They are retroactively altering/censoring the books that people have already purchased, and offering the original uncensored version as a new purchase.
>Secondly, as these are e-books, how would releasing copies of the originals cost them money?
They are not "releasing" copies of the originals, they are selling them for money. People who bought these books as originally written are now going to be forced to pay more money in order to revert their purchases to the original, uncorrupted version.
But that wasn't what was said, unless it was a typo.
> > If it was purely money they could retroactively censor existing books without offering the original version at all
Implying that they wouldn't offer the originals if it was all about money. That was what I meant by "that doesn't make sense". It sounds like you agree so it was just miscommunication.
> People who bought these books as originally written are now going to be forced to pay more money in order to revert their purchases to the original, uncorrupted version.
You originally said it would cost the publishers money, which is what I questioned. But again, I think we agree and this is just a language barrier.
That doesn't make sense, how would that make them money?
Secondly, as these are e-books, how would releasing copies of the originals cost them money?