71 4y ago> I don't think that most consumers of these books will know that modern changes have been made. Indeed, one never knows what changes have been made without an itemized list, which is rarely provided and certainly not required by law. And I'd argue it shouldn't be. > And I think that most of them would be less willing to pay for copies with these changes. The publishers clearly disagree, or at least they disagree they'd make more money without the changes. And maybe they're wrong, but it's entirely their prerogative. What mechanism do you propose to use to notify a reader of the particular changes in a printing?
- horsh1 4y agoAn fb2 diff tool
- OscarCunningham 4y agoAsterisk after the author's name on the cover, leading to some brief explanation of what kind of changes have been made. There doesn't need to be an exact list.
- beej71 4y agoAnd this will happen on every edition of every book?
- OscarCunningham 4y agoJust the ones with changes to later editions not made by the author.