Didnt you have to change the storyline or something after the first edition because you got sued, and thats why first editions are so expensive?
Not the storyline, just a few words. A minor fictional character with one name (you cant tell if its a first or last name, or what gender, like “Kerry”) makes a derogatory comment about the FBI in one sentence in the book. I got a letter from a lawyer who told me his client recognized himself and that the feds were targeting his client because now they thought his client was anti-government, because of one sentence in an 800-page work of fiction. I changed the (fictional) name and the location for subsequent printings. The story is exactly the same. First editions of Unintended Consequences are as expensive as they are (over $200 in new condition) because collectors often bid up the price of first editions when the book has historic significance, i.e. a first-novel bestseller that establishes an author and goes into multiple printings.
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