Dubious philosophy

Why am I dubious that the Kindle book pictured on the left is a properly authorized edition of the physical book seen on the right? Is it because of the art? No, they are both obviously cartoon masterpieces. Is it that the one on the left is published by “Canongate Books” but the one on the right is “Canongate Books Ltd.”?

No, I think it mostly boils down to the fact that, according to the Amazon listing for the one on the left, the author is “Schulz M. Charles”. Yeah, that’s it.

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