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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
I'm usually libertarian in these cases: people should read what they want, nobody is forced to.
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Ah, but you are being libertarian. People should also be allowed not to sell what they don't want to.
Bottom line:
1) Is it censorship? No. I see no government enforcement here.
2) Is it in keeping with Amazon's TOS? Yes. They reserve the right to pull anything at any time with no further explanation. If, tomorrow, they decide that sad puppy dog eyes are not in keeping with their corporate image, then sad puppy dog eyes will disappear from CreateSpace.
3) Are the authors being prevented from selling their books? No. They're simply being pulled from Amazon's store. There are plenty of other venues.
4) Is it going to hurt Amazon? Probably not. Arbitrary guidelines and jiggle-gate haven't hurt Apple's app store--and Apple really does have an exclusive.