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Originally Posted by griffonwing
1- Totally agree. That would be very good. I would support this kind of endeavor. However, the only doenside I see to this is that you would have no access for this at any bookstore, currently. Unless these could be accessed at kiosks in some stores.
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Cool, fair enough. Also, take heart: the current audience of this discussion probably buys a lot of books within close proximity to an Internet connection.
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Originally Posted by griffonwing
2- I do not thing the MPAA should be involved. I think either the publisher or the author should have the responsibility to say "Hey, this book does contain some mild violence, a bit of language, and some situations of sexuality" or "Contains violence and scenes of rape".
And this has nothing to do with religious beliefs or dogma, or lach thereof. Basic respect from the author to their reader.
I have actually taken a book back to the store because there were scenes that I found disgusting and they were never even hinted at on the back. It was a gratuitous act solely there for shock value, and gave nothing to the story.
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(I meant the equivalent of the MPAA, maybe a "Publisher and Guardian Association of America," or whatever. The point is something with the sort of clout that the MPAA has, but for books, like.)
I hope it wasn't an independent bookseller from whom you demanded your refund. What's the basis of your entitlement not to be shocked, offended, saddened, infuriated, or inspired by a product without explicit prior warning on the packaging? Why is the bookseller (and eventually, the publisher) liable? You could have researched the book in all sorts of exciting, efficient, instantaneous, and
free ways before you bought it.