Bookseller harassed as alt.right reaches Australia

A bookseller who declined to stock Milo Yiannapoulos's book has been subject to a stream of abuse that highlights the cultural importance of independent booksellers.
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 Milo Yiannopoulos, from the cover of his book Dangerous

Last year Monash University Publishing releasedbHow to Vote Progressive in Australia: Labor or Green? – a book that did quite well for us. Needless to say, it didn’t appeal to all readers. The prominent Sydney bookseller Jon Page let me know he hadn’t ordered any copies as he didn’t think there was a sufficient market for it among his customers. The Conversation

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Nathan Hollier
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Dr Nathan Hollier is Director, Monash University Publishing.