Fahrenheit 451 Revisited

Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury’s classic novel of book censorship) is back with a vengeance. Whatever you write, this will affect your future in this entrepreneurial industry.

Below are posts you should read if you are self-publishing or care about your freedom of expression:

Indie Reader gives a good explanation of the activity on WHSmith, Amazon and Kobo Books.

David Gaughran on WordPress also has an excellent opinion piece about this knee-jerk response to a scare-mongering article on kernelmag.com.

This is a blatant witch hunt and all entrepreneurial authors and publishers are being tarred and feathered, run out of town. No matter what we write, this action is an attack on our right to write and our basic freedom of speech.

 

 

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