Amazon Fights Gun Violence By Banning Ads For Books On Gun Violence

By Tom Knighton

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Amazon is easily the biggest behemoth in books right now. The company can make or break a book, easily enough. After all, it’s the largest book retailer–and retailer in general–in the world. A book listed on Amazon can be sold anywhere in the world, which is a pretty big deal.

In fact, more and more people do their book shopping on Amazon exclusively. That’s probably why Amazon started selling advertising.

You see, if you have a book on Amazon, you can advertise it through Amazon. That way, potential customers can learn about your book while looking at other books. It’s a pretty sweet deal.

That is, unless your book is about combatting gun violence, apparently.

No, really. Amazon recently blocked an ad regarding a book about ending gun violence. Why? Apparently, because it had a gun on the cover.

Earlier this year, I published a book called The End of Killing. It examines how new technology can help us end violence, with a focus on premeditated killing by firearms.

Shortly after it debuted, my publisher ran ads for the book on Amazon. A few weeks ago, we discovered that Amazon blocked the book’s ads …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms