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Imagine Christopher’s surprise when he tried to run an ad on Facebook for his books, and received the following response…
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Our words are being strangled to death – by fear. Publishers fear causing offense. publishers fear backlash. So, their overall narrative and message essentially becomes woke and safe…
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