Many roleplay writers (collaborative storytelling) do what’s called a face claim. This is when you pick a celebrity/stock photo model to represent your character, to help others picture them, and also to prevent multiple people form picking the same actor lol. You could assign each character an actor based on their descriptions, and print it out and put it in the front of the book like a map to reference. That actually sounds hella fun…

I forget the book, but page 1, a detective rolls onto the crime scene and starts describing an ungloving. I clapped the book shut and thought about it for days lol.

Generally, I’m for it! But I agree it should be explicitly labeled as a revised version. I would especially love updated versions edited to remove outdated language/stereotypes/slurs. For example, you’d be hard-pressed to find a non-revised Nancy Drew book. I don’t really care if it’s the author or a ghostwriter doing it, a long as it’s labeled. As for updating it strictly to keep up with the times, like changing a rotary phone to a mobile, I’m not really interested in that, but it’s also not… harmful. Like, I don’t care that much.

My Lady’s Choosing is kind of like this.