1. The author changing his own work is in no way comparable to posthumously changing an author’s work.
2. How is this material?
You don’t know the motivations of the people making this change, and there’s no evidence that editing via “sensitivity readers” actually increases revenue.
There is, however, plenty of evidence of the ideological basis for these types of actions.
As for censorship ala 1984? The previous version will no longer be sold and will gradually disappear, and for new readers, the previous version will have effectively ceased to exist.
Never mind the potential automatic updating of ebooks.
2. How is this material?
You don’t know the motivations of the people making this change, and there’s no evidence that editing via “sensitivity readers” actually increases revenue.
There is, however, plenty of evidence of the ideological basis for these types of actions.
As for censorship ala 1984? The previous version will no longer be sold and will gradually disappear, and for new readers, the previous version will have effectively ceased to exist.
Never mind the potential automatic updating of ebooks.