Hey fuck Johnson and Johnson. how the hell can you privately patent life saving medications anyway... How does this help anyone?... Somewhat rhetorical question, I know it's profit motive but shouldn't it be illegal to do that?

At what point does an author's right to revise their own work conflict with a reader's right to the book they actually purchased?

Do you think authors should be able to make substantial, retroactive changes to a published book--including removing or rewriting entire scenes--without releasing or clearly marketing the revision as a new edition? And should those changes be pushed to copies readers have already purchased?

I'm asking because I've seen this come up with a popular romantasy series where the author is retroactively removing all of the sex scenes and changing them to fade-to-black. It's sparked a lot of discussion about authors' rights, readers' rights, ownership, and whether a published book is ever really "finished."

I'm deliberately not asking about this specific author or situation, which is why I'm posting this in Club. I'm more interested in the broader question: Where do you draw the line? Are authors free to change anything they want after publication because it's their work, or does a reader have some reasonable expectation that the version they purchased will remain the version they purchased?

And if you think authors should be able to make these kinds of changes, what would you consider significant enough to warrant labeling or selling the revision as a separate edition?

Context: I'm quite new to T. Kingfisher's books! I've just finished Swordheart and thought I was ready to finally just dive into this ARC....

... And then within the first few pages I'm seeing a reference to a paladin that feels very call-back-y and sure enough, after some quick digging I'm finding out that Learned Edmund was one of four main characters of the Clockwork Boys.

I quite enjoyed Swordheart despite not being familiar with this world at all, and I didn't feel that my experience was at all diminished by it. For those who have completed Daggerbound, do you feel that that would still hold true for this novel?

I fully planned on diving into the Paladin and Clocktaur War series after Daggerbound anyways, but would it be better to read those first instead? Thanks!

Context: I'm quite new to T. Kingfisher's books! I've just finished Swordheart and thought I was ready to finally just dive into this ARC....

... And then within the first few pages I'm seeing a reference to a paladin that feels very call-back-y and sure enough, after some quick digging I'm finding out that Learned Edmund was one of four main characters of the Clockwork Boys.

I quite enjoyed Swordheart despite not being familiar with this world at all, and I didn't feel that my experience was at all diminished by it. For those who have completed Daggerbound, do you feel that that would still hold true for this novel?

I fully planned on diving into the Paladin and Clocktaur War series after Daggerbound anyways, but would it be better to read those first instead? Thanks!