If memory serves, about 10-12 years ago Westminster Bookstore emailed their customers a message. I don’t remember the particulars (nor could I find it in my email), but the gist went something like this:
All bookstores face a serious challenge as an enormous chunk of book sales go to one online seller, Amazon. Amazon can sell books cheaper than your average bookseller because they’re not just a bookseller but a provider of so much more. They noted that book buyers have the freedom to buy books at the best rate, but Westminster provided a warning: if all book buyers go to one store for their books, that bookstore has enormous power. That one bookstore can, if they like, remove books they don’t like.
It appears the Westminster warning has come true. Ryan Anderson, a prominent and persuasive voice for traditional views of human sexuality, recently wrote a book focusing on the transgender movement entitled, When Harry Became Sally. As of this week, that book has been removed from Amazon (you cannot find it new, used, or from third party sellers on Amazon).
Ryan Anderson has written about the controversy at First Things.
The religious fervor that accompanies LGBTQ talk is a curious thing. For a good treatment of why questions of sexuality are connected to such deeply held convictions about reality, life, the body, and our purpose, check out Carl Trueman’s The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self (which, as of today, is still available on Amazon).