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I didn't realize it was considered a right for a self-published author to have his or her titles sold by a private sector company of the author's choosing. Or that once the author's book had been carried by a specific retailer or distributor, the company didn't have a right to stop carrying said content for whatever reason or no reason whatsoever.
Personally, I don't consider a private sector company's decision to stop selling certain books as censorship. If Amazon - or Apple or B&N - decided tomorrow that books containing the word "purple" were objectionable and in violation of their content guidelines, I wouldn't consider it censorship. I'd consider it a business decision related to content sold. Whether it's a good business decision or a bad business decision is irrelevant to the censorship question. I wouldn't consider it censorship unless the company in question also tried to suppress other companies from selling "purple" books.
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