Will The Hobbit do damage to the books?

[Nerwen]

Originally Posted by Zigûr

Quite so; it's the official representatives (or at least the publishers) getting in on it that rankles me.

Are you sure it's not just a mistake by a lowly intern? I mean, instead of being a directive from higher up?

However, the fact that there apparently wasn't a crackdown on this kind of thing after the much worse example you gave earlier does suggest the publishers are unconcerned about the issue- at the very least.