Comments on: Apple keeps you safe from dirty words http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2009/01/apple-keeps-you-safe-from-dirty-words.html thoughts and opinions by author s. andrew swann Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:24:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Genrewonk » Amazon wants to protect your fragile little brains. http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2009/01/apple-keeps-you-safe-from-dirty-words.html/comment-page-1#comment-4786 Genrewonk » Amazon wants to protect your fragile little brains. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:03:19 +0000 http://www.sandrewswann.com/?p=989#comment-4786 [...] centralized distribution channels, either state or corporate.  I pointed this out earlier with some e-book censoring going on with Apple’s iPhone application store. Well, I can’t say I’m surprised, but Amazon has decided to follow suit, and in a much [...] [...] centralized distribution channels, either state or corporate.  I pointed this out earlier with some e-book censoring going on with Apple’s iPhone application store. Well, I can’t say I’m surprised, but Amazon has decided to follow suit, and in a much [...]

]]> By: michelle http://www.sandrewswann.com/blog/2009/01/apple-keeps-you-safe-from-dirty-words.html/comment-page-1#comment-2547 michelle Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:08:04 +0000 http://www.sandrewswann.com/?p=989#comment-2547 The editor was smart for self-censoring his book to get it onto the iStore. While I'm against censorship by the government, I do believe businesses have the right to decide what they want to sell. I don't think a business should be forced to sell something they don't want to. No, I don't want to see the Catholic bookstore forced to sell erotica (although some might argue it would sell well there...). It's all about Capitalism - if enough people stop buying stuff from Apple because they don't sell what the people want, then another business will come along and fill the void and Mr. self-published editor will have an avenue for his books as they are without toning them down. And before you get your creative nickers in a twist - you just censored a book you wrote for an editor! You toned down a lot of violence, I seem to remember, at the request of your editor. What's the difference? And really, this made news because the editor saw it as a way to pimp his book. "I had to censor my book to get Apple to allow it to be sold." Now it's making its way around the blogosphere and people will remember the cover and the name KNIFE MUSIC when they are shopping on Apple. This editor is brilliant, he censors himself to get the book on the site, then cries about it and gets TONS of publicity for it. Brilliant. The editor was smart for self-censoring his book to get it onto the iStore. While I’m against censorship by the government, I do believe businesses have the right to decide what they want to sell. I don’t think a business should be forced to sell something they don’t want to. No, I don’t want to see the Catholic bookstore forced to sell erotica (although some might argue it would sell well there…). It’s all about Capitalism – if enough people stop buying stuff from Apple because they don’t sell what the people want, then another business will come along and fill the void and Mr. self-published editor will have an avenue for his books as they are without toning them down.

And before you get your creative nickers in a twist – you just censored a book you wrote for an editor! You toned down a lot of violence, I seem to remember, at the request of your editor. What’s the difference?

And really, this made news because the editor saw it as a way to pimp his book. “I had to censor my book to get Apple to allow it to be sold.” Now it’s making its way around the blogosphere and people will remember the cover and the name KNIFE MUSIC when they are shopping on Apple. This editor is brilliant, he censors himself to get the book on the site, then cries about it and gets TONS of publicity for it. Brilliant.

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