As much as this isn&#x27;t an atttempt to &quot;ban&quot; the book it also isn&#x27;t an attempt to &quot;censor&quot; the book. It&#x27;s simply a publisher saying &#x27;We don&#x27;t want to publish this book in this form&quot;. And they could say that for <i>any</i> reason, including a political one.<p>Now, he may have signed a contract with this publisher that has the literary equivalent to a non-compete in it ( &quot;You can only publish through us&quot; ), but that&#x27;s on him.