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Originally Posted by Azayzel
I guess the one thing we also missed about the article was the last line:
"Wilson is one of the 750 authors to have put her name to a petition against age guidance, a publisher initiative to include the ages at which a children's book is aimed on its back cover."
Hmm, we have rating systems for movies, TV shows, video games, and music; I don't think there's any reason not to have one for books. After all, it's simply a warning of what's in the medium and not necessarily infringement upon freedom of speech. Ultimately, it's up to the parent to screen what their children reads/hears/watches and having something to base that decision on cannot hurt.
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The complaint from authors is that such rating systems may ultimately harm their sales, because a book will get put into a specific age range when in fact it may have far broader appeal, but simply won't be bought for kids outside of the age range by parents who use such labeling as a crutch to relieve them of actually having to know something about the book.
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Dennis