Washington D.C., Feb 22, 2021 / 01:00 pm (CNA).- One scholar’s critical book on the transgender movement has reportedly been removed from Amazon.com.
On Sunday afternoon, Ryan Anderson—the current president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC)—reported that his book When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Moment was no longer listed for purchase on the online retail giant Amazon.com. The book was released three years ago, on Feb. 20, 2018.
Anderson told CNA on Monday morning that he was alerted to the situation as “people trying to buy it told me it was gone.”
“And not just like it’s out of stock. The pages are down. You can’t buy a used copy. You can’t buy the kindle. You can’t get the Audible version,” Anderson told CNA. He said that his book’s publisher asked for an explanation from Amazon as to why it was not being listed online, but had not yet received an explanation.
As of Monday afternoon, the book was not listed on Amazon for purchase, but was still available for purchase at the book retailer Barnes and Noble.
A spokesperson for Amazon declined to comment on Anderson’s claims on Monday.
Among content that is prohibited under Amazon’s guidelines is that which “we determine is hate speech,” along with “other material we deem inappropriate or offensive.”
Amazon states that “providing access to the written word is important, including content that may be considered objectionable.” The company states that it may withdraw content if “we determine it creates a poor customer experience.”
In addition, Amazon states that if it pulls content, its policy is to inform the “author, publisher, or selling partner” of the de-listing and to allow them an appeal.
“If we remove a title, we let the author, publisher, or selling partner know and they can appeal our decision,” the company stated.
However, Anderson told CNA that as of Monday afternoon he had not heard any explanation from the company for his book not being listed online.
When Harry Became Sally is Anderson’s critical look into the transgender movement, exploring the biological, psychological, and philosophical areas of the transgender debate. He has been outspoken on topics such as the concept of gender fluidity, purported psychological benefits of gender-transition surgery for those with gender dysphoria, and the implications of “transgender mandates”—that public spaces such as single-sex bathrooms and locker rooms be available to people based on their gender identity.
Anderson’s book was commended by professors of psychiatry, psychology, and medical ethics at universities such as Johns Hopkins, Boston University, New York University, and Columbia University.
Despite the acclaim from scholars, he said it was still de-listed at Amazon. “It’s not about how you say it, it’s not about how rigorously you argue it, it’s not about how charitably you present it. It’s about whether you dissent from a new orthodoxy,” he said.
On Friday, legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives to recognize sexual orientation and gender identity as protected legal classes. The proposed “Equality Act” would create broad protections in civil rights law for those identifying as transgender, non-binary, or gay or lesbian.
Critics such as Anderson have argued that the legislation would erode religious freedom protections and would require women to share sensitive spaces such as bathrooms, shelters, or locker rooms, with biological men identifying as transgender women.
“Make no mistake, both Big Government and Big Tech can undermine human dignity and liberty, human flourishing and the common good,” Anderson stated on Monday.
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Leon is a baby boy cared for and loved at Mary’s Shelter, a pro-life maternity home in Fredericksburg, Virginia. / Courtesy of Mary’s Shelter
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, May 24, 2022 / 13:15 pm (CNA).
Amid a shortage of baby formula in the U.S., experts recommend parents scour smaller drug stores, check online, and join social media groups sharing information.
But here’s another, perhaps lesser-known, option they can also turn to for help: pregnancy resource centers.
Nearly 3,000 pro-life pregnancy centers serve millions of people each year in the United States. They offer women and parents in need everything from health care and material assistance to educational classes and job support — at little to no cost. Right now, for many of these centers, their work also includes connecting struggling families to baby formula.
One center in Michigan, an affiliate of Heartbeat International, a pro-life pregnancy resource center network, revealed to CNA that it has a surplus of formula.
“At this time, we haven’t heard of formula shortages at the pregnancy centers,” Andrea Trudden, vice president of communications and marketing at Heartbeat International, told CNA. “Quite the contrary, actually!”
Trudden recommended families turn to their local pregnancy help organizations for assistance and use OptionLine.org as a tool to find the center closest to them.
“Since pregnancy centers are equipped to help pregnant women and new families with practical resources such as diapers and formula,” Trudden said, “they have been able to step into that gap during this time.”
Some pro-life maternity homes in states such as Virginia and North Carolina said mothers are in desperate need and exploring all of their options, including feeding their babies with formula samples. But, these homes tell CNA, they are walking with mothers in their search, every step of the way.
What is this shortage about?
The nationwide baby formula shortage was caused, and then exacerbated, by a series of factors: supply-chain issues, recalls, the closure of a major production plant in February, and even U.S. trade policy. The result, data-firm company Datasembly found, is that more than 40 percent of baby formulas were out of stock in early May.
Babies with special needs and allergies rely on formula, along with babies in general. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 63.3% of infants were exclusively breastfeeding seven days after birth in 2018. Three months after birth, only 46.3% of infants exclusively breastfed. Six months after birth, that percentage changed to 25.8%
The trouble with formula began partially with the Covid-19 pandemic. Parents stockpiled baby formula at the beginning, which increased production, only to later discover that they had a surplus to use up, which decreased production.
After consuming formula from an Abbott plant in Sturgis, Michigan, four babies became sick, including two who died, from bacterial infections. This led to a recall and the plant shutting down in February.
These incidents exposed the formula market as one not structurally prepared for emergencies, with just four companies largely in control of supply in the United States. U.S. and regulatory trade policy only added to the problem, restricting the exchange of formula internationally, The Atlantic reported.
Months into the shortage, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reached an agreement with Abbott, one of the largest U.S. baby formula manufacturers, to reopen its Sturgis plant in the coming weeks. President Joe Biden invoked the Defense Production Act to prioritize the production of formula. And, in the meantime, the U.S. military has begun importing formula from Europe.
Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle have called for action. Senate Democrats are pushing a bill that would send $28 million in emergency funding to the FDA. Congress passed, and Biden signed into law, a bill to expand access to formula for lower-income families during emergencies.
In the meantime, before the shelves are fully stocked once more, pregnancy centers and maternity homes around the country are helping parents in need.
“I have never seen this much formula. We have an overflow!” Lois Stoll, a volunteer who manages the formula supply at the center, said in a press release. The center, one of Heartbeat International’s 1,857 affiliate locations, accumulated its surplus over the last two years, during the pandemic.
“It really is the result of an unexpected set of circumstances,” Bryce Asberg, the executive director, added in the release. “During the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of clients fell but donations continued to come in.”
Baby formula is stored on shelves at Helping Hands Pregnancy Resource Center in Hillsdale, Michigan. Courtesy of Helping Hands
Asberg told CNA that the center has been running a material assistance program for several years where it provides mothers and families with baby clothes, diapers, wipes, and baby food or formula.
“We still offer all those items to clients who come in, but recently we have noticed a surge of interest in formula,” he said. “God has been building our supply of formula for many months, and we didn’t know why we had so much. Now we do!”
Washington, D.C.
In Washington, D.C., Janet Durig, the executive director of Capitol Hill Pregnancy Center, said that her center also has baby formula on hand.
“We’ve had some phone calls seeking help and we’ve had formula to give them,” she told CNA. But, she emphasized, the supply is limited because they rely on donations.
“We have it to help people on a limited basis and are helping people on a limited basis,” she said, adding that the center welcomes donations of unopened bottles or cans of formula as long as they have not expired.
Connecticut
Leticia Velasquez, executive director and co-founder of Pathways Pregnancy in Norwich, Connecticut, encouraged moms and families to reach out if they need formula.
She told CNA that the three-year-old center is there for any woman or mom in need.
“We just say, ‘How can we fill the need? That’s what we’re here for,’” she said. “We definitely stand with them in any crisis, whether it be a formula shortage or an unplanned pregnancy.”
Parents in eastern Connecticut looking for baby formula can text the center at (860) 222-4505.
North Carolina
Debbie Capen, the executive director of MiraVia, said that the baby formula shortage is affecting her group’s work in supporting and providing resources to new moms in need. The Catholic nonprofit runs an outreach center in Charlotte and a free college residence at nearby Belmont Abbey College where a pregnant student — from any university or college — can stay until her child turns two years old.
“Yes, the mothers we serve are very concerned about the baby formula shortage,” Capen told CNA. “We always encourage breastfeeding for our expectant mothers, but for those who cannot breastfeed, they usually rely on vouchers for baby formula through the USDA’s WIC program.”
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s WIC program, also known as the “Special Supplementation Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children,” offers federal grants to states for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant and postpartum women, and young children at nutritional risk.
Capen highlighted that WIC only covers one specific brand of formula, which means that moms must pay full price for any other label. Formula is at a premium price right now, she added, which only puts more stress on their limited resources.
In each state, baby formula manufacturers bid for exclusive rights to provide formula to WIC participants in that state. In return, they offer the state discounts, or rebates. For those who rely on WIC, this means that they face limited options.
In response to the scarcity, the mothers at MiraVia are turning to alternatives: food pantries and the MiraVia community.
“They communicate with our staff and each other when they find formula at a certain location, as well as contact stores to find out when shipments are expected,” Capen said. “They substitute with generic brands when possible and reach out to their pediatricians for recommendations and even free samples.”
Capen listed some ways that people can help during this shortage, beginning with communication and the sharing of resources.
“For example, you can help by searching posts on social media and community apps like NextDoor or OfferUp to find those with formula and suggest where it can be donated,” she said. “Remind friends and family not to stockpile so that the supply of formula can flow to those in most urgent need. If you are pregnant and have received free samples of formula, donate what you won’t use to food pantries or programs for new mothers.”
Virginia
Kathleen Wilson, the executive director of Mary’s Shelter, a faith-centered maternity home in Fredericksburg, Virginia, agreed that “our moms have had many difficulties.”
She told CNA about one of their mothers who gave birth to her fourth baby three months ago. At first, she used a formula brand called Enfamil Reguline. After it became unavailable, she began switching between brands and using whatever she can find, Wilson said. The mother has also tried ordering on Amazon and turned to her pediatrician for samples.
Yaretzi is a baby girl cared for and loved at Mary’s Shelter, a pro-life maternity home in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Courtesy of Mary’s Shelter
“This is a mom who is trying to hold down a job, with an infant and other children to tend to,” Wilson stressed the “very difficult” situation.
Wilson said that two of the other mothers spent days driving around at one point to try to find formula for their babies. When necessary, they are also turning to sample packets of baby formula.
“Our staff and volunteers have been assisting with this and picking up and delivering formula when they can get their hands on it,” Wilson said, adding that donors have also pitched in.
“We are blessed with wonderful donors,” she said. “A friend just stopped in this morning with two cans of formula that he was able to find.”
“If donors are willing and can find formula, we would be thrilled to take their donation,” she said, concluding that she is “praying this comes to an end soon.”
Juan Luis Tron (second from left) and Maria Magdalene Baca (second from right) together with other young people from the Regnum Christi movement wait outside St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 2, 2023, to pay their respects to the late Pope Benedict XVI, who died Dec. 31, 2022. / Hannah Brockhaus / CNA
Vatican City, Jan 2, 2023 / 11:00 am (CNA).
Approximately 40,000 people visited Benedict XVI in the first five hours he was lying in state on Monday, according to the Vatican gendarmes.
Catholics have traveled to the Vatican from both near and far to see the late pope for the last time and to pray for his eternal repose.
The Herrera family traveled from Madrid, Spain, after learning that Benedict XVI had died on Dec. 31. They arrived in Rome late on Jan. 1 and joined the line of mourners the next morning.
Maria Jimenez told CNA she and her husband and four children, ages 19–25, “came especially to see the pope, to pray for him and to see him. To say goodbye, too.”
“We love Benedict,” she said, adding that she thinks he will one day be a saint.
Here are a few of the people who said goodbye to Benedict on Jan. 2:
Giancarlo Rossi, who lives in Rome, told CNA he got in line to enter St. Peter’s Basilica at 7:45 a.m. on Jan. 2, 2023, to pay his respects to the late Pope Benedict XVI. Hannah Brockhaus / CNA
Giancarlo Rossi, who lives in Rome, told CNA he got in line to enter St. Peter’s Basilica at 7:45 a.m.
He prayed the rosary while he waited to pay his final respects to Benedict.
“I met him a few times — I am from here. And so I came to greet the pope for the last time,” he told CNA. “And I am praying for him. I offered my Mass for him and I will ask for a plenary indulgence for him, as well.”
Gabriella Fedele, also from Rome, said she felt that Benedict XVI was a great and humble leader of the Church.
She told CNA his death is “a great sorrow, because a light is extinguished on this earth, but yet one is lit up in heaven.”
Sister Angel Bilegu, a consecrated virgin in the Diocese of Rome, pictured on the right with members of the Little Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows. They were among those who visited St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 2, 2023, where the late Pope Benedict XVI, who died Dec. 31, 2022, laid in state for public viewing. Hannah Brockhaus / CNA
Sister Angel Bilegu, a consecrated virgin in the Diocese of Rome, waited in line from before sunrise to see the pope emeritus, whose election as pope she remembers.
“I appreciated his magisterium a lot,” she said. “He was a pastor and a theologian, who really did theology ‘on his knees.’”
“I really liked him a lot and so I had to come to say goodbye.”
The Schudel family was among those who visited St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 2, 2023, to pay their respects to the late Pope Benedict XVI, who died Dec. 31, 2022. Hannah Brockhaus / CNA
Carmen Floriani and her husband, Hans Schudel, came to Rome with their three young children from Switzerland. Schudel waited in line from 6 a.m., while Floriani joined with their children — ages 5 months, 3, and 5 years — later in the morning.
Floriani, who is originally from Trento in the far northern part of Italy, told CNA her family came to see Benedict XVI “because he was our pope for some years,” but also because she and her husband, married six years, have a special connection to the Bavarian pope.
“The witness at our marriage is [former Cardinal] Ratzinger’s relative,” she said. “I studied in Munich, in Bavaria, and there I met the only members of his family still there. This is another reason for coming to say goodbye to him.”
Juan Luis Tron (second from left) and Maria Magdalene Baca (second from right) together with other young people from the Regnum Christi movement wait outside St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 2, 2023, to pay their respects to the late Pope Benedict XVI, who died Dec. 31, 2022. Hannah Brockhaus / CNA
A group of teens, members of the international lay movement Regnum Christi, also lined up early on Monday morning.
They said they were in Rome from Mexico, Spain, Germany, Philippines, and Italy for a gathering of 120 members of the movement.
Maria Magdalena Baca, 17, said: “We are pretty young and maybe we don’t remember much of him as pope. But I remember when he came to Mexico and my parents talked to me about him as a pope.”
“I believe that we should be thankful, too,for his life,” 18-year-old Juan Luis Tron, from Mexico City, told CNA. “He was a pope that I admired so much. We have been talking about his life and many consecrated [women of Regnum Christi] and priests [of the Legionaries of Christ] have said, even though it’s sad, the notice that he has passed away, we should be thankful for his life and for all the things he built in the Church.”
A monumental cross towers above the Valley of the Fallen complex. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons
ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 28, 2024 / 10:30 am (CNA).
The Association for Reconciliation and Historical Truth has garnered more than 130,000 signatures on … […]
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A dealer in Maryland that sells through Amazon-owned abebooks.com has five copies as of the moment. Of course, the publisher has inventory, too.
Already, a coalition of U.S. publishers, retailers, and authors have been writing to Congress, demanding that leaders start an anti-trust fight to break up Bezos’s book monopoly. In 2019, they pointed out, Amazon controlled 50 percent of all book distribution. Now, that number is as high as 70-80 percent. Not only does that squash competition, but it’s also — as this controversy proves — squashing viewpoints as well.
In addition to Barnes and Noble, the book is also sold by Walmart online.
I mention this because my wife and I recently cancelled our Amazon accounts after Amazon AWS clamped down on free speech. We were pleasantly surprised to find that Walmart online functions a lot like Amazon – it seems that they sell everything.
What I’d like to know is when someone will develop an online presence that does what Amazon does with regard to publications of all sorts. Call it “1st Amendment Press Online.” I’d buy all my printed books, Kindle-platform and CD/DVD material from them and not Amazon. How about it entrepreneurs?
Deacon Peitler,
You might want to give this idea to Walmart, or possibly to Barnes and Noble or Abebooks. I rarely ever walk into a Walmart store, but I’ve found their online presence to be an excellent substitute for Amazon.
At some point we need to have millions of people, who contest censorship of conservative Christian voices, cancel their Amazon Prime subscriptions and stop shopping on Amazon altogether. But this is unlikely. Why? Because we have become slaves of instant gratification, which Amazon (and Facebook, Twitter, etc.) has used to their advantage to become lords of our lives. We complain about what these wild beasts in the wilderness are doing, yet we continue to feed and sustain them.
I became a customer of amazon back when you were sent gifts for being loyal. Then I heard reports that investors were complaining that while stock value was soaring the company would not pay dividends but kept investing in expansion. In other words growing the bezos fiefdom. I stopped buying from amazon then. When bezos bought the washington post I could see the move to garner as much power as possible and now he wants to buy cnn. This guy is scary.
Our responses to Amazon’s unprecedented censorship action “… will be like the falling of small stones that starts an avalanche in the mountains. A thing is about to happen here that has not happened since the Elder Days.” (quoting Gandalf).
I just ordered the book from Walmart. We have to show Amazon we will go elsewhere, so they really are just cutting their own dollars. I only use Amazon when I can’t find the item I want someplace else.
Of course Amazon did this! Was it because they fully believe in the ideology? No, they do not want to “offend” anyone and loose business. Remind you of anyone else you know?
They have not the guts to call an ace an ace and a spade a spade, push for the truth and suggest ways to help these poor people find their true humanity. We, as good Catholic need to launch with the help of a Bishop, a boycott of Amazon! Wouldn’t that be something? Bishop Robert Barron and Bishop Strickland of Tyler, Tx come to mind. Forget the USCCB! They would deny that Mary is the Mother of God if there was a movement in America to do so.
Hi Barbara! I too do as you do. I find going directly to the company is very effective and many times you can get free shipping! I like to look on Amazon to see what’s available then purchased it at a brick & morter stores or the company’s website.
I dislike Amazon for the very reason this article was written! God Bless You and Your Family and Happy Easter
As a fan of irony and satire I got your point, even without the Walmart explanation. (I don’t do Walmart either, but when Ignatius Press doesn’t sell it I go to Barnes & Noble.)
“Among content that is prohibited under Amazon’s guidelines is that which “we determine is hate speech,” along with “other material we deem inappropriate or offensive.””
Prohibiting “hate speech” has never passed constitutional muster in court in the US. The label is defamatory and vague, so it shouldn’t be allowed. One ought to avoid loaded language, and point to specifically objectionable facts – not how a work seems (or is alleged) to make a person feel.
Any decision without any justification should be thrown out and ought to be null and void in a court of law. Actually, these censorship decisions shouldn’t be left to the discretion of any non-government entity.
By Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg
Updated Feb. 24, 2021 10:22 pm ET
The good news is at the end:
A longstanding truism in the book business is that the only bad publicity is no publicity, and that appears to be true for Mr. Anderson as well. The print edition is now sold out at BarnesandNoble.com, but on late Wednesday afternoon the ebook ranked No. 3 on the bookseller’s Top 100 list for digital books.
A spokesman for Encounter Books on Wednesday said the publisher has reordered 5,000 paperback copies.
A dealer in Maryland that sells through Amazon-owned abebooks.com has five copies as of the moment. Of course, the publisher has inventory, too.
Amazon Censorship Leaves a Plot to Be Desired
February 22, 2021
Tony Perkins
Excerpt:
Already, a coalition of U.S. publishers, retailers, and authors have been writing to Congress, demanding that leaders start an anti-trust fight to break up Bezos’s book monopoly. In 2019, they pointed out, Amazon controlled 50 percent of all book distribution. Now, that number is as high as 70-80 percent. Not only does that squash competition, but it’s also — as this controversy proves — squashing viewpoints as well.
Read Mein Kampf instead. No hate there.
What a puerile and ignorant comment !
In addition to Barnes and Noble, the book is also sold by Walmart online.
I mention this because my wife and I recently cancelled our Amazon accounts after Amazon AWS clamped down on free speech. We were pleasantly surprised to find that Walmart online functions a lot like Amazon – it seems that they sell everything.
The book in several forms, paperback, nook, etc., is easily available at Barnes & Noble.
What I’d like to know is when someone will develop an online presence that does what Amazon does with regard to publications of all sorts. Call it “1st Amendment Press Online.” I’d buy all my printed books, Kindle-platform and CD/DVD material from them and not Amazon. How about it entrepreneurs?
Deacon Peitler,
You might want to give this idea to Walmart, or possibly to Barnes and Noble or Abebooks. I rarely ever walk into a Walmart store, but I’ve found their online presence to be an excellent substitute for Amazon.
Concur.
At some point we need to have millions of people, who contest censorship of conservative Christian voices, cancel their Amazon Prime subscriptions and stop shopping on Amazon altogether. But this is unlikely. Why? Because we have become slaves of instant gratification, which Amazon (and Facebook, Twitter, etc.) has used to their advantage to become lords of our lives. We complain about what these wild beasts in the wilderness are doing, yet we continue to feed and sustain them.
I became a customer of amazon back when you were sent gifts for being loyal. Then I heard reports that investors were complaining that while stock value was soaring the company would not pay dividends but kept investing in expansion. In other words growing the bezos fiefdom. I stopped buying from amazon then. When bezos bought the washington post I could see the move to garner as much power as possible and now he wants to buy cnn. This guy is scary.
Our responses to Amazon’s unprecedented censorship action “… will be like the falling of small stones that starts an avalanche in the mountains. A thing is about to happen here that has not happened since the Elder Days.” (quoting Gandalf).
Video (4 min. 17 sec.) of author Ryan T. Anderson on The Ingraham Angle, February 22, 2021.
Check your local bookstores as well. Amazon is very bad for smaller bookstores- these businesses need help. Go 3-D instead of Kindle.
I just ordered the book from Walmart. We have to show Amazon we will go elsewhere, so they really are just cutting their own dollars. I only use Amazon when I can’t find the item I want someplace else.
Of course Amazon did this! Was it because they fully believe in the ideology? No, they do not want to “offend” anyone and loose business. Remind you of anyone else you know?
They have not the guts to call an ace an ace and a spade a spade, push for the truth and suggest ways to help these poor people find their true humanity. We, as good Catholic need to launch with the help of a Bishop, a boycott of Amazon! Wouldn’t that be something? Bishop Robert Barron and Bishop Strickland of Tyler, Tx come to mind. Forget the USCCB! They would deny that Mary is the Mother of God if there was a movement in America to do so.
Hi Barbara! I too do as you do. I find going directly to the company is very effective and many times you can get free shipping! I like to look on Amazon to see what’s available then purchased it at a brick & morter stores or the company’s website.
I dislike Amazon for the very reason this article was written! God Bless You and Your Family and Happy Easter
Between this and the Amazon deplatforming of Parler, it would appear that democracy dies in Bezos.
Not sure Australia above got my point. Apparently Amazon chose not to delist Mein Kampf.
As a fan of irony and satire I got your point, even without the Walmart explanation. (I don’t do Walmart either, but when Ignatius Press doesn’t sell it I go to Barnes & Noble.)
P.S. Rod Dreher points out that Ryan T. Anderson has an article in First Things on Amazon’s delisting of his book.
When Amazon Erased My Book
Ryan T. Anderson
February 23, 2021
“Among content that is prohibited under Amazon’s guidelines is that which “we determine is hate speech,” along with “other material we deem inappropriate or offensive.””
Prohibiting “hate speech” has never passed constitutional muster in court in the US. The label is defamatory and vague, so it shouldn’t be allowed. One ought to avoid loaded language, and point to specifically objectionable facts – not how a work seems (or is alleged) to make a person feel.
Any decision without any justification should be thrown out and ought to be null and void in a court of law. Actually, these censorship decisions shouldn’t be left to the discretion of any non-government entity.
Also available at AddAll.com, BookFinder.com and ebay.
Bishop J. Strickland of Tyler, Texas has a Tweet about another bad idea from the Jeff Bezos empire:
This is inhuman…God made us male and female
This story is subscriber content at the Wall Street Journal online:
Amazon Faces Questions Over Removal of Book by Conservative Author
By Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg
Updated Feb. 24, 2021 10:22 pm ET
The good news is at the end:
A longstanding truism in the book business is that the only bad publicity is no publicity, and that appears to be true for Mr. Anderson as well. The print edition is now sold out at BarnesandNoble.com, but on late Wednesday afternoon the ebook ranked No. 3 on the bookseller’s Top 100 list for digital books.
A spokesman for Encounter Books on Wednesday said the publisher has reordered 5,000 paperback copies.
not available on abe.books.com either. sold out? or censored?