I don't think there's any question that a publisher may choose what to publish or not publish for whatever reasons are chosen. And no reasons need to be explained. I think this falls under the freedom of the press concept. WC
--- On Wed, 12/31/08, Chris Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Chris Miller <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Reputations of publishers > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 10:02 AM > Unless his next play is a big hit -- this controversy just > might be how Thomas > McCormack will be most remembered on the internet. > > The author in question (David Irving) is a notorious > holocaust-denier --- > which is a terrible thing -- whether it's a denial of > what Germans did to > Jews, Turks to Armenians, Japanese to Chinese, or Andrew > Jackson to the > Cherokee. > > But ... as I followed the controversy on the net .. it was > never clear to me > that this involved the actual book under discussion (a > biography of Joseph > Goebbels) > > If it did --- yes --- such thing should only be published > by a Neo-Nazi press > --- but if it didn't --- and if the book had something > valuable to add to the > history of that period -- then the reputation of St. > Martin's Press would, > I think, be called into question. > > Especially -- now that Cheerskep is telling us that the > problem was only with > the "tone and insinuations" -- rather than with > invalid historical facts or > unreasonable interpretations. > > Was the editor who approved it a Nazi sympathizer or Jew > hater ? I suspect > that he was quite bright and competent (if Cheerskep had > put his trust in > him) > > What did he have to say in defense of his decision? > > (I can understand if Cheerskep doesn't want to discuss > this any more -- but he > did bring it up -- and it is a fascinating subject - and > quite relevant to the > "reputation of publishers") > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Click for online loan, fast & no lender fee, approval > today > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/PnY6rc1k17zDiDKOiXs7nTYyG9Hr9O > 6hSWpM7tFOpo6LtjHUAVBVy/
