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Originally Posted by Falbe Publishing
I voted "Other" because I don't really care if ebooks are rated. I don't think it is akin to censorship because a rating is just meant to give a consumer a clue about the nature of the content. Is is squeaky clean? Is it violent? Is it sexy? Sometimes these things are nice to know.
If ratings were required (by who I don't know) then they would have to self labelled by the publisher or author. Who could possibly read everything and give it a rating?
I don't think there's much to worry about here. Not going to happen.
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I'll give you an answer to that analogous to movies and records.
If you are not rated, you cannot be shown in major movie houses in the US. Likewise, in many stores, if your studio has a history of not marking the albums with content notices, stores will not sell your work.
To bring it fully, the answer is simple. If you're required to be rated to be in major book stores, and you are not rated, your work simply won't appear in major book stores. Like Walmart and what not, if your rating is too high, you might also not appear in book stores.
Every year, there are millions of movies made. Only a select few get put into the distribution process. There's an entire indie circuit that will never ever be shown in your standard theatre because of the proclivities of the MPRA.
Likewise, that is what could happen with books without too much work, and that is what concerns me.