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Re:Banned by the Publisher by Someone1234 on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @04:30PM (#11076182)
They're using "ban a book" to elicit a specific response here. Look; a publisher has the right to publish or not any work they wish for any reason they wish.

If the publisher had turned around and tried to stop the author from publishing this themselves (via indie routes) or going to another publisher, sure, I'd agree that that would be akin to trying to "ban" something.

But the reality is here that the publisher just opted out of publishing this specific works, as is their right. Sorry, author, but you sound bitter. Move on.

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Re:Banned by the Publisher by ricketycricket on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @05:09PM (#11076490)
The publisher absolutely has the right to not publish the book. It's also very possible the author is being a bit unreasonable and bitter. We are only getting one side of the story.

However, I read this more as a warning that there is a bias in the publishing world and to not look at currently-published works in the aggregate as an unbiased body of work.

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