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Originally Posted by susan_cassidy

If a paper publisher refuses to publish a book, is that censorship? No.

It depends on the reason it was not published.

Here's the definition of Censorship from Wikipedia:

Censorship is suppression of speech or other communication which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient to the general body of people as determined by a government, media outlet, or other controlling body.

Don't trust Wikipedia? Here's Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary's definition of the word censor:

To examine in order to suppress or delete anything considered objectionable