[bksvol-discuss] Re: an adult book but not for adults?
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 15:07:12 -0700 (PDT)
Scott, my understanding, and I may be
mis-understanding, is that we're not "restricting" any
adult who wants to read an Adult book unless they
request it -- and that yound adults under the age of
18 can also access Adult books if they have their
parents' permission.
Cindy
--- Scott Blanks <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My biased opinion ... nothing should be marked as
> "adult content" because
> everyone's point of view is different. We shouldn't
> be restricting *any*
> books from *any* users, regardless of their age.
>
> Scott
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Amber Wallenstein
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 11:39 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] an adult book but not
> for adults?
>
>
> I'm scanning a book called "The Bitch Posse".
> It's for young adults, I
> swear it! It was categorized under the YA section
> and everything, but it's
> got an astonishing amount of swearing, sexual
> references, etc. What do we
> do in cases like these, they are meant for Young
> adults, but they have a lot
> of swearing? If I mark it adult when I'm done
> editing it, nobody under
> eighteen can see it, is that correct? And Im worried
> about restricting the
> audience because it's really a YA book, just a very
> real and true one. Yes
> there's a lot of swearing, but that's life for some
> teens. But if I
> don't mark it, some seven-teen-year-old is going to
> get a shock. Thoughts?
> Amber
>
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