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Amazon Drops Controversial Book

Title: Amazon Drops Controversial Book
Date: Thursday, 20 May 1999
Publisher: Wired
Author: Polly Sprenger
Main source: wired.com

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Amazon.com has removed a controversial book from its listings, a book well known for angering the Church of Scientology. A Piece of Blue Sky, by UK writer Jon Atack, is an exposé of the Scientology movement from its creation in 1959 until the death of founder L. Ron Hubbard in 1986. The book disappeared from Amazon's site only recently. On alt.religion.scientology newsgroups, participants are questioning Amazon's decision, angrily pointing out that it is still legal to sell the book in United ... [Read the rest at wired.com]