 And the book was published on 22 October 2015, but banned by Amazon less than a month later, 19 November, after selling nearly 500 copies. Now, listen, a book that sells nearly 500 copies in less than a month isn't going to be a bestseller. You'd think Amazon would have been ecstatic. Instead, they banned the book. And I have no doubt they were acting as an agent of the state, which means they were in violation of the First Amendment, the freedom of speech and freedom of publication.