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Old 09-26-2015, 09:50 AM   #1
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Banned books at Amazon US
I accidentally discovered this site with "banned" books at Amazon US.
Amazon US

I don't know why the books are "banned". But I will buy and reread Flowers for Algernon.

The page should be valid tomorrow and the next week, hopefully also for Danes.
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Old 09-26-2015, 10:11 AM   #2
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I accidentally discovered this site with "banned" books at Amazon US.
Amazon US

I don't know why the books are "banned". But I will buy and reread Flowers for Algernon.

The page should be valid tomorrow and the next week, hopefully also for Danes.
Wow, great prices on these books. Thanks.
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Old 09-26-2015, 10:29 AM   #3
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Those are some great prices and some great reads.
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I accidentally discovered this site with "banned" books at Amazon US.
Amazon US

I don't know why the books are "banned". But I will buy and reread Flowers for Algernon.

The page should be valid tomorrow and the next week, hopefully also for Danes.
Ha. I initially interpreted your first sentence to mean that Amazon had banned the books. I kept trying to process that thought in my mind--what kind of books would Amazon feel a need to ban? In fact, the meaning was almost the opposite of what I was thinking--Amazon is not banning the books, but, in fact, is promoting--by advertising and reduced prices--banned books in this event.

I wish that this were the place to discuss the issue of banning books, but it isn't. I'd like to put in my two cents worth. That would have to be done in a different forum on Mobileread, if there is one for it.

BTW--is the dog in the photo a great [sic] Dane? ha
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Old 09-26-2015, 04:27 PM   #5
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I accidentally discovered this site with "banned" books at Amazon US.
Amazon US

I don't know why the books are "banned". But I will buy and reread Flowers for Algernon.

The page should be valid tomorrow and the next week, hopefully also for Danes.
Probably the link is not there all the time.

I found this online:

http://www.ala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek

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Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read

September 27−October 3, 2015

Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community –- librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types –- in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.
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Ha. I initially interpreted your first sentence to mean that Amazon had banned the books. I kept trying to process that thought in my mind--what kind of books would Amazon feel a need to ban?
I figure they'd ban something like those crazy books in the Harry Potter universe. When a book's likely to eat part of your warehouse staff if it gets loose, it's probably not something you'd want to carry.

Can you see that news article though? Chaos in Amazon Warehouse as Books Run Amok
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Old 09-27-2015, 05:19 AM   #7
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BTW--is the dog in the photo a great [sic] Dane? ha
No it is a Welsh Springer Spaniel.

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No it is a Welsh Springer Spaniel.

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Glad you got the joke.
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