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Originally Posted by Aleron Ives
I think in this context, "edit" means "modify the EPUB file in some way" and not "copy edit the text", so changing the metadata does constitute editing your e-books. The purpose of the poll is to see how many people accept their e-books "as is".
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You can edit library metadata without changing the ebook.
Even an "edit" of metadata that changes the metadata (only) in the ebook isn't really editing the book. The two are completely different and shouldn't be conflated.
Some apps and ereaders only use filenames and ignore the metadata, yet disply the content correctly. Metadata is not used when reading an ebook, it's really only used for a library interface to browse/search ebooks rather than browsing file names and directories.
Re-read what I wrote about physical libraries and rental libraries.