Friday, February 14, 2014

In France, Right Wing Attacks "Immoral" Children’s Books

A growing right wing movement France has begun attacking children's books depicting content (nudity, homosexuality) they call "immoral."
Penguin Books India has recalled American Indoligist Wendy Doniger’s book The Hindus: An Alternative History, sparking a debate about publishing freedoms.
Special Announcement from PP:
In this first issue of our new monthly magazine on book publishing, we focus on companies and people with new strategies for increasing book sales.
More from PP:
In this Exprima Talks episode, Steven Woodall of the Center for Book and Paper Arts talks about the internet as a ghost town of content.
From the Archives:
Gertrude Stein's children's book, The World is Round, turned 75 last year and was re-released by Harper Design in a reproduction of the book’s first edition from 1939.

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