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Amazon is no different from a traditional publisher with respect to the books it carries *except* that it allows publishes the books first and then pulls them if there is a problem.
No one would be crying "censorship" if HarperCollins or another tradpub rejected this book, nor would anyone be complaining that that HC should have set out "standards," and should presumptively publish every book except those that didn't meet the written standards. This would be stupid. And complaining about Amazon doing the same thing as a tradpub, except afterwards, is likewise stupid. Plus, this way you can add a "banned by Amazon!" blurb to your book. Re: fiduciary duty - it's reasonable for Amazon to conclude that they would lose more business carrying certain books than they would gain by carrying the books. In any event, the business judgment rule gives companies a lot of leeway, so your proposed derivative suit will fail. |
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If a paper publisher refuses to publish a book, is that censorship? No.
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What'd Burke say, or not? ""The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"
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Everything in the Federal government is bilingual... however, no bookstore is forced to sell books in english and/or french. The owner decides.
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12-30-2010, 06:31 PM | #42 |
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Thanks for the info, I was not sure. I worked for a company that wanted to do business in Canada, I think we had to have everything in 2 languages?
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12-30-2010, 06:40 PM | #44 |
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If you want to sell to anglophones and francophones in Canada it is a good idea to have the two languages. But you may choose not to...
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Any company that wants to do business in Canada has to double their printing costs. I honestly don't think anyone cares, yet the Pros don't like forcing companies to sell products? How about this, if you want to do business with the US you have to be anti-censorship? Last edited by eppythacher; 12-30-2010 at 07:03 PM. |
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