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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington
This isn't censorship, this is trying to profit from a (literally) captive audience.
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I meant actual censorship articles I've read over the years, like The Color Purple and Diary of Anne Frank being banned from prisons. This particular movement to only offer a selection of books for purchase controls the reading material and makes it easier to not get publicity turning away books they are banning.
For instance,
banning The color Purple, Charlie Brown's Christmas, John Grisham. Alabama banned Slavery By another Name because it talks about unfair racial issues in the country, and Florida banned The New Jim Crow because it puts down some mass incarceration based on the drug war and racial issues. Michigan banned another book that talks about racism, Black Skin, White Masks
With a limited e-book selection and the devices, they can now filter the content even easier while making a profit of it.