As always: a ban will be very good for spreading the book.
I would most likely never have heard of it otherwise.
Now it is on my 'to be read' list.
I always want to have books that others do not want me to read.
In my country The Netherlands it is forbidden to sell Hitler's Mein Kampf.
I was in my late teens when I realized that my so called progressive country banned this book for the general public. I immediately got myself a copy.
Nobody tells me what, or what not to read. Ever. It is a matter of principle.
So, Wendy Doniger might not sell more of her books per se, but I am sure more people will read it.
Last edited by Iskariot; 02-14-2014 at 07:23 AM.
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