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Previously Banned iPhone eBook Softens Language, Gets Into App Store

by on January 17th, 2009 at 1:06 pm

I posted recently about Knife Music – the medical thriller written by David Carnoy that was initially banned from the App Store in its eBook incarnation, due to ‘objectionable’ content. Today there’s good news on this – the book has now been approved and is available (and free!) in the …

Should Apple Be Banning Books from the App Store for ‘Objectionable’ Content?

by on December 28th, 2008 at 11:01 pm

That’s because when Carnoy enlisted a software developer to submit the book to the App Store, Apple rejected the book for containing “objectionable content” … In its rejection letter, Apple singled out the passage in question, which we actually can’t print either. Let’s just say it involves a teenage girl …