What should you do when your good intention may hurt the publication prospect of a book?
I've just written a review about a new book recently published in China. This book used to be banned, so it is some kind of an event that the book was allowed to reappear.
After my review was published, the publisher in China wrote me, saying that they are prepared to issue another book from the same author. The problem is, they said, my book review may have got the censors' attention, so now the censors may think this author is still problematic. The publisher implied that they don't want an 'event', but they just want to do things quietly.
I feel a bit guilty. I really liked the book and thought its publication should be known widely, that's why I wrote the review.
Should I apologize to the publisher?
2007-01-03
00:11:07
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