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Re:Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay by throwawayboise on Thursday March 04, 2021 @07:44PM (#26350811)
Libraries have always been squarely against book banning however. Dr. Seuss is an immensely popular and historic children's author. No reason his books should not be in any library children's section.
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Re:Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay by Pfhreak on Thursday March 04, 2021 @08:04PM (#26351015)
No one is saying, "Stop all Seuss books from entering libraries". The publisher stopped printing a small subset of books. Oh the places you go will still have plenty of shelf space and be given to every graduating senior for quite a while I'm sure.
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Re:Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay by foolinaround on Thursday March 04, 2021 @08:08PM (#26351050)
Does the publisher have additional rights on books that have already gone out the door?

they can surely stop publishing additional copies, but existing copies should not be burned.

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Re:Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay by throwawayboise on Thursday March 04, 2021 @08:22PM (#26351161)
No the publisher can't do anything but likely the books in circulation will quickly be stolen. Most libraries don't even charge fines for non-returned materials anymore.
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