Since apparently some people need the reminder: Letting a book go out of print is not censorship! Books go out of print all the time! I myself have several books that are out of print in various formats. They have not been censored, they just aren’t being printed any more.
If you are yelling censorship because an author’s estate said “Mmmm...nah...let’s not keep printing those...” then I’m not sure what to tell you. Do you want the government to force those people to print the books? That seems excessive.
I must conclude that perhaps you are completely ignorant of the publishing industry, where books are not eternally in print. No, not even with POD. A gazillion books are out of print!
A book not being in print does not, however, cause the existing books on the bookshelves to explode into a rain of confetti. Your memories do not erase themselves. Used bookstores do not set them on fire. They are not banned from libraries.
They just aren’t making the publisher money, or they’re not the direction the publisher wants to go, or the publisher got distracted and it fell through the cracks or any of a few dozen reasons that a publisher might let something go out of print. That’s all.
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