Editing previously released media is nothing new: In ancient Egypt, for example, pharaohs sometimes defaced monuments dedicated to their predecessors, and after the Reformation, Catholic authorities in many European cities had the text of some books expunged rather than destroying the tomes entirely (they called the practice “correction”).  Post-publication editing is so common that there’s … Continue reading Bowdlerized: 8 Famous Authors Whose Works Have Been Rewritten by Their Publishers