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CommonReader · 12-31-2010, 02:52 PM

Unless it is clearly specialized I expect a bookstore to offer me any book it can. I certainly don't want or expect a bookstore to make any sort of value judgments on the content of books.
This expectation is even more valid for booksellers that try to bind me into a close relationship, as Amazon clearly does with the Kindle.
Once a bookstore arbitrarily refuses to sell titles with sexual keywords, what do we have to expect next? The refusal to sell books that violate certain political sensitivities?

12-31-2010, 02:52 PM	#132
CommonReader Fanatic Posts: 528 Karma: 2530000 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Sony PRS-T3, PRS-650, Vaio Tap 11, iPad Mini	Unless it is clearly specialized I expect a bookstore to offer me any book it can. I certainly don't want or expect a bookstore to make any sort of value judgments on the content of books. This expectation is even more valid for booksellers that try to bind me into a close relationship, as Amazon clearly does with the Kindle. Once a bookstore arbitrarily refuses to sell titles with sexual keywords, what do we have to expect next? The refusal to sell books that violate certain political sensitivities? Last edited by CommonReader; 12-31-2010 at 02:59 PM.