Think of it this way: app stores are kind of like privately owned bookstores. The owner of the bookstore doesn't have to carry the art book of nudes or the pro-Nazi thesis.
I would be very unhappy with a general bookstore openly refusing to carry a book solely because of its political content.
Bookstores don't carry every book ever made; they're "curated". They have no obligation to carry every book you might want... if your tastes are significantly outside of the mainstream, you're going to sometimes have to order from a specialty seller or directly from the author/publisher.
Of course they don't. But not carrying every book ever printed is different from refusing to carry a class of books because of their political content.
And I did mention general bookstores. Let's take Glenn Beck books as an example. Personally, I find them rage-inducingly offensive. But I'd still expect the local bookstores, even here in liberal Seattle, to carry them, and, if they didn't have a copy on their shelves, to order it for me. Should I, say, have some sort of psychotic breakdown and decide that I wanted a copy.
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Think of it this way: app stores are kind of like privately owned bookstores. The owner of the bookstore doesn't have to carry the art book of nudes or the pro-Nazi thesis.
I would be very unhappy with a general bookstore openly refusing to carry a book solely because of its political content.
Bookstores don't carry every book ever made; they're "curated". They have no obligation to carry every book you might want... if your tastes are significantly outside of the mainstream, you're going to sometimes have to order from a specialty seller or directly from the author/publisher.
Of course they don't. But not carrying every book ever printed is different from refusing to carry a class of books because of their political content.
And I did mention general bookstores. Let's take Glenn Beck books as an example. Personally, I find them rage-inducingly offensive. But I'd still expect the local bookstores, even here in liberal Seattle, to carry them, and, if they didn't have a copy on their shelves, to order it for me. Should I, say, have some sort of psychotic breakdown and decide that I wanted a copy.
> I would be very unhappy with a general bookstore openly refusing to carry a book solely because of its political content.
What is "openly" and why is it relevant?
BTW - What bookstores do you think that you're happy with?
"Openly" was poorly phrased, I merely meant "that I know about". I don't actually spend a lot of time vetting bookstores.
I liked Village Books, but I haven't lived up in Bellingham for well over 18 years.
I like Elliott Bay.
I like the UW bookstore, but that's largely because of their fabulous SF&F selection.
Of the big chains, I prefer B&N.